Reports and Studies

COP28: Head of UN talks hits back at climate denial claims

The president of the ongoing UN climate talks Sultan al-Jaber has hit back at claims that he denies a core…

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Attenborough ship encounters mammoth iceberg

The UK’s polar ship, RRS Sir David Attenborough, has come face to face with the world’s biggest iceberg. The planned…

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Raw sewage ‘cover-up’ at Windermere World Heritage Site

Water companies can make sewage pollution disappear from the official figures. Leaked records suggest one firm, United Utilities, wrongly downgraded…

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Explainer: What are the weight loss drugs drawing intense international attention?

Wegovy, Mounjaro, Ozempic… These new drugs drawing such intense attention have raised the hopes of millions around the world suffering…

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How weather apps are trying to be more accurate

Travelling the world by bicycle for two years might be too physically challenging for most of us, but Zoe Ashbridge…

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Record number of girls on Borders College farming course

Stephanie Crozier is one of a record number of young women who have enrolled on an agriculture course in the…

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How a Palestinian teen’s release exposed Israeli mistreatment of prisoners

Israeli officials were displeased when Mohammed Nazal, an 18-year-old Palestinian, described his ordeal in Israeli prisons after being released as…

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Analysis: Israel resumed bombing Gaza, what has happened since?

Fighting in Gaza resumed almost on cue on Friday when the last extension of the truce expired and hopes in attempts to…

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The South Korean woman who adopted her best friend

 Most mornings, Eun Seo-Ran begins her day at around 7am by brewing tea for herself and her adopted daughter Lee…

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Rise in English bathing sites rated unfit to swim

The number of English bathing sites rated as unfit to swim has risen to its highest level since a new…

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