People’s stories, memories and reflections are being collected for an accessible interactive trail in North Devon. North Devon Council said the Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon hoped to capture real-life experiences of places in Barnstaple as part of a new community trail on digital platform Humap. It said the museum wanted the community to...
“I was speechless,” said Matthias Huss, a leading glacier specialist at Zurich’s Federal Institute of Technology. “It was the worst case that could happen.” Mr Huss had been aware of the situation in Blatten; he and his team check Switzerland’s glaciers all year round, and their annual reports show a clear, accelerated thaw, linked to...
BBC Work is being done to repair the damage done to peatlands on Dartmoor New mapping data has shown 80% of England’s peatlands to be dry and damaged. The government said the findings, shown on an open source map, presented a worrying picture, with degraded peat emitting carbon into the atmosphere and contributing to global...
Sir John Curtice Professor of politics at the University of Strathclyde BBC There is no doubt that Reform performed well in Thursday’s local council elections. The party won most votes, most seats and overall control of most councils. True, the party’s share of the votes cast across all 23 councils where elections took place on...