13+ hour, 12+ min ago   (1129+ words) Scientists say good rainfall and growing resistance to viruses are to blame for increasing rabbit populations around the country Jojo the rabbit-detecting dog is working eight days on, two days off, running up to 20 kilometres a day chasing rabbits in…...

22+ hour, 16+ min ago   (1706+ words) Thousands of miles of new power lines are needed to deliver climate targets and energy security, but bills will rise in the short term and opponents are mobilising Britain is embarking on one of the largest overhauls of its electricity…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (523+ words) As trust in institutions wavers, experts say local, collective action is more effective in driving change This week, reflecting on a summer as “hot as hell”, the UN’s head of climate, Simon Stiell, said: “Climate is sometimes seen as a…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1575+ words) Cattle rancher and tech CEO Michael Samadi is convinced these artificial minds are far from just tools. Has he glimpsed digital consciousness – or simply been seduced by an algorithm? One afternoon, while relaxing at his 66-acre cattle ranch two hours…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (201+ words) The Guardian Vauxhall factory closure shows that capitalism is alive and well in Luton The closure of the Vauxhall plant in Luton is not the failure of capitalism but its success (‘Capitalism is dying’: in Luton, these former car workers…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (676+ words) Good morning. Amid the gloom over the property market downturn across Australia, new figures reveal that it is the more high-end houses being hit worst – down more than 10% from their peaks in some cities. A new report has projected staggering…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (715+ words) Exclusive: Staff expect ‘brutal’ cutbacks as broadcaster seeks to reduce costs amid advertising slowdown Channel 4 is poised to cut about 300 jobs – about a quarter of its workforce – in the biggest round of layoffs in its 43-year history, as the broadcaster…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (564+ words) OS index examines which ‘urban heat islands’ suffer the most – and which cope the best with rising temperatures Portsmouth, Leicester, Exeter, Bristol and Nottingham will be among the cities that warm the most by the end of this century as…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (648+ words) Median £42,000 in reserve not enough to cover filming overrun or delay to series, industry body warns Hundreds of small UK TV companies have so little cash in reserve that a filming overrun or a delay to a series could send…...

1+ week, 56+ min ago   (436+ words) Sydney-headquartered group suspends work on some of its 45 construction sites affecting 60% of workforce More than 200 workers at Sydney-headquartered Bathla Group have been stood down as administrators of the embattled property developer seek emergency funds to stave off a company-wide collapse....