Nature and Environment
The United Nations environmental body, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has released a report detailing how humans are accelerating climate change in the way we use land on this planet. While the problems are wide-spread and deeply-rooted, we look at how we can all make individual contributions in the fight against further damage.
Reducing food waste and more sustainable farming should also be top of our priorities, say climate change experts.
Cancel your plans, storms are coming.
More than 1,500 people have been evacuated from the Derbyshire town since Thursday – and hundreds are still unable to access their homes.
A yellow weather warning is in place until Wednesday night as rain causes flooding and landslides in Scottish Highlands.
Forecasters warned of the potential for up to 40mm of rain to fall in just an hour or two on Sunday afternoon.
The situation in Derbyshire remains at a “critical level”.
Danger to life flood warnings follow damage to Toddbrook Reservoir.
11 people had to be rescued from Poynton in the space of four hours after heavy rain caused flash floods in the area.
Communities across North Yorkshire have been affected by the summer storms, which saw nearly a month's worth of rain fall within 24 hours.