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It’s considered to be one of the most nature-depleted countries A collaboration of wildlife organisations has warned that it could take almost 70 years for large-scale nature restoration to be under way across 30% of Scotland. More than 20 organisations, under the umbrella of the Scottish Rewilding Alliance (SRA), said rewilding is currently under way across 2.5% of the country’s land, with 195,615 hectares rewilding. This is an increase of […]

More than 20 women have contacted police to say they may have been raped by Zhenhao Zou, the Chinese PhD student detectives believe may be one of the UKs most prolific sex offenders. Police launched an international appeal after Zou, 28, was convicted of drugging and raping 10 women following a trial at the Inner London Crown Court in March. Metropolitan Police commander Kevin Southworth said: “Given how prolific Zou seems to have […]

Human activity and British weather are to blame More than half of UK butterfly species are now in long-term decline, as humans destroy habitats, use pesticides and drive climate change, experts said. The UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme, run by a coalition of conservation organisations, has also revealed that 2024 was one of the worst on record for butterflies in the UK with species including the small tortoiseshell, the chalk hill […]

The Top Gun & Batman star had pneumonia op Gun star Val Kilmer has died at the age of 65, his daughter has said. Kilmer’s daughter Mercedes told the New York Times the actor had died from pneumonia. He rose to fame starring alongside Tom Cruise in the 1986 hit Top Gun. Kilmer would go on to play Batman in 1995’s Batman Forever and received critical acclaim for his portrayal […]

Unhappiness with A&E is at a record high There has been a “startling collapse” in public satisfaction with the NHS, according to a major public survey. Some 59% of adults say they are dissatisfied with the health service, up seven percentage points in a year and the highest level on record. The British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey, which covers England, Scotland and Wales, found only a fifth of respondents (21%) […]

Davina McCall has said she was “furious” about the lack of knowledge around the menopause and that her anger drove her to speak out. The 57-year-old, who has long advocated on women’s health issues and has presented documentaries on contraception and the menopause, said she knew “nothing” about it when her perimenopause began. Speaking at Advertising Week Europe 2025 in central London, the TV presenter said: “I was f****** furious […]

A man who was reported to have been carrying a firearm at Milton Keynes railway station has been shot dead by police, Thames Valley Police said. Officers from Thames Valley Police and British Transport Police were called to reports that a man was carrying a firearm at the station in Elder Gate, Milton Keynes on Tuesday at 12.55pm. A force spokesman said: “Armed officers from Thames Valley Police responded and […]

A Bletchley Park codebreaker who “inspired women in the Army for decades” has died at the age of 101. Charlotte “Betty” Webb MBE, who was one of the last surviving codebreakers from Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire, died on Monday, the Women’s Royal Army Corps Association said. She worked at Bletchley Park as a member of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS), from 1941 to 1945, indexing German messages and paraphrasing Japanese […]