Traditional thatched cottages could disappear from the landscape in 20 years’ time because of a shortage of the right type of straw, Historic England warns Historic England said thatched houses could be thing of the past within 20 years High rents taking toll on thatchers, who can’t afford to pay for business premises Thatching straw … Read more
New York, Venice, the Maldives — these and more popular holiday destinations are at risk of being flooded or totally submerged by sea level rise, experts have warned. While cities like New Orleans and Tokyo will face increased risk of flooding, places like the Seychelles and Fiji may disappear beneath the waves entirely. According to … Read more
President Donald Trump has highlighted declining new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in former hotspots Florida, Texas and Arizona, asserting that the pandemic ‘will disappear’ – even as deaths topped 2,000 in 24 hours for the first time since May. Trump said at a press conference on Friday night at his golf club in New Jersey … Read more
There are currently no three-bedroom family homes for sale in London that cost less than £325,000, according to property websites Rightmove and Zoopla. The cheapest family house in the capital with three bedrooms is currently on the market for ‘offers in excess of £325,000’. While it has a garden and a modern bathroom, the terrace property … Read more
Donald Trump asserted Sunday morning that he will ‘eventually’ get it right on coronavirus after he claimed on several occasions that the threat will just ‘disappear’ one day. ‘I’ll be right eventually. I will be right eventually. You know I said, ‘It’s going to disappear.’ I’ll say it again,’ the president told Fox News Sunday … Read more
The coronavirus pandemic has inadvertently launched a massive remote working experiment, with many office employees were forced to work from home overnight. But now that more businesses including pubs and restaurants have been allowed to reopen their doors, companies are being urged to get workers back into the office – with Prime Minister Boris Johnson saying … Read more
Black Lives Matter badges disappeared again from Sky Sports’ Premier League tonight after returning for a day – after the BBC branded them ‘political’ and banned them from screens. Sky is allowing pundits to make their own decisions about whether they wear the badges – with Patrice Evra ditching it on Tuesday, but Ashley Cole continuing … Read more
Half of advanced cancer patients given new drug saw their tumours stop growing or disappear completely as first clinical trial provides ‘encouraging’ results Researchers in the UK tested berzosertib on 40 patients with advanced tumours Despite being an early trial to evaluate safe dosage, results were ‘encouraging’ Berzosertib works by blocking the protein in cancer cells that … Read more
Christian Brueckner shouted ‘the child is dead now – and that’s a good thing!’ when colleagues discussed Madeleine McCann – before screaming ‘you can make a corpse disappear quickly! Pigs also eat human flesh!’ Lenta Johlitz, 34, worked at a kiosk shop in northern German town Braunschweig She said Christian Brueckner wanted her friends to stop … Read more
Rising sea levels could leave more than 5,800 square miles of Louisiana wetlands underwater within 50 years, according to a new study New research from Tulane University shows the Louisiana coastline is at risk Rising sea levels of between six and nine millimeters a year would wipe out the Louisiana marshlands and parts of New … Read more