33 h. ago Grieving widow, 80, pays emotional tribute to her late husband by decorating a Christmas tree they planted together in 1979... which now towers over their home at 50ft tall

For the last 21 years, the couple have used a cherry picker to decorate the tree with thousands of Christmas lights each December. The grieving widow vowed to keep tradition going.

Economics

34 h. ago One tree planted every hour as green infrastructure takes root in West Lothian town

An average of 20 trees per day – almost one every hour – have been planted in the past five years, meaning 38,000 trees planted since 2021 now punctuate the vast Auldcathie Park that runs through the core of the growing community and in woodland adjacent to the Union Canal.

Politics

4 d. ago Cloudflare outage hits major web services including X, LinkedIn and Zoom – business live

Cloudflare reports it is investigating issues with Cloudflare Dashboard and related APIsTechnical problems at internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare today have taken a host of websites offline this morning.Cloudflare said shortly after 9am UK time that it is “is investigating issues with Cloudflare Dashboard and related APIs [application programming interfaces – used when apps exchange data with each other]. Continue reading...

Society

2 w. ago First saplings from illegally felled Sycamore Gap tree are planted

More than half of the 49 'trees of hope' from the sycamore that stood for more than a century in a dip in Hadrian's Wall are expected to be planted over the course of the week.

Events

2 w. ago First saplings grown from iconic Sycamore Gap to be planted after tree was illegally felled

More than half of the 49 ‘trees of hope’ from the sycamore will be planted over the course of National Tree Week

Events

2 w. ago First ‘hopeful’ saplings from felled Sycamore Gap tree set to be planted

Forty-nine saplings were grown from seeds and material rescued from the tree, which grew along Hadrian’s Wall on land cared for by the National Trust.

Politics

2 w. ago First saplings grown from Sycamore Gap tree to be planted as signs of 'hope'

Five saplings will go in the ground on Saturday, with more than half of the 49 “trees of hope” from the sycamore that stood for more than a century in a dip in Hadrian’s Wall expected to be planted over the course of the wee

Politics