Leaked documents predict crop failure rates of up to 50% as water companies resist calls to prioritise food production Experts have warned of widespread crop failures across England, as charities and farmers criticised water companies for dithering over hosepipe bans despite drought being declared across much of the country. On […]

Teachers say ‘Covid generation’ students will feel they got ‘unfair deal’ if they miss out on university Tens of thousands of A-level pupils may miss out on first choice university Final-year pupils awaiting their A-level results next week will feel they have got an “unfair deal” if they miss out […]

Spectacular country walk through Lake District and Yorkshire Dales will be made more accessible Alfred Wainwright’s coast-to-coast walk, which meanders through the often spectacular countryside of three of England’s national parks, is to be made a National Trail. The 197-mile route from St Bees in Cumbria to Robin Hood’s Bay […]

Data from Australia’s square kilometre array radio telescope was processed by a new supercomputer called Setonix – named after WA’s quokka Within 24 hours of accessing the first stage of Australia’s newest supercomputing system, researchers have processed a series of radio telescope observations, including a highly detailed image of a […]