4 h. ago Climate change is coming for your G&T! Global warming could change the taste of gin, scientists warn

If there's one thing the Brits take seriously, it's their gin and tonic. But the subtle fusion of flavours is at risk, experts have warned - with climate change to blame.

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9 h. ago Just three years left before 1.5C climate target slips out of reach, scientists warn

Scientists warn world may exceed Paris Agreement’s 1.5C limit as early as February 2028 as greenhouse gas emissions continue rising

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16 h. ago Time is running out to curb climate change: Window to avoid 1.5°C of warming will close in just 3 YEARS if CO2 emissions continue at current rate, scientists warn

Time is running out to curb climate change, scientists have warned in a major new report. With the remaining carbon budget only expected to last three years.

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17 h. ago Scientists warn that greenhouse gas accumulation is accelerating and more extreme weather will come

A team of 60 international scientists report that by early 2028 society will have emitted enough greenhouse gases that the Earth will be pretty much locked into hitting the internationally agreed upon preferred limit for global warming

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17 h. ago Only two years left of world’s carbon budget to meet 1.5C target, scientists warn

Breaching threshold would ramp up catastrophic weather events, further increasing human sufferingThe planet’s remaining carbon budget to meet the international target of 1.5C has just two years left at the current rate of emissions, scientists have warned, showing how deep into the climate crisis the world has fallen.Breaching the target would ramp up the extreme weather already devastating communities around the world. It would also require carbon dioxide to be sucked from the atmosphere in future to restore the stable climate in which the whole of civilisation developed over the past 10,000 years. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago World now in ‘crunch time’ to avoid higher levels of warming, UN scientists warn

Drivers of climate change are ‘all moving in the wrong direction’, the team of international scientists said.

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30 h. ago UK to see increase in sharks, rays and native oysters due to rising sea temperatures

While some species could thrive in warmer British waters, scientists warn others could struggle

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32 h. ago King Charles' rule at Windsor Castle to ensure food arrives 'on time'

Windsor Castle boasts around 450 timepieces that are changed manually twice a year, but the ones in the kitchen run at a different time to the rest

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48 h. ago California man escaped from prison 30 years ago and vanished. Cops just found him living a normal life 150 miles away

Ronald Keith Harvey escaped from FCI Dublin in 1994 while serving time for running a large-scale illegal marijuana operation

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55 h. ago What time does Royal Ascot 2025 start? Runners and riders, racecard, weather forecast, latest odds today

World-renowned five-day Festival set to begin in Berkshire

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3 d. ago Scientists discover hundreds of mysterious giant VIRUSES lurking in the ocean

Scientists at the University of Miami warn that the world's oceans are teeming with 'giant viruses', also known as giruses.

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3 d. ago Relentless Chelsea see chance to test evolving squad at Club World Cup

Keeping up with the pace of change in Maresca’s squad is far from easy and their US trip will be more of the sameThis is the never-ending season but Chelsea show no sign of wanting to slow down. They intend to embrace Fifa’s newly revamped Club World Cup – a potential £97m prize pot for the eventual winners is quite the draw in an age of intense financial scrutiny, after all – and have travelled to the US knowing that the tournament gives them an opportunity to find out more about a squad that has evolved in the short space of time since Enzo Maresca’s side beat Real Betis in the Uefa Conference League final on 28 May.There has been little time to pause for breath before Chelsea get up and running in Group D by facing the Major League Soccer side Los Angeles FC in Atlanta on Monday. Some players have had a 10-day break, others have been away on international duty and there has been no sign of anyone in the recruitment department taking a bit of annual leave. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Kathy Lette looks back: ‘Older women are invisible, so I make sure to do something outrageous every day’

The author on her love for Spike Milligan, the furore over Puberty Blues, and why being middle-aged is greatBorn in 1958 in Sydney, Kathy Lette burst on to Australia’s literary scene in 1979 with Puberty Blues. Co‑written with Gabrielle Carey, the irreverent portrait of teenage girlhood became a cult classic, a film and a TV series. Relocating to London in the 1980s, Lette has worked as a columnist, television writer and campaigner, and has published a string of bestselling comic novels. She lives in London and has two children, Julius and Georgina, with her former husband, the human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson. Her latest novel, The Revenge Club, is out now.When I was 19, I was in a band called the Salami Sisters. As well as the occasional gig in a pub, we’d busk. The problem was, we kept getting arrested. I was furious. How come we were getting arrested for singing, when actual rapists were running free? My sister was a police constable at the time, so one day I bor...

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4 d. ago ‘It’s not a genuine apology’: Spanish women reject Catholic attempt to redress Franco incarceration

Many survivors believe organisation’s request for forgiveness over abuse in Women’s Protection Board centres does not go far enoughAs the members of the Catholic organisation wrapped up their speech with an appeal for forgiveness, the auditorium in Madrid exploded in rage. For decades, many in the audience had grappled with the scars left by their time in Catholic-run institutions; now they were on their feet chanting: “Truth, justice and reparations” and – laying bare their rejection of any apology – “Neither forget, nor forgive”.It was an unprecedented response to an unprecedented moment in Spain, hinting at the deep fissures that linger over one of the longest-running and least-known institutions of Francisco Franco’s dictatorship: the Catholic-run centres that incarcerated thousands of women and girls as young as eight, subjecting them to barbaric punishments, forced labour and religious indoctrination. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago How to watch the US Open: TV channel and live stream for Round 3 today

Defending US Open champion Bryson DeChambeau and record six-time runner-up Phil Mickelson missed the cut

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5 d. ago He gave her a one star review. She ruined his life. A Fringe performer turns the tables on a critic.

Charlotte Runcie’s debut novel Bring the House Down draws on her time as a Festival reviewer and captures the fraught and funny frenzy of the city in August.

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6 d. ago First picture of Air India pilots who made desperate plea seconds before horror crash

The aircraft departed at 1.39pm local time (9.09am BST) from runway 23, according to air traffic control at Ahmedabad Airport.

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6 d. ago Contraceptive pill taken by millions linked to brain tumour risk

A common contraceptive pill could be linked to an increased risk of potentially life-threatening brain tumours, scientists warn

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7 d. ago Oceans have absorbed heat of 1.7 billion atomic bombs, scientists warn as UN summit opens in Nice

Scientists warn ocean is absorbing heat equivalent to five atomic bomb explosions every second, driving record temperatures, sea ice loss and mass coral bleaching

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7 d. ago Funds to tackle Europe’s forest fires poorly targeted, says EU watchdog

Report raises concerns that money allocated to combat fires not reaching areas where it could make biggest differenceEuropean funds to prevent forest fires have been poorly targeted and sometimes distributed in a hurry, according to a report from the EU’s spending watchdog.The number of forest fires in EU countries has increased dramatically over the last two decades as the climate crisis fuels ever bigger conflagrations. An area twice the size of Luxembourg has been consumed by flames in an average recent year, killing people, destroying homes and wildlife and sending megatonnes of planet-heating emissions into the air. Continue reading...

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