4 h. ago The island that banned hives: can honeybees actually harm nature?

On a tiny Italian island, scientists conducted a radical experiment to see if the bees were causing their wild cousins to declineOff the coast of Tuscany is a tiny island in the shape of a crescent moon. An hour from mainland Italy, Giannutri has just two beaches for boats to dock. In summer, hundreds of tourists flock there, hiking to the red and white lighthouse on its southern tip before diving into the clear waters. In winter, its population dwindles to 10. The island’s rocky ridges are coated with thickets of rosemary and juniper, and in warmer months the air is sweetened by flowers and the gentle hum of bees.“Residents are people who like fishing, or being alone, or who have retired. Everyone has their story,” says Leonardo Dapporto, associate professor at the University of Florence.Giannutri island’s remote location made it a perfect open-air laboratory for the bee experiments. Photographs: Giuseppe Nucci Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Love Island’s Helena Ford banned from day job after controversial ITV stint

EXCLUSIVE: Love Island’s Helena Ford reveals she’s not allowed back from her air hostess job after villa antics, admitting passengers would dread being “roasted” by her

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1 week ago 'I went to a Croatian party island popular with Brits where music is banned'

Daily Record writer Fionnuala Boyle visited Hvar where they have introduced strict noise restrictions.

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1 week ago I went to Mauritius, the spectacularly beautiful island paradise perfect for sun

Green is a colour unfairly associated with jealousy. But as your plane banks through speckled tropical clouds and the lush island paradise below finally comes into view, you soon come to realise something: green as it may be, Mauritius is an island nation defined by its happiness and its richness. By its life.

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3 w. ago Abandoned island where tourists are banned has crumbling hospital with terrifying past

A small island off the coast of Venice has a terrifying and dark history, so much so that tourists are banned from travelling to the abandoned island where rotting buildings lie empty

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3 w. ago Hurricane Erin live updates: Coastal flood warning in effect for NYC after monster storm pounds North Carolina

More than 2,000 people were evacuated by ferry from Ocracoke Island, part of the Outer Banks, according to the state governor’s office

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3 w. ago Hurricane Erin live updates: Coastal flood warning in effect for NYC after storm pounds North Carolina

More than 2,000 people were evacuated by ferry from Ocracoke Island, part of the Outer Banks, according to the state governor’s office

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4 w. ago Hurricane Erin stirs up strong winds, floods part of main highway as it creeps along the East Coast

Hurricane Erin has battered North Carolina’s Outer Banks with strong winds and waves that flooded part of the main highway and surged under beachfront homes

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4 w. ago Hurricane Erin live updates: Storm strengthens as North Carolina’s Outer Banks conditions ‘deteriorate’

More than 2,000 people were evacuated by ferry from Ocracoke Island, part of the Outer Banks, according to the North Carolina governor’s office

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