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In 1996, British publisher Felix Dennis planted a small wood near his home in Dorsington, Warwickshire, without any idea that it would grow into one of the largest privately planted forests in England. What started as a personal project soon turned into something far bigger.

A commercial airline pilot in the UK reported seeing a mysterious disc-shaped object pass alarmingly close to a passenger aircraft while approaching London Gatwick Airport, triggering an official aviation safety investigation. The incident took place on 29 April 2026 but only came to wider public attention after the UK Airprox Board published its report.

In 2011, a team of British researchers prepared to carry out what would have been one of the first outdoor tests of solar geoengineering equipment anywhere in the world, a plan to send a helium balloon roughly 1 kilometre into the sky above a disused airfield in Norfolk, tethered to a hose that would pump around 150 litres of water up through it. The test was never meant to alter the climate itself.

London is set for a pleasant and sunny Tuesday, August 4, 2026, with a high of 29degC and minimal chance of rain, offering ideal conditions for outdoor .

Birmingham residents can expect a day of sunny intervals with a comfortable maximum temperature of 26degC on August 4, 2026. The day will be characteriz.

A 60-year-old man has been jailed after concealing his mother's body in a chest freezer at their home for almost three years while continuing to claim more than PS78,000 in her pension and state benefits.

A baby born with a rare abdominal birth defect is thriving after doctors repaired the condition before birth in what specialists describe as a first-of-its-kind clinical trial.

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In a woodland in Staffordshire, rings of pipes have been pumping extra carbon dioxide over 180-year-old oak trees every growing season since 2017, giving scientists a rare, decade-long window into how mature forests might behave in a warmer, more carbon-rich future. The facility, known as BIFoR FACE and run by the University of Birmingham, raises CO2 levels inside its treatment rings to around 573 parts per million, close to what the whole atmosphere is projected to reach by the 2050s, compared to roughly 424 parts per million in untreated control rings nearby.

London residents can expect warm and sunny weather to begin the week, with temperatures reaching a high of 31degC today, August 3, 2026. Clear skies and.