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Rice feeds more than half the world, but scientists say current farming is crossing Earth’s safe limits for climate, water, and nutrients, and that makes every bowl part of a bigger planetary balancing act

Rice cultivation, a global staple, is pushing Earth's natural systems beyond safe limits, particularly concerning climate change, water use, and nutrient pollution. A study highlights how flooded paddies release methane, a potent greenhouse gas, and intensive irrigation strains water resources. Fortunately, practices like alternate wetting and drying, alongside sustainable farming…

The Economic Times · Jun 27

Labour MPs ‘to urge ministers to scrap migration reforms’ as net migration set to drop to lowest level since Covid

Labour MPs will use an expected fall in net migration to pile pressure on the Home Office to reverse its plans for further immigration reforms

The Independent UK · May 19

When two become one: the ups and downs of couples’ finances

When it comes to relationships, could money be the last remaining taboo? Here’s why talking about your bank balance could prove the most important love lesson of all ...

The Guardian - UK · Mar 20

Pensioner who smuggled £640,000 worth of cocaine in mobility scooter jailed

Ronald Lord, from Montreal in Canada, was stopped at Gatwick Airport where border force staff found eight kilograms of the drug hidden in his scooter.

Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2025

Labour to scrap most short prison sentences to tackle overcrowding

The government will allow offenders to earn early release through good behaviour in prisons

The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2025

We gave OpenAI’s open-source AI a kid’s test — here’s what happened

OpenAI has finally released some AI models folks can use at home on their local machines, so I decided to see if it was better at a test designed for children than my own kid.

Windows Central · Aug 16, 2025

I Asked OpenAI’s New Open-Source AI Model to Complete a Children’s School Test — Is It Smarter Than a 10-Year-Old?

OpenAI has finally released some AI models folks can use at home on their local machines, so I decided to see if it was better at a test designed for children than my own kid.

Windows Central · Aug 10, 2025

‘We just go to the park’: making the most of Easter in a child-poverty hotspot

In Manningham in Bradford 72% of children live below the poverty line. The national average is 22%

The Guardian - UK · Apr 20, 2025

Ed Davey opens up about caring for his sick mother as he says he’ll vote against assisted dying bill

Cabinet split on proposed legal change, which is opposed by health secretary Wes Streeting and justice secretary Shabana Mahmood but backed by Ed Miliband and celebrities like Esther Rantzen

The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2024

‘No one has any money’: Israel’s restrictions stifle West Bank economy

Soaring unemployment and poverty are fuelling unrest as Palestinian firms and workers face ‘economic siege’

The Guardian - UK · Aug 23, 2024