42 h. ago Nature lover nicknamed 'the Bear Grylls of Wales' died after freezing to death on a walk when he took off his clothes, inquest hears

Aaron Luke Davies, 31, was discovered by a farmer in a remote field four days after he was last seen alive in Llandrindod Wells, Powys.

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65 h. ago Woman dies after lying in agony on freezing ground for two hours

Josephine Ellis had just finished her appointment at a mobile clinic next to the Hoveton and Wroxham Medical Centre near Norfolk last year when she suffered a nasty slip

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3 d. ago Detail in the way you walk could put you at risk of sudden cardiac death

British scientists, who tracked more than 420,000 adults, found it was most beneficial for women under 60 who were a healthy weight and those with pre-existing conditions.

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3 d. ago Exciting job opportunity for nature lover to work outdoors in scenic Scots region

If you love being in the great outdoors, this may just be the role for you.

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2 w. ago I don’t want to die with a freezer full of seeds. It’s time to rethink biodiversity and preservation | Chris Smith

Hurricane Helene proved a hard truth: a freezer of seeds is the literal version of putting all your eggs in one basketAbout a month after Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina last fall, Roger Wynn and I met in an Asheville, North Carolina, supermarket parking lot. He’d driven two hours from Little Mountain, South Carolina, where the passing storm had also left its destructive mark.“When the power finally came back on,” Wynn said, “two of my freezers didn’t work.” Wynn was worried not about spoiled food inside, but his seed collection. On that autumn day, in an act of forced downsizing and seed philanthropy, Wynn handed over two boxes filled with seeds. He wanted me, as founder of the non-profit Utopian Seed Project, to share the seeds with farmers across the region. The boxes contained a trove of Appalachian varieties: speckled field peas, white mountain half-runner beans, purple-podded bush beans and lots of butterbeans. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Dream Scots woodland with breathtaking views and cabin potential up for sale

This untouched woodland offers wildlife, stunning sea views, and the potential for a cabin hideaway, perfect for nature lover

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4 w. ago Secrets of new space race from dark death speech to astronauts who can't walk

While the space race of the 1960s was a contest between two rival superpowers, today it is being fought by private space firms and billionaires battling for bragging rights. And the winner will be whoever lands man, not on the moon, but on Mars

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