9 h. ago Cities around the world are sinking at ‘worrying speed’ due to water pumping

Dozens of coastal cities around the world are sinking at an alarming rate due to pressures being put on local water supplies by their ever-growing populations and rising sea levels

Politics

20 h. ago Male friendship isn’t easy. Just ask Trump and Musk | Dave Schilling

The older I get, the harder it is to maintain ties – and a series of unhinged social media posts probably wouldn’t helpI have a hard time maintaining male friendships these days. The older I get, the less time I have for the sorts of activities stereotypical American males enjoy: sporting events, competitive binge drinking and collecting rare coins in a dark basement. OK, maybe that last thing isn’t nearly as common anymore, but what is common (if you believe various trend pieces in newspapers and magazines) is the increasing rarity of long-lasting male friendships. Most of my guy friends keep in touch with me through group chats or the occasional solo check-in text. I have, by my count, at least 10 group chats with different circles of friends. All of them are organized around a unifying theme – Star Trek, movie industry gossip, the Los Angeles Dodgers, hating that one guy who wore flip-flops to my wedding. My whole social life revolves around screens now. I watch a show or a baseb...

Politics

9 d. ago Brighton's Bin Mafia: How secret war by 'insurgent' waste collectors have seen death threats, tyres slashed and cache of weapons uncovered

A secret war being waged in plain sight in Brighton by bin collectors has resulted in employees receiving death threats, having their tyres slashed and a cache of weapons being uncovered.

Events

9 d. ago New fines aim to boost recycling rate but locals say 'try actually collecting bins first!'

Caerphilly County Borough Council's recycling advisory teams - or 'RATs' - could hand £70 fines to repeat offenders who throw recyclable materials into their general waste bins

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2 w. ago Private refuse collector fined £2,000 after he simply left piles of clients' rubbish among his own bins instead of proper sites

Daniel Morgan, 34, charged people to take away their old furniture, ripped-out kitchens and tyres.

Economics

2 w. ago Child poverty rate among rural Dumfries and Galloway communities hits record high

New figures show there has been a huge increase in rural poverty rates over the past 15 years.

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