11 h. ago Sleeper pods offer new hope for the ‘most vulnerable’ street homeless

The accommodation units will provide shelter 'for those that are furthest from a place they can call home'

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4 d. ago Sycamore Gap seedlings offer hope after iconic tree felled more than two years ago

The magnificent Sycamore Gap tree that stood for more than a century by Hadrian's Wall has produced 49 saplings, to be planted this week, after it was illegally felled in 2023

Politics

6 d. ago Keeping promises on renewables, energy efficiency and methane ‘would avoid nearly 1C of global heating’

Analysis published at Cop30 summit shows adhering to pledges offer world hope of avoiding climate breakdownSticking to three key climate promises – on renewables, energy efficiency and methane – would avoid nearly 1C of global heating and give the world hope of avoiding climate breakdown, analysis published at the Cop30 climate summit suggests.Governments have already agreed to triple the amount of renewable energy generated by 2030, double global energy efficiency by then, and make substantial cuts to methane emissions. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago New generation of space labs could offer hope for motor neurone disease sufferers

Low gravity and intense cosmic radiation, which ages cells, could unlock treatments for currently incurable diseases, scientists say

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1 week ago Pair guilty of killing vulnerable drug addict 'kidnapped' from the street

Jemma Marshall and Jason Wadsworth were found guilty of manslaughter

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2 w. ago New drug could 'slow progression' of motor neurone disease and offer 'real hope'

The discovery offers hope of substantially slowing the progression of "one of the cruellest diseases"

Events

2 w. ago The death of the country house? Buyers no longer want lavish rural pads... and they're selling for a bargain

Off the record, estate agents describe a market devoid of buyers. Home sellers left waiting in faint hope not just for an offer, but for a single viewing.

Economics

2 w. ago Resilience of Europe’s populist right carries warning for US Democrats

As Democrats bask in electoral success the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary offer a cautionary taleIn the afterglow of electoral triumph, hope springs renewed for Democrats confined to the frustrating impotence of political opposition.Boosted by last week’s electoral wins in New York City, Virginia, New Jersey and elsewhere, as well as California’s affirmation of Proposition 50 allowing for congressional redistricting, party members suddenly feel able to dream that future elections may herald an escape route from the Donald Trump era. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago A commitment to those furthest from a place they can call home’

Winter sleeper pods are to be opened up to 'entrenched street homeless' who need 'a first stepping stone back into accommodation'

Politics

3 w. ago ‘We’ve planted the apple that fell on Newton’s head’: the artists striking back against the climate emergency

From cultivating a spiral-shaped orchard to finding lost glaciers and dressing up as a landmark bird, on 4 November artists around the UK will participate in Remember Nature, a day of activism to offer hope for the futureBack in 2015, well into the twilight of his life, the artist and activist Gustav Metzger decided to embark on one last big project. Best known as the inventor of auto-destructive art – a response, he said, to the destructive horrors of the Holocaust – Metzger had also, over the course of a long career, been an inspirational teacher to Pete Townshend of the Who and campaigned for numerous causes including nuclear disarmament and vegetarianism. Now, on a video message barely three minutes long, he was making one final plea.“I, Gustav Metzger, am asking for your participation in this worldwide call for a day of action to remember nature on November 4th, 2015,” he began, appealing to creatives to take a stand against the ongoing erasure of species. “Our task is to remin...

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