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PC: Mining Remediation Authority A long-derelict brownfield site in the heart of Chester is being prepared for a new residential development after mine water treatment by-product was reused to stabilise contaminated soil.The 5,200 square metre site was historically occupied by lead works and later used as a car park. It remained undeveloped because of legacy…

Image: Wild Pets/ Youtube Two 14-year-old conservationists in Devon, England, are inviting children to take part in an unusual wildlife project: raising tiny harvest mice at home before releasing them into the wild. Eva Wishart and Emily Smith, who bred mice in their garages and bedrooms before releasing 250 of them, are expanding their initiative,…

Arjun Sofat, a former analyst at an investment bank, started the company with his mother, Rohini Sofat, in 2017 A mother and son in the UK who ran out of their £15,000 savings while developing a vegan protein supplement started fitting kitchens and installing cupboards to raise money for their first stock. What began as…

A woman paid about £80 for a Dior bag in a Cotswolds charity shop without knowing if it was genuine; experts identified it as a rare 2003 Koi Saddle Bag, and it later sold for £7,870/Image: Kinghams Auctioneers A Dior handbag bought for about £80 in a Cotswolds charity shop has sold for £7,870 at…

The Mushroom Shed was designed to resemble a mushroom. A 12-year-old girl from Surrey, England, gave her father £500 from her savings and asked him to build a house shaped like a mushroom in their back garden. Her father, Ben Swanborough, took up the challenge and built a two-storey wooden hideaway with a trapdoor, stained-glass…

Richard Branson was 29 when he pursued Necker Island, initially offering $100,000 despite its $6 million asking price. (Photo: Owen Buggy) Long before Sir Richard Branson became a billionaire entrepreneur with a global business empire, he was a young businessman looking for a way to impress the woman he had fallen in love with.His idea…

As the first residents prepare to move in, the project represents the Duchy of Cornwall’s first housing development specifically designed to address homelessness. A new housing project in Cornwall is putting a different face on the fight against homelessness. Rather than treating shelter as a temporary stopgap, the development in Nansledan, Newquay, combines carefully designed…

Representative Image of key moments in ZSL history, from royal openings to animal exhibits ( AI Generrated Image) A royal visit to London Zoo in 2016 completed a circle that had begun 40 years earlier. According to the Zoological Society of London, Queen Elizabeth II opened the Lion Terraces at London Zoo in 1976, then…

Oxford Professor Alexander Betts has set a Guinness World Record at the 2026 London Marathon dressed as an academic. Betts, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for External Engagement, Sport, and Community, and Professor of Forced Migration and International Affairs at the Oxford Department of International Development, completed the marathon in 2 hours 55 minutes. Guinness World Records officially recognised…

Image: The Royal Family (left) King Charles visited a research project in North Yorkshire exploring a new way to control Britain’s grey squirrel population and help protect its native red squirrels. During his visit on May 26, 2026, the King met scientists at the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s York Biotech Campus in Sand Hutton…