80 m. ago ‘There is no money’: As carbon markets collapse, what happens to the forests they promised to protect?

After it was found most offsets did not represent real carbon reductions, the money dried up. But successful schemes such as Kasigau in Kenya now face a stark futureSolomon Morris Makau checks the fallen tree for snakes before he wraps a tape measure around the trunk. The early morning sun is overwhelming in the dryland forests of the Kasigau corridor, which separates the east and west Tsavo national parks in southern Kenya. Two guards keep watch for elephants and lions. There is little sign of green among the sprawling acacias, which stand silently in their punishing wait for the end of the dry season. Despite the threat from puff adders, Makau and his team have a job to do: measure the trees and shrubs in this 50 sq metre area to calculate their growth and change in carbon stock.“This one is lying dead,” says Makau, of one of the trees pushed over by elephants – but tens of thousands around it are still alive, stretching out in the distance as far as the eye can see.Solomon Morris...

Economics

1 hour ago Next's 'thick' £9 leggings that doesn't dig into skin hailed a 'real bargain'

'Nice and thick, comfortable and would purchase again'

Economics

2 h. ago Amazon removes children's item as customers told stop using it immediately

The Office for Product Safety and Standards has issued a statement

Economics

3 h. ago Explosion at Mississippi chemical plant causes ammonia leak, evacuations

Officials say an explosion at a hydrogen and nitrogen product manufacturer in Mississippi has caused an ammonia leak and forced nearby residents to evacuate

Events

6 h. ago Screen beauty Sydney Sweeney stuns in a selection of racy outfits as she promotes new film in New York

ACTRESS Sydney Sweeney scores a hat-trick in a selection of outfits in one day. The 28-year-old was spotted switching up her style in New York City while promoting her boxing biopic Christy. As well as the three outfits pictured, Sydney changed into three more throughout the day for a total of six. Actress Sydney described...

Politics

8 h. ago Denise Van Outen 'never seems to pay for much as truth behind lavish lifestyle revealed'

TV presenter and DJ Denise Van Outen lives a very lavish life as she is certainly enjoying everything that comes with being a celebrity from luxury trips to beauty products

Politics

9 h. ago Does sex still sell? New research shows being too attractive can hurt influencers

Gender matters; highly attractive female fitness influencers faced stronger backlash than equally attractive men

Science

10 h. ago Top TV doc demands baked beans & fish fingers are taxed and give warning labels to help tackle obesity

BAKED beans and fish fingers should be taxed to help fight obesity, a telly doctor reckons. Anti-junk food campaigner Prof Chris van Tulleken also wants warning labels on unhealthy products. The BBC expert yesterday told MPs the Treasury should target the sale of fattening foods. Appearing before a Commons health committee, Prof Van Tulleken put...

Events

10 h. ago Joey Barton defends his online spat with Jeremy Vine as like 'boxers trying to sell a product'

Joey Barton claimed on Wednesday that he posted tweets linking Jeremy Vine with convicted paedophiles to build up a boxing-style rivalry between them which would benefit the TV presenter.

Politics

13 h. ago Sky customers to get £290 refund as popular feature axed from next month

Customers will be offered a full refund for the product if affected

Economics

13 h. ago The Big Short investor who called 2008 crash is betting big against AI

Tech stocks took a nosedive Tuesday as a result of the investor’s bets

Economics

13 h. ago ‘A model of the transnational artist’: Cuban artist Wifredo Lam gets first US retrospective

The major modernist artist is finally getting a blockbuster exhibition at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, celebrating a career filled with innovationAlthough he was a major modernist artist whose collaborators ranged from European greats like Pablo Picasso and André Breton to new world giants like Aimé Césaire, Cuban artist Wifredo Lam has not seen a major US retrospective worthy of his stature. That changes with the MoMA’s blockbuster show Wifredo Lam: When I Don’t Sleep, I Dream.The product of years of work and dozens of collaborations with institutions and collectors around the world, When I Don’t Sleep, I Dream shows the entire sweep of a career that straddled eras. Lam is best-known for agglomerations of elongated and mysterious figures that borrow from cubism and surrealism, although the exhibition also shows different sides of this artist: lushly colored and textured pieces that verge on abstraction, sculptural heads that point toward the artist’s African roots, early figura...

Culture

15 h. ago 'Mature sensitive skin owner' thanks Liz Earle for £7 deal after using it 'for 15 years'

The British heritage brand has unveiled a beauty advent calendar offering skincare fans savings of more than £120

Economics

15 h. ago Patricia Routledge an actress of ‘versatility’ and ‘humanity’, funeral told

Dame Patricia’s funeral was held at Chichester Cathedral in West Sussex, where the range of productions she starred in was described as extraordinary.

Politics

15 h. ago Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by JK Rowling audiobook review – an all

Cush Jumbo, Hugh Laurie and Matthew Macfadyen bring extra twinkle to Rowling’s magical taleIt has become tradition for Audible to bring out the big guns in the run-up to Christmas and deliver star-studded adaptations of well-known novels; the last few years have brought terrific productions of Dickens’s Oliver Twist, Bleak House and David Copperfield.Now attention has turned to younger listeners with a new, full-cast recording of JK Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the first of the Potter books in which the orphaned Harry, consigned to sleep in a cupboard in his aunt and uncle’s house, learns he is a wizard and is to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The Good Wife’s Cush Jumbo is our narrator, steering the story alongside a cast including Hugh Laurie as venerable wizard-in-chief Albus Dumbledore; Michelle Gomez as Professor McGonagall; Riz Ahmed as Professor Snape; Mark Addy as Hagrid; Matthew Macfadyen as Lord Voldemort; and newcomers Frankie Tre...

Politics

15 h. ago When to book your final nail appointment before Christmas to avoid missing out

If you're looking for a fresh manicure this Christmas, you might want to book your appointment as soon as possible, as beauty professionals say that slots can fill up by November

Events

16 h. ago Tomato sauce recalled due to ‘potentially fatal’ food poisoning risk

The three recalled products were manufactured in Connecticut

Events

16 h. ago Debenhams Black Friday deal sees 94% off 'magnificent' £3k diamond watch

The store's Milan Swiss Quartz Watch is now on sale with a big discount this Black Friday month

Economics

16 h. ago Competition in mortgage market ramps up as lenders unveil new rates

Lloyds and Halifax launched some new rates on selected direct mortgage products, with some other lenders also unveiling rate changes this week.

Economics

16 h. ago Lidl issue urgent recall of food item as officials say 'do not eat'

The product was recalled by Food Standards Agency amid warnings of a harmful object in packets

Politics