4 h. ago The Beatles to Virginia Woolf: UK tree of the year shortlist is rooted in culture

Woodland Trust’s 10 nominees from across the country highlight how trees inspire creative minds A cedar tree climbed by the Beatles, an oak that may have inspired Virginia Woolf and a lime representing peace in Northern Ireland are among those shortlisted for tree of the year 2025.Voting opens on Friday for the Woodland Trust’s annual competition, which aims to celebrate and raise awareness of rare, ancient or at-risk trees across the UK. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago In some UK woodlands, every young tree has died. What’s going wrong?

With forests under pressure from drought, heat, disease and deer, a study has found fewer trees across a range of species surviving to maturity. But scientists say there is still hopeTo the untrained eye, Monks Wood looks healthy and lush in the summer sun. Hundreds of butterflies dance on the edge of footpaths in the ancient Cambridgeshire woodland, which is rich with ash, maple and oak trees. Birds flit through the hedgerows as they feed. A fox ambles through a forest clearing, before disappearing into long grass.But for a number of years, it has been clear to Bruno Ladvocat and Rachel Mailes that something is missing. In 2022, Ladvocat, Mailes and their research team from Birmingham University were out sampling when they noticed that the small trees that typically cover the woodland floor were increasingly hard to find. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Inside eerie abandoned water park where 15 people died in party gone wrong

It's been a decade since the deadly incident saw 15 people die and hundreds more injured with severe burns as the theme park was ordered to shut immediately

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8 d. ago Teen dies after backflip to celebrate 'new life' with girlfriend goes horribly wrong

Sonny Blundell, 18, suffered a serious brain injury when doing a backflip in his apartment in Queensland, Australia, and was rushed to hospital, but tragically died a few days later

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2 w. ago Family's warning as young dad dies one month after realising something was wrong

Dylan Thomas, 29, thought he had a simple stomach ache when he awoke in pain one morning, but doctors at King's Mill Hospital in Nottingham found he had developed severe acute pancreatitis and had to be put in a coma

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3 w. ago Skydiving instructor killed alongside mum named after 'chute failed to open' in tragedy

The instructor who died after a tandem skydiving jump went wrong has been named by police asAdam Harrison - who was 30 and worked at Skydive Buzz - the company say they are 'heartbroken'

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