67 m. ago Scotsman Obituaries: Terry Smith, visionary Forth Ports Property Director who helped transform Leith

Terence Smith, Property Director, Forth Ports. Born: February 1947 in Kelvindale, Glasgow. Died: April 2025 at the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, aged 78

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2 h. ago Gardeners urged to bury UK supermarket broccoli and watch it grow

Broccoli-lovers won't want to miss out on this incredibly simple hack which allows you to transform one supermarket broccoli into a crop of new vegetables to enjoy

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9 h. ago Legendary adult star found dead after horror hiking accident on isolated route

Late bloomer adult star, Colton Ford, has tragically been found dead on a remote hiking trail in California after friends reported him missing, but his cause of death is still unknown.

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9 h. ago A missing woman was found against the odds in the California mountains. Now, people are doubting her story

Tiffany Slaton, 28, of Georgia, reportedly survived for three weeks in the wilderness eating wild leeks, boiling snow melt for water and even surviving 13 snowstorms despite losing both her tent and her sleeping bag

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9 h. ago Cub found alone in US woods now being raised by wildlife staff in bear costumes

Two-month-old black bear, who was starving in a California forest, is youngest cub the San Diego center has cared forHuman bears, some would say, are taking care of a two-month-old cub that spent days without his mother, starving in a California forest.The small black bear cub was rescued by campers in Los Padres national forest after being found alone and starving. The infant bear is now recovering at San Diego Humane Society’s Ramona Wildlife Center, and is believed to be the youngest cub the organization has ever cared for. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago California utility to pay $82 million settlement in lawsuit stemming from huge 2020 wildfire

A California utility has agreed to pay the federal government $82.5 million stemming from an enormous 2020 wildfire that churned through mountains northeast of Los Angeles and into the Mojave Desert

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11 h. ago Sebastião Salgado captured the world like no other photographer

The death of the esteemed black-and-white photographer leaves behind a rich library of over 500,000 images showing Earth in all its beauty and darkness‘I photographed the world’: the career of Sebastião Salgado – in picturesIt’s a testament to the epic career of Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado, who died this week at age 81, that this year has already seen exhibitions of hundreds of his photos in Mexico City, France and southern California. Salgado, who in his lifetime produced more than 500,000 images while meticulously documenting every continent on Earth and many of the major geopolitical events since the second world war, will be remembered as one of the world’s most prodigious and relentlessly empathetic chroniclers of the human condition.An economist by training, Salgado only began photographing at age 29 after picking up the camera of his wife, Lélia. He began working as a photojournalist in the 1970s, quickly building an impressive reputation that led him to the pres...

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14 h. ago 'Game changer' Silentnight mattress topper that 'improves sleep immensely' is under £20

A mattress topper can transform an uncomfortable bed, as well as protecting the mattress

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15 h. ago The Guide #192: How reality TV and streaming has shaped 21st

In this week’s newsletter: In the second of our new miniseries looking back at the last quarter-century of pop culture, we chart the transformation of television since 2000To try to get our heads round the fact that we’re somehow a quarter of the way into the 21st century, the Guide is running a miniseries of newsletters looking at how pop culture has changed over the past 25 years. We tackled music last month and we’ll be looking at the state of film next month, before sharing our favourite culture of the century so far, and asking for yours too, in July.Today, we’re taking the temperature of TV. Like the music industry, television has seen its entire business model upended by the streaming revolution this century. That has meant what was once a universal activity – an entire nation sat around the glow of the old cathode ray tube – has been replaced by people watching a galaxy of different shows, or watching the same show but at completely different times. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Largest planet in our Solar System was once twice as big as it is today

The 'remarkable' discovery could transform our understanding of how the entire Solar System took shape

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15 h. ago Doctors issue warning over dangerous new Covid strain imported from CHINA that's now in multiple US states

Latest tracking data from the CDC shows, according to CBS News , the new strain - dubbed NB.1.8.1 - has been detected among international travelers arriving in California, Washington state, Virginia and New York City.

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15 h. ago Doctors issue warning over dangerous new Covid strain imported from CHINA that's now in four US states

Latest tracking data from the CDC shows, according to CBS News , the new strain - dubbed NB.1.8.1 - has been detected among international travelers arriving in California, Washington state, Virginia and New York City.

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18 h. ago Urban fires can mean long trips for helicopters to get water. One firefighter had a better idea

Retired firefighter Mark Whaling knows firsthand what it’s like to wait on a helicopter to refill on water while he's battling a blaze on the ground

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21 h. ago California hummingbird beaks transformed by feeders: ‘more tapered and longer’

Study details evolutionary change of Anna’s hummingbirds and finds ranges have expanded to follow such devicesWhich came first: the feeder or the bird?A seemingly straightforward question, but the answer might not be so simple. According to a recently published study in Global Change Biology, the use of human-made hummingbird feeders has changed the beak sizes and shapes of Anna’s hummingbirds, and spread their range from a narrow pocket of California all the way up the coast to British Columbia. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Can’t sleep, won’t sleep? The new magnesium supplement that has transformed my shut eye

I have been struggling with sleep recently, and while there’s absolutely no need to go into the tedious details, after a fair few months of clocking up inadequate hours, I had certainly started to look, feel and function like a lesser version of myself.

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23 h. ago Paisley's Abbey Mission Hall set for transformation after plans approved by Renfrewshire Council

The project in Lawn Street has been granted the relevant approvals by the local authority.

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23 h. ago Elizabeth line hits new record as 'transformational' £20bn railway celebrates third anniversary

Up to 800,000 journeys a day are made on the ‘Lizzie line’

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24 h. ago Who did Kris Jenner's new face? Meet the plastic surgeon behind Kardashian matriarch's shock transformation

Kris Jenner's strikingly youthful appearance in recent weeks has sparked speculation about whether she's had another facelift.

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25 h. ago Major UK airport's £1.3bn mega upgrade will transform 'hated' terminal

As part of an epic 10-year programme to transform its hub, one major UK airport has revealed its latest multi-million pound investment plan to turn around a controversial terminal

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30 h. ago UK households with bird feeders urged to scrub them immediately

Birds will be cooling down in bird baths and grabbing whatever nutrients they can from feeders this summer - and gardeners are urged to maintain their cleanliness

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