3 h. ago Two years after Titan disaster, OceanGate advisor reflects on how Stockton Rush swerved ‘every single rule’

The 2023 OceanGate explosion killed five people and captured the world’s attention — a millionaire’s trip to the Titanic wreck that questioned the future of the submersibles. Madeline Sherratt speaks to submersibles expert Rob McCallum about the catastrophe

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5 h. ago Prince William looks the part in a flat cap and wellington boots as he visits a muddy Dartmoor after unveiling 'ambitious' 20

Looking the part in a pair of wellington boots and a flat cap, the Prince of Wales, known also as the Duke of Cornwall, visited Tor Bog, an area of restored peatland in Dartmoor.

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10 h. ago Prince William 'scolded' at Trooping the Colour by unimpressed Queen's telling off

During the Trooping the Colour celebrations in 2016, Prince William was told off by the Queen for a break in royal etiquette on the Buckingham Palace balcony

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18 h. ago Prince William's desperate mission as 'things need to change' at Dartmoor

Dartmoor National Park faces greater heat stress for crops and livestock in summer and increased and more extreme rainfall in winter, according to the Met Office's research

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24 h. ago Prince William and Kate's 'attitude change' has left 'frustrated' Palace staff losing their patience

Prince William and Kate Middleton are the future of the monarchy but it seems they have been causing problems with royal aides behind closed doors.

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28 h. ago Netflix Titan documentary shows moment OceanGate CEO fires experienced pilot who raised safety concerns

‘I will put my life on the line to say that ain’t going to happen,’ late OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush is heard during the chilling clip

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32 h. ago Prince William and Kate 'under pressure as decision leaves palace staff concerned'

Prince William and Kate Middleton have been the two most popular Royals for years, but it's been claimed that Palace staff are growing increasingly frustrated with the couple

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34 h. ago Something in the water: how kelp is helping Maine’s mussels boom

When a US firm saw the seaweed was making their shellfish the ‘biggest and best’ scientists realised they’d hit upon a natural way to combat ocean acidificationPhotographs by Greta RybusMore on this story: A drop in the ocean: does experimental technology hold the key to saving the world’s seas?On a glimmering May morning, Tom Briggs pilots a 45ft aluminium barge through the waters of Casco Bay for one of the final days of the annual kelp harvest. Motoring past Clapboard Island, he points to a floating wooden platform where mussels have been seeded alongside ribbons of edible seaweed.“This is our most productive mussel site,” says Briggs, the farm manager for Bangs Island Mussels, a Portland sea farm that grows, harvests and sells hundreds of thousands of pounds of shellfish and seaweed each year. “When we come here, we get the biggest, fastest-growing mussels with the thickest shells and the best quality. To my mind, unscientifically, it’s because of the kelp.”Zoe Benisek, oyster l...

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37 h. ago How Prince William played a crucial role in HUGE drug bust seizing £40m worth of cocaine

The Prince of Wales was one of six navy personals who intercepted a vessel attempting to smuggle 900kg of cocaine in the Caribbean.

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43 h. ago EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Kate Middleton's former boss wins his three

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Fashion tycoon John Robinson, who employed Kate Middleton before she wed Prince William , has won a three-year battle to host weddings at his Cotswolds estate.

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56 h. ago Prince Harry's return to Royal Family unlikely as Prince William makes major plans

A royal expert has suggested that Prince Harry will not be able to return to the Royal Family, after years of speculation over his relationship with Prince William

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57 h. ago A drop in the ocean: does experimental technology hold the key to saving the world’s seas?

Investment is pouring into companies promising to geoengineer a rapid change in the pH of our waters – but critics are concerned at the speed at which unproven methods are being adoptedIn October 2024, a US company called Ebb Carbon announced the world’s largest marine carbon removal deal to date, signing a multimillion-dollar agreement with Microsoft to try to help fix a very real problem in the world’s seas: ocean acidification.Ebb plans to use a method called electrochemical ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) to mimic the natural process of ocean alkalisation – in other words, it wants to add huge amounts of alkaline materials to ocean waters that scientists now know are acidifying at an alarming rate. Continue reading...

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60 h. ago Truth about Kate Middleton's £10,000 keepsake honouring her love story with Prince William

The Prince and Princess of Wales recently celebrated their fourteenth wedding anniversary.

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61 h. ago Kate Middleton's £10,000 keepsake honouring her love story with Prince William

The Prince and Princess of Wales recently celebrated their fourteenth wedding anniversary.

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66 h. ago New Zealand is failing to protect its vast ocean resources. We owe it to the world to act | Helen Clark and Kayla Kingdon

Less than 1% of our country’s seas are highly protected and the damaging practice of bottom-trawling must be restrictedIt’s a remarkable feat that a small, isolated island nation of just five million people has managed to stake a claim to one of the largest ocean territories in the world.New Zealand’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) spans more than 4m square kilometres – an area 15 times the size of our landmass.Rt Hon Helen Clark is a former prime minister of New Zealand, and former administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).Dr Kayla Kingdon-Bebb is chief executive of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) New Zealand. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago World must move from ‘plunder to protection’ to save oceans, UN chief warns

Speaking at France summit, António Guterres called for bold pledges to stop deep sea from becoming ‘wild west’Nations must move from “plunder to protection” in order to save the world’s seas from crisis, the UN chief, António Guterres, told the ocean summit on Monday.All countries must come forward with “bold pledges” including a biodiversity target to protect at least 30% of the ocean by 2030, to tackle plastic pollution, overfishing and for greater governance of the high seas, he said at the opening ceremony. Guterres also stressed the importance of multilateralism and warned, in an apparent swipe at the US, which was not present at the conference: “The deep sea cannot become the wild west.” Continue reading...

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3 d. ago 'I'm at your mercy': Woman needing transfusions pleads for more blood donors as stocks run 'critically low'

The NHS has issued an urgent call for one million people across England to donate blood and stabilise the nation’s supplies

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3 d. ago Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice could be set for key royal roles as Prince William eyes revamp

Prince William could hold the key to Prince Andrew's daughters' futures when he takes the throne

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3 d. ago Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice 'waiting in wings' as Prince William set to 'shake up' monarchy

Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice could be set for a return to the front line of the Royal Family once their cousin Prince William ascends to the throne

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3 d. ago 'I'm at your mercy': Woman needing transfusions pleas for more blood donors as stocks 'critically low'

The NHS has issued an urgent call for one million people across England to donate blood and stabilise the nation’s supplies

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