1 hour ago New Zealand oceans warming 34% faster than global average, putting homes and industry at risk, report finds

NZ$180bn worth of housing and $26bn of infrastructure at risk of flooding and storm damage, new government report findsNew Zealand’s oceans are warming 34% faster than the global average, with NZ$180bn (US$104bn) worth of housing at risk of flooding, a new report about the nation’s marine environment has revealed.The ministry of the environment and Stats NZ’s three-yearly update, Our Environment 2025, collates statistics, data and research across five domains – air, atmosphere and climate, freshwater, land, and marine – to paint a picture of the state of New Zealand’s marine environment. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Just FIVE minutes of intense exercise twice a day can dramatically boost heart health, scientists discover

Scientists found that brief bursts of activity improves cardiovascular fitness (CRF), a key measure of how efficiently the heart, lungs and blood vessels deliver oxygen to the muscles.

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4 h. ago Amazon Prime Big Deal Days 2025 LIVE: The hottest offers on Dyson, Ninja, Shark and more before the sale ends

Don’t-miss-’em deals in the retail giant’s seasonal sale

Economics

4 h. ago Weight loss jabs could slash the reliability of cancer scans putting people at risk of misdiagnosis, concerning research suggests

British doctors who assessed PET-CT scans, which help diagnose and stage cancers, discovered the jabs detrimentally affected how tissue appeared on scans.

Science

5 h. ago Palestine protestors shut down London Tower Bridge ahead of Downing Street march

Protestors stood on the bridge with colourful flares and chanted slogans like "get your hands of Palestine” and “Zionism is a crime” to mark two years since the war in Gaza began

Events

7 h. ago Alzheimer’s disease breakthrough as scientists discover potential new treatment

A novel technique improved cognitive function in mice with the disease

Politics

9 h. ago The woman behind Lauren Sanchez's classy makeover: Mrs Bezos debuted a new look at Paris Fashion Week after hiring Hollywood's 'hardest

As Lauren Sanchez strolled around the French capital for Paris Fashion Week , she wowed bystanders with an elegant 90s John Galliano suit - signalling a new sartorial era.

Culture

10 h. ago Photos show Mary E. Brunkow waking up to the news she is a Nobel winner in medicine

Ross Colquhoun woke up his wife Mary E. Brunkow to tell her she won a Nobel Prize in medicine. She was one of three scientists who won the Nobel for discoveries about how the immune system knows to attack germs and not our own bodies.

Culture

10 h. ago ‘Photos don’t go bigger than mine’: the epic, impossible images of the great Andreas Gursky

From Amazon warehouses to Olympic skiers and the crowd at a Madonna gig, his pictures have made him one of the world’s most feted photographers. So why did the German artist want to postpone his new show?Andreas Gursky started out shooting mostly black and white landscapes on a handheld camera, but in the 1990s he switched, taking the pictures that he has now become famous for. Out went analogue and in came epic panoramas that were digitally stitched together, capturing in intricate detail and colour stock exchanges, factories, Amazon warehouses, 99 cent stores, Olympic skiers and the crowd at a Madonna concert.“My works,” he recalls, “were selling for more and more.” In fact, his rising status in the art world was reflected in his photographs inside Prada and Gucci stores – the former was taken while he was waiting for his wife, who was shopping there. Then, in 2011, Gursky’s 1999 colour photograph Rhein II, a horizontal vista of the river flowing across flat fields near Dusseldorf...

Culture

11 h. ago 'I worked with Rylan Clark and he showed his true colours behind the scenes'

A former Married at First Sight contestant shared his true thoughts on Rylan Clark, after working with him closely on a very different dating show

Culture

11 h. ago Primary colours just got a makeover – Discover the hottest new paint shades for your home

Paint outside the rules with the 2026 Colour Edit from Lick

Politics

11 h. ago Iconic US fast food chain is set to rival McDonald’s with free toy offer as it expands in UK

A HUGE US fast food chain is offering free toys with its new range of children's meals as it prepares to take on McDonald’s. The colourful new toys, released ahead of Halloween, are being seen as a rival to the gifts handed out with Maccy D’s popular Happy Meals. The colourful toys are now available...

Politics

12 h. ago 'Stunning' £14 Dunelm duvet set comes in five colours and 'dries perfectly'

Shoppers said they loved the duvet set so much that they 'bought a second one'.

Economics

12 h. ago 'I met Justin Bieber on his UK trip and he showed his true colours immediately'

People in the UK were stunned to see Justin Bieber in a local bar on Saturday (October 4) and now, one woman who spent the night partying with him is sharing what he’s actually like

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12 h. ago Graham Norton admits he is 'frazzled' due to moving house after he put his London and New York homes up for sale: 'I've discovered I'm a hoarder!'

Graham Norton has admitted that he is 'frazzled' due to moving house after he put his London and New York homes up for sale.

Society

12 h. ago A relic of horny Hollywood: why The Mummy remains a classic bisexual awakening movie

A floppy-haired Brendan Fraser, a smokey-eyed Rachel Weisz, some grisly scarabs and biblical plagues? Hail to a lost era of multiplex entertainmentAt the threshold between life and death sits the ancient Egyptian city of Hamunaptra and at the threshold of many a millennial adolescence (including mine) sits 1999’s The Mummy, a story about a hot lunk (Brendan Fraser) and a sexy nerd (Rachel Weisz) learning first-hand the consequences of expatriating cultural artefacts.A turn-of-the-millennium Spielbergian blockbuster with shades of the superhero craze to come, Stephen Sommers’ desert romp remains dizzyingly fun to this day. Both masterfully well-made and refreshingly horny, it is one of the last great examples of a specific mode of multiplex entertainment now all but lost to the sands of time: the mid-budget action-adventure movie. Continue reading...

Culture

13 h. ago Coatbridge school St Bernard's Primary secures tenth Green Eco

The school hosted a special day to mark the milestone and invited local councillors and representatives from North Lanarkshire Council along to share in the joy.

Politics

13 h. ago 6 popular myths we grew up believing in the 80s, before we learned the truth

It took us years to discover the truth

Politics

14 h. ago Motherwell school celebrates outstanding inspection report as part of its 150th anniversary year

Our Lady of Good Aid Cathedral Primary School and Nursery Class received glowing praise from Education Scotland.

Culture

14 h. ago Scientist learns he has won Nobel prize while on digital detox in US mountains

Fred Ramsdell’s wife switched on her phone and screamed – it was full of messages congratulating her husbandOut on a digital detox in the western US backcountry, scientist Fred Ramsdell was startled when his wife let out a yell. He feared she had spotted a grizzly bear, only to discover a far better surprise – he had won the Nobel prize in medicine.The Nobel committee had been unable to reach the immunologist, whose phone was on airplane mode as he was on a hiking and camping trip, but finally got through to the couple early on Tuesday morning, Swedish time. Continue reading...

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