Thanks to AFP Fact Check, it can be conclusively revealed that there is no evidence that Greta Thunberg is related to the Rothschild banking dynasty, contrary to social media posts targeting the climate activist with the baseless claim. The posts said Thunberg's great-grandfather was "Joachim Rothschild-Thunberg" but researchers said...
This summer, Dorset Council and Litter Free Dorset will be celebrating Dorset’s roadside verges as havens for biodiversity and wildlife with the ‘Love Your Verge’ campaign.
The campaign raises awareness of the council’s work to increase biodiversity in verges as part of its efforts to make more space for wildlife...
Last November a team of ‘guerrilla gardeners’ from Dorchester Transport Action Group (DTAG) were out and about behind Tesco’s tidying up a much used lane popular with pedestrians and cyclists.
The footpath between Sawmills Lane and Tesco’s is very narrow and had become overgrown with vegetation, hemmed in by chicken wire and...
Letters following the publication of the article Goodbye, Kind World (filed under Climate Change)
From David Bellamy, published in the Guardian 14th August 2004
An ill wind blows for turbines
As usual, an elegant article from George Monbiot, the first two-thirds of which I agree with (Goodbye, kind world, August 10). In...
Please watch this pitiful attempt at rewriting history and then choose reality.
The greatest nation that's ever been and will ever be 🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/g3LWUOWe7P— Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧 (@TRobinsonNewEra) May 12, 2024
5. Top 10 sports
Soccer (Football)
Basketball
Cricket
Tennis
Field Hockey
Volleyball
Table Tennis (Ping Pong)
Baseball
American Football
Rugby
Interestingly, there is no mention of darts or snooker....
But where...
A dream fulfilled last night was seeing the Northern Lights, but I never imagined that I’d actually get to see them at home and that we'd have such a strong aurora borealis display here in Somerset. I took some photos with the phone camera. It didn't look this intense...
Households across England will soon have the convenience of placing recyclable materials – plastic, metal, glass, paper, and card – into a single bin, as announced by the government.
Under the newly unveiled plans by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), councils will also have the authority...
Green and sustainable practices are becoming more and more common in just about every industry and the UK’s $239 billion construction sector is no exception.
Many of the sustainable changes within this sector come in conjunction with the government’s goal of being carbon net zero by 2050. They’re challenging themselves, businesses and individuals to...
The High Court has deemed the government's strategy to meet climate targets and transition to a greener economy unlawful.
The activist groups that initiated the lawsuit argued that the plan relied excessively on risky technologies and downplayed the risk of failing to meet targets. Judge Clive Sheldon upheld four of...
Plus...England's 13 dirtiest beaches are awarded 'Brown Flag Awards'
Dorset is England's cleanest county for swimming in the sea, according to a new league table.
Almost 90% of Dorset's beaches are rated as 'excellent' for clean water in summer, according to UK travel site Holiday Park Guru, which analysed Environment Agency data from hundreds of...
