‘Keir Starmer take note’: UK’s green transition must start now, say experts
Labour’s victory in the general election must mark the start of the UK’s transformation to a green and low-carbon economy and society, campaigners and experts have said as the scale of the election win became clear. The Conservatives’ U-turns on…
Weatherwatch: Buckwheat, miracle crop for a future of extreme heat
Most Britons will not be familiar with buckwheat. It’s not really part of our traditional cuisine, although we may have eaten some. But in many part of the world the seeds are part of the staple diet, for example as…
Election TV review: Clive Myrie’s chicken grilling kicks off chaotic four-channel extravaganza
Standing under a buckling umbrella in the dark, cacophonous Manchester rain at a few minutes past 10 on election night, Angela Rayner braced herself to field a question from the BBC’s Clive Myrie. “You say you’re not counting your chickens,”…
Country diary: The compost bins are heating up and teeming with life | Phil Gates
Four conical plastic bins, like baleful Daleks, each produce about a cubic metre of compost every year. In go weeds and kitchen vegetable waste; 12 months of organic alchemy later, out comes some high-quality crumbly soil improver. These bins are…
Melodies in chart-topping music have become less complex, study finds
“Won’t you play a simple melody,” sang Bing Crosby in his rendition of the Irving Berlin classic. Now it seems his wish has come true: research has revealed the tunes of modern chart-toppers are less complex than those of the…
Tom Kerridge Cooks Britain review – an empty, flavourless screensaver passing for television
There is nothing inherently wrong with Tom Kerridge Cooks Britain (ITV1), it is just that there is not particularly anything to it, either. Over half an hour, there are more mentions of the supermarket chain sponsoring the show than there…
The Guardian view on Hurricane Beryl: the west can’t sit this out | Editorial
The islands that have been hardest hit by Hurricane Beryl will take years to recover. Nine out of 10 homes on Union, which is part of St Vincent and the Grenadines in the eastern Caribbean, were damaged or destroyed on…
Norris admits Verstappen does not need to apologise for ‘pathetic’ collision
Lando Norris has revealed he met Max Verstappen to clear the air after their angry clash at last week’s Austrian Grand Prix but while the British driver says the pair are still “great friends” the Dutchman has insisted he will…
Surrey’s festival of cricket drew a huge crowd – let’s extend it to every county
1) Red-letter day at red-ball festival The match between Surrey and Essex at the Oval drew a crowd of more than 6,000 on the first day, Sunday being designated “the festival of red-ball cricket”. Even with plenty of weather about,…
Tour de France 2024: Groenewegen pips Philipsen in photo finish to win stage six – as it happened
Tour de France stage and all anyone around these parts remembers him for is going over his handlebars during a 2007 Tour stage after accidentally hitting a labrador pup.Tour de France. He becomes the third different rider to win in…