Glyndebourne – the UK’s leading opera festival – celebrates its 80th anniversary this year. While timeless works by Tchaikovsky and Mozart continue to thrill the crowds,...
Campaigners are urging the British public to be aware of the dangers of skin cancer, after new figures revealed that rates of malignant melanoma are several...
The UK has one of the highest mortality rates in honeybee colonies in the EU, with 29% dying in the winter of 2012/13, according to a...
The high levels of pollution have subsided across many parts of the UK, after the most vulnerable were told to stay indoors and avoid heavy exercise...
Residents in London and the south-east of England will be more likely to suffer the deadly effects of warmer summers caused by climate change than people...
An unusually warm summer in 2013 provided a much-needed boost to many of Britain’s native species, in what experts have called “one of the most remarkable...
Extreme summer weather conditions such as heatwaves and downpours in Europe and the US may be linked to record declines in Arctic sea ice, according to...
Despite Arctic sea ice coverage improving this year when compared to 2012, scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC) in the US have...
Sea ice cover in the Arctic has improved since 2012, when record low levels were noted, but preliminary statistics from the National Snow and Ice Data...
The Lake District became the second national park in the UK in 1951, just weeks after the Peak District was named the first. At 885 square...
We’ve had six bank holidays in England and Wales this year. As the August bank holidays fades into a distant, fuzzy memory and the yawning bank...
Breathe in the sea air at this marvellous Yorkshire property, just a stone’s throw away from the coast. Book today for you and your family through cottages4you. This former...
Ten years ago today, the 17,000 residents of Faversham in Kent experienced the UK’s hottest ever temperatures: a whopping 38.5C (101.3F). The day before, the villagers...
This detached farm cottage in Dorset is the ideal place to spend a relaxing summer break. Book today through cottages4you. Peacefully situated away from the road...
As many as 760 people are believed to have died over the last nine days because of the British heatwave, according to research conducted for the Times....