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'This firestorm is the big one': LA mayor provides update on California wildfires – video

admin — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 03:54:50 +0000

Wildfires continued to grow in Los Angeles as overtaxed fire crews battled three major out-of-control blazes that have killed at least five people. The largest and most devastating so far have been the Palisades fire and the Eaton fire, but other blazes, particularly the growing Hurst fire and the Hollywood Hills-based Sunset fire, are continuing to worry Los Angeles residents

LA hasn't seen anything like this before: Pacific Palisades residents react to wildfires – video

admin — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 02:09:41 +0000

Huge wildfires roaring through the Los Angeles area of Pacific Palisades has left the neighborhood in ruins. Resident Sanah Chung left his Pacific Palisades home when a mandatory evacuation order was placed but returned to protect his home from the fire. 'I know this looks pretty stupid, but If I can save one ember from burning down my house, I'll take the risk,' said Chung.

Visual explainer: why are the LA wildfires so bad?

Food for public sector to be monitored to see how much is grown in UK

admin — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 00:01:46 +0000

Environment secretary says Labour is aiming for half of food procured for the public sector to come from British farms

Food supplied to the public sector will be monitored for the first time to see how much was grown by British farmers, the environment secretary is to announce.

Health experts rally for ‘call to arms’ to protect children from toxic chemicals

admin — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 22:00:44 +0000

In new paper in the New England Journal of Medicine, leading researchers to propose action to protect kids

Scorching climate drove lampreys apart during cretaceous period

admin — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 19:38:46 +0000

A new study finds that one of the hottest periods in Earth's history may have driven lampreys apart -- genetically speaking. The work could have implications for how aquatic species respond to our current changing climate.

Celebrities among thousands to flee homes as Los Angeles wildfires rage

admin — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 14:59:50 +0000

Blazes devastate affluent Pacific Palisades with more than 30,000 people under evacuation orders

California wildfires – latest updates

Fast-moving wildfires raging through Los Angeles have left Hollywood movie actors and reality TV stars fleeing their hillside mansions, as wind-whipped blazes devastated affluent neighbourhoods along the coast.

At least five dead as overwhelmed firefighters struggle to contain LA blazes

admin — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 14:55:21 +0000

Crews from across California and other states dispatched to help battle intense fires fanned by strong winds

California wildfires – live updates

Fast-moving wildfires tore through several neighborhoods of Los Angeles, killing at least five people, incinerating more than 1,500 buildings and leaving firefighters across the region spread thin.

Charges against 34 people dropped over plastic pollution protest at Unilever HQ

admin — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 14:31:32 +0000

CPS says there is not enough evidence to proceed against Greenpeace activists who blockaded firm’s London office

Criminal charges have been dropped against dozens of people who staged a protest against plastic pollution outside the headquarters of Unilever.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has decided not to proceed against 34 individuals days before their trial was due to start.

Scuba diving has opened my eyes to a new world. Being a beginner again feels magical | Kieran Pender

admin — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 14:00:36 +0000

There are significant health benefits to trying new things, whatever the activity – and there is always more to learn

There is a paradox to being 20 metres under the ocean. It is a place of calm and wonderment. I am immersed in a foreign world, with a new watery sky above me. There is a sense of serenity, blissful peace as countless colourful fish glide past.

Only the tranquillity is deceiving. As a novice diver, my mind ticks over in hyperdrive. All that stands between me and an agonising fate is the tank of oxygen on my back (and, hopefully, the dive guide’s spare air).

RSPB stops selling flat bird feeders owing to deadly finch disease

admin — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 14:00:35 +0000

Feeding birds from flat surfaces such as tables could be contributing to spread of finch trichomonosis, says charity

The RSPB has withdrawn flat bird feeders from sale on its website amid warnings they could be spreading deadly diseases to finches.

The charity has said feeding birds from flat surfaces such as tables could be contributing to the spread of illnesses such as finch trichomonosis, which has been blamed for the plummeting greenfinch population.