Sitting under park trees during the incoming heatwave is hazardous and should be avoided, a local authority has warned.
Normanby Hall Country Park in Lincolnshire has five aging trees losing branches at an alarming rate thanks to a lack of rainwater.
Temperatures are expected to reach 33C on Wednesday in parts of southern England, but visitors at the Scunthorpe park should find cover elsewhere, experts say.
Buckfast Abbey confirmed yesterday it is coordinating directly with the family of former Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe to finalise her funeral arrangements.
The ex-politician was killed earlier this month in what Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard were violent circumstances.
In a statement issued on Sunday, Fr Abbot said the abbey was liaising “closely with the family regarding funeral arrangements” and that further details would be shared “in due course, when appropriate”.
Scientists in Hertfordshire have revealed why they have been watching grass grow for 170 years.
The Park Grass Experiment, situated in a field close to Harpenden, holds the distinction of being the oldest experiment on permanent grassland anywhere in the world.
It was established during Queen Victoria’s reign by Rothamsted Research’s founders, Sir John Bennet Lawes and Joseph Henry Gilbert, who set out to investigate the effects of fertilisers and manure on hay yields.
Tributes have been paid to the wildlife TV presenter and comedian, Bill Oddie, who has died, aged 85.
He achieved fame in the BBC comedy series The Goodies in the 1970s and wrote spin-off pop singles for the trio, including the 1975 top ten hit ‘Funky Gibbon’. He was passionate about protecting birdlife and went on to host a number of successful nature programmes including ‘Bill Oddie Goes Wild’ and ‘Springwatch’.
Meet Christopher Harborne, the billionaire bankrolling Reform UK.
He moved to Thailand in the 1990s and became a Thai citizen, but he has pumped over £25 million into UK political parties, including £15 million to Reform UK and £10.2 million to the Brexit Party.
How is he legally allowed to do this?
The famous Joddrell Bank Observatory is reported to be facing closure.
The scientific funding body that supports the eight-decade-old site in Cheshire hosting radio telescopes, is said to be considering cutting its funding.
Families who received the wrong ashes from a fraudulent funeral director have given heart-wrenching statements in court, at the start of his sentencing.
Robert Bush left the bodies of 30 people – including a stillborn baby – at the premises of Legacy Independent Funeral Directors in Hull for months after he told families their loved-ones had been cremated.