11 h. ago ‘This is a fight for life’: climate expert on tipping points, doomerism and using wealth as a shield

Economic assumptions about risks of the climate crisis are no longer relevant, says the communications expert Genevieve GuentherClimate breakdown can be observed across many continuous, incremental changes such as soaring carbon dioxide levels, rising seas and heating oceans. The numbers creep up year after year, fuelled by human-caused greenhouse gas emissions.But scientists have also identified at least 16 “tipping points” – thresholds where a tiny shift could cause fundamental parts of the Earth system to change dramatically, irreversibly and with potentially devastating effects. These shifts can interact with each other and create feedback loops that heat the planet further or disrupt weather patterns, with unknown but potentially catastrophic consequences for life on Earth. It is possible some tipping points may already have been passed. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Victims of illegal puppy trader open up on heartbreak of desperate attempt to save dogs

New owners fell in love with defenceless pups and were immediately faced with a desperate fight for life - and huge vet bills.

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6 d. ago Brit soldier's fight for life after Thailand holiday fall as medical bills rise to £75k

Liam Gibson, 21, fell at the Na Muang Waterfall 2 in the Ko Samui District area of Thailand on April 12. He spent two hours waiting for a rescue operation and then five hours having life-saving surgery that left him bleeding out

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6 d. ago Thailand holiday fall sees Brit soldier in fight for life and £75k insurance

WARNING – GRAPHIC CONTENT – A British holidaymaker underwent emergency surgery following a near-fatal fall in Thailand, with his medical bills and expenses racking up to £75,000

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8 d. ago Actor thrown off Jet2 flight in 'row over Pringles' breaks silence after viral TikTok

A Jet2 passenger, who was an actor on board flight LS721 from Edinburgh to Larnaca, has been banned for life and has been removed from the plane after a 'Pringle fight'

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1 week ago Terrifying moment tourist appears to fight for life underwater as divers reveal what really happened

Footage of the incident has garnered millions with many sharing theories about what went wrong, but a diver who claims to have been on the same trip has shared her perspective.

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1 week ago Terrifying moment underwater tourist appears to fight for life in viral video as diver reveal what really happened

Footage of the incident has garnered millions with many sharing theories about what went wrong, but a diver who claims to have been on the same trip has shared her perspective.

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1 week ago British toddler had to fight for his life after illness on US holiday left him looking 'like a skeleton'

Ayesha and Melissa Jevins, from Warrington, Cheshire, were visiting family in Florida when their one-year-old son Dylan was rushed to A&E with a mystery illness that left him 'skeletal'.

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3 w. ago Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, giant of African literature, dies aged 87

Kenyan writer’s death announced by his daughter, who wrote: ‘He lived a full life, fought a good fight’The Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who was censored, imprisoned and forced into exile by the dictator Daniel arap Moi, a perennial contender for the Nobel prize for literature and one of few writers working in an indigenous African language, has died aged 87.“It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of our dad, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, this Wednesday morning,” wrote his daughter Wanjiku wa Ngũgĩ on Facebook. “He lived a full life, fought a good fight.” Continue reading...

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last month ‘The giant penis took shape easily, as I passed through a village called Three Cocks’: meet the artist athletes drawing with GPS

From the phallus on a Welsh hillside, to a huge portrait of Chappell Roan, these Strava runners, riders and skaters have been busy In 2013, I was in the worst shape of my life. Though I functioned well day to day, I was a heavy binge drinker and smoker. Unfit, obese and unhappy, on impulse I signed up to a white-collar boxing fight. I trained six days a week for three months, shifting three stone by fight night. Winning that fight was great, though turning my life around had been my main goal. After that, I started challenging myself regularly while raising money for mental health charities.My first 24-hour challenge involved ascending Pen y Fan – the highest peak in south Wales – 10 times in a row during the dead of winter. It was horrific, but it raised lots of money, so next time I wanted something even bigger. Having seen examples of Strava art online, I thought that might be a good way to get people’s attention. I decided on a big run in the Bannau Brycheiniog (formerly the Bre...

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