4 d. ago More than half of Antarctica's ice shelves could collapse by 2300

Scientists from Sorbonne University in Paris predict that up to 59 per cent of Antarctica's ice shelves could collapse by 2300. If this happens, it will result in up to 32ft of global sea-level rise.

Politics

7 d. ago How do you move a village? Residents of France’s last outpost in North America try to outrun the sea

As rising tides eat away at Canada’s Saint-Pierre and Miquelon archipelago, plans to move the historic village to higher ground have divided friends and familiesFranck Detcheverry, Miquelon’s 41-year-old mayor, trudges up a grassy hill. “The view isn’t too bad, huh?” he jokes. The ocean sparkles 40 metres below the empty mound. The sound of a man playing the bagpipes, as if serenading the sea, floats up from the shoreline. This hill will be the location of his new home and those of all his fellow villagers.In the distance, about half a mile away, you can see the outline of the 400 or so buildings in the village of Miquelon. It sits only 2 metres above sea level on the archipelago of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon. Situated off the Canadian coast to the south of Newfoundland, it is an “overseas collectivity” of France, and the country’s last foothold in North America. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago It was once one of England's highest boozers, now it's something completely different

The Peak District pub stands 1,689ft above sea level and in recent years has become the highest whisky distillery in the UK

Politics

2 w. ago The historic small building next to Greater Manchester canal to be auctioned off

The building is steeped in more than 100 years of history.

Politics

3 w. ago FTSE 100 Live 14 October: Jobless rate rises, easyJet leads index as builders rally

Unemployment has risen to its highest level since the pandemic with more than 1.7 million people looking for work.

Society

3 w. ago Fury as Scots video game firm axes ‘almost 300’ staff in mass layoff

EMPLOYEES at a Scots video game firm have accused the startup of unfair treatment after almost 300 people were laid off. Nearly 100 of those sacked at Build a Rocket Boy (BARB), in collaboration with the games workers branch of the Independent Workers of Great Britain (IWGB), have written to their former employer to make...

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3 w. ago Man Utd's new stadium 'takes major step forward' as next steps outlined by club

Manchester United have launched the next phase of their consultation with supporters on the club's plans to build a new 100,000-capacity stadium at Old Trafford

Events

4 w. ago Sea level rise could plunge 100 MILLION buildings underwater, warn scientists

Rising sea levels could plunge more than 100 million buildings underwater, scientists have warned.

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