76 m. ago Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation

Researchers say problem could increase number of people at risk of starvation by 400m in next two decadesThe pollution of the planet by microplastics is significantly cutting food supplies by damaging the ability of plants to photosynthesise, according to a new assessment.The analysis estimates that between 4% and 14% of the world’s staple crops of wheat, rice and maize is being lost due to the pervasive particles. It could get even worse, the scientists said, as more microplastics pour into the environment. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Canadian police identify remains of murdered Indigenous woman at landfill

Police said they had identified Morgan Harris, 39, and had also found more remains of another personCanadian police have identified the remains of a murdered Indigenous woman at a landfill and found more remains from another person, after a months long search demanded by the families of victims targeted by a serial killer.Police said in a statement they had confirmed that human remains found in the Prairie Green Landfill, north of Winnipeg, had been identified as those of Morgan Harris, who was 39. Continue reading...

Events

2 h. ago Lauren Boebert slammed over ‘pimp cane’ insult directed at censured Democrat Al Green

The GOP firebrand was accused of ‘effortless racism’ over a perceived dig at the Deomcrat

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2 h. ago Stockport council now charges £59 for green bin collections... will you have to pay soon too?

The new £59 fee has proved controversial

Economics

2 h. ago First image of mum shot and killed in Talbot Green as police issue major update

Joanne Penney, 40, was found at a property in Green Park as detectives issue a witness appeal

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2 h. ago Families ridicule Green city council after it built eco railway station with solar panels, wildflowers on the roof and 1,000 cycle spaces

Cambridge South station at the city's Biomedical Campus is expected to open in early 2026 and has been criticised by local residents and both motoring and cycling groups.

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3 h. ago EPA froze 'green bank' funds worth billions, climate group suit says

A nonprofit that was awarded nearly $7 billion by the Biden administration to finance clean energy and climate-friendly projects has sued the Environmental Protection Agency, accusing it of improperly freezing its account

Economics

3 h. ago ‘He said I sounded hysterical’: Celia Paul on lover Lucian Freud, his cold friends and the ‘devastating’ YBAs

In prose and in paint, the great artist Celia Paul is exorcising the ghosts of her past – from the cruelties of her lover Freud, to his offhand cohorts, and the YBA revolution that declared painting deadPainter Celia Paul has lived in the same flat in Bloomsbury – bought for her by her then lover Lucian Freud – for 40 years. To ascend to it, up the 80 steps to bring you level with the pediment of the British Museum opposite, is to enter a different world. The main room contains little but a lumpy and ancient chaise longue and a metal-framed bed. One wall is stacked with freshly stretched empty canvases. Next door a mountain range of old sheets, stiff and stained with paint, obscure what might be a sofa. There is a huge, dusty mirror in which we both appear, spectrally: she a slight figure in a brown floor-length skirt, her slippers paint-encrusted. I ask her if she sleeps in the metal-framed bed. Sometimes, she says, but she shows me her bedroom. It is equally spartan, but for the i...

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3 h. ago Fact check: Nigel Farage said he admired Vladimir Putin more than a decade ago

Claims were made about what Mr Farage had said about the Russian president.

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3 h. ago Lauren Boebert accused of racism and ableism over her criticism of Al Green

Republican faces backlash for saying Democrat shook ‘his pimp cane’ at Trump during congressional addressThe extremist Republican US House member Lauren Boebert has been accused of racism, ableism and hypocrisy in one fell swoop after criticizing a Black Democrat for “shaking his pimp cane” at Donald Trump during the president’s recent speech to Congress.“Al Green was given multiple opportunities to stand down, to sit down, to behave, to show decorum,” Boebert told Real America’s Voice, a far-right outlet, while discussing the Texas Democratic congressman’s ejection from the House chamber for shouting about Trump’s threats to social benefits spending on 6 March. Continue reading...

Events

5 h. ago Green patio stains are gone for good with 55p bathroom staple

Moss and algae on patios is a common sight after winter

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5 h. ago Beautiful little country with stunning white sand beaches is 31C in April

If you're looking for a stunning destination that's warm, has white sand beaches, lush green forests and hardly any tourists - then look no further than Grenada

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5 h. ago Three leafy green vegetables you can easily grow in your kitchen in March

These superfoods can be grown in the comfort of your own home

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5 h. ago Luigi Mangione insists bathroom sex tape being sold online for $500,000 is NOT him

Alleged CEO killer Luigi Mangione says he is not the young man seen on a bathroom sex tape being offered for half a million dollars on the dark web.

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6 h. ago Investigations continue after woman, 40, shot dead in South Wales town

The woman sustained serious injuries and died at the scene.

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6 h. ago Talbot Green locals fear mother, 40, was shot at point blank range on doorstep in 'case of mistaken identity'

Armed police swooped on the scene in the quiet town of Talbot Green, near Cardiff, but the woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

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7 h. ago Rubio and homeland security confirm arrest of Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia protests

Mahmoud Khalil was detained by Ice despite having a green card and his lawyers do not know where he’s being heldUS politics live – latest updatesA spokesperson for the US’s homeland security department – as well as the country’s top diplomat – have confirmed the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate student at Columbia University until this past December who helped lead protests at the school against Israel over the war in Gaza.Homeland security department spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin confirmed the arrest of Khalil – who holds permanent US residency – in a statement on Sunday to Associated Press, saying it was made to support Donald Trump’s presidential orders “prohibiting antisemitism”. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago ‘Everyone knew who he was: James Hamilton, the ‘eccentric aristo’ who catalysed British club culture

He outed Norman Cook as Fatboy Slim, imported turntablism and made BPM a staple of dance journalism. Pete Tong and Paul Oakenfold remember a pivotal figureNorman Cook can remember the first time he met James Hamilton very clearly. “He was enormous,” he laughs. “Enormous and very well-spoken, called everyone ‘dear boy’, quite camp. He looked so unlikely. Not a party animal, not into anything apart from dance music and the vibe and the culture of it all. Not interested in being cool, he was like, ‘it’s OK to be nerdy as long as you really know your music’, but I think he really enjoyed the fact that every club he went to, everyone would know who he was and they were all going to tell him some gossip or give him a record.”Moreover, Cook remembers their meeting because James Hamilton had caused him a whole world of trouble. It was the 80s, a decade before Cook became Fatboy Slim, superstar DJ and multi-platinum producer of countless dancefloor hits: he was still the bass player in indie...

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7 h. ago Celtic fanatic is obsessed with one thing and it isn't green – Hotline hosts a Rangers fightback over THAT claim

Graeme Young hears from the blue corner as they come off the ropes and swing some blows across the city

Sport

7 h. ago We found where to shop Meghan Markle’s chic silk skirt from new Netflix series

Meghan Markle looks effortlessly gorgeous in her new Netflix series, and if you were as obsessed with green silk maxi skirt as we were, the good news is we know where to shop your own

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