Senate approves Biden’s $1.9 trillion pandemic relief plan

The Senate passed President Joe Biden’s nearly $2 trillion coronavirus relief package Saturday morning after a…

A history of the hedgerow and a love letter to weeds: the best books to celebrate spring

Spring is on its way. Daylight hours will lengthen over the next few weeks and soon…

Oyster shells will give your soil a balanced boost | Alys Fowler

I love oysters – not the insides, which my stomach decidedly can’t tolerate, but the shells.…

Plastic-free bathroom treats you can easily recycle

British people are mostly onboard with kitchen recycling, but we’re less diligent in the bathroom, where,…

Eco-homes become hot property in UK’s zero-carbon ‘paradigm shift’

Instead of parking spaces, it’s flowerbeds and vegetable planters that line the car-free street of Solar…

Cows might fly: Ireland to jet calves to Europe to cut travel time

Irish authorities have announced plans to fly unweaned dairy calves from Ireland to other EU destinations…

Hypothermia, paradoxical undressing and the Dyatlov Pass

The mysterious deaths of nine Russian hikers in Dyatlov Pass in 1959 has spawned many outlandish…

Country diary: a natural amphitheatre allows birds to perform

After the long snow-lined and sunless days, the world seemed suddenly released. The airwaves were full…

‘No idea what he’s doing’: Manchin perplexes with Covid aid power play

Sen. Joe Manchin speaks to media at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. | Sipa via AP…

Former astronaut mulling Senate run in North Carolina

Joan Higginbotham, right, waves as other crew members look on while she is introduced during a…