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Brussels sprouts will be 25% bigger this year, and may be sexier too
Farmers are forecasting that brussels sprouts will be 25% bigger this year.
Good growing conditions, the introduction of new varieties, and a dose of sea air have resulted in a crop of super-sized sprouts for this festive season.
The vegetable wholesaler TH Clements, a supplier to Tesco, has told the …
‘If we don’t get off this mountain I don’t think I can do another night’: climber Fay Manners on surviving the odds
Fay Manners was 6,400m up a mountain in the Indian Himalayas when she heard her climbing partner, Michelle Dvorak, scream from below. The rope attaching her to the rock face snapped tight, but held firm. Fearing something terrible had happened, Manners looked down with dread – but thankfully Dvorak was …
Christmas sport gift guide: the best presents for fans of all ages
‘Gisele is waiting for explanations’: the dark questions at the heart of the Pelicot trial
In the four years after she discovered her husband had been drugging her and inviting strangers into their home to rape her, Gisèle Pelicot liked to walk to clear her head.
Striding through the countryside alone, she would throw the questions that tormented her to the wind: “Dominique, how could …
Mother and boyfriend wheeled body of toddler around Ipswich after murder
It is thought that two-year-old Isabella Wheildon had been dead for about three days when the girl’s mother, Chelsea Gleason-Mitchell, and her partner, Scott Jeff, were captured on CCTV wheeling the toddler’s body around Ipswich in a pushchair. Footage shows the pair pushing the child’s body to a service station, …
Northern lights: the six best places in Europe to see the aurora borealis in 2025
The northern lights lit up the skies
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several times this year, and experts are predicting 2025 will be a great year for spotting the often elusive light show.The dazzling natural phenomenon, also known as the aurora borealis, has been particularly …
‘The water war’: how drought threatens survival of Sicily’s towns
Geminid meteor shower: when to best see Australia’s biggest shooting star show this weekend
Australia will see its best and biggest meteor shower of the year when the Geminids meteors light up the sky early on Saturday.
Here’s when and where to look out for the shooting stars.
When will the meteor shower be?
The meteor shower will be strongest between 2am and 4am …
Ukraine war briefing: Nato warns that Putin wants to ‘wipe Ukraine off the map’
Nato secretary general Mark Rutte has warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to “wipe Ukraine off the map” and could come after other parts of Europe next.
Rutte told the Carnegie Europe thinktank in Brussels it is “time to shift to a wartime mindset” and that people …
TikTok’s annual carbon footprint is likely bigger than Greece’s, study finds
TikTok’s annual carbon footprint is likely larger than that of Greece, according to a new analysis of the social media platform’s environmental impact, with the average user generating greenhouse gases equivalent to driving an extra 123 miles in a gas-powered car each year.
, a …