Climate change

The EnergyTown game is marketed towards UK schoolchildren, and funded by energy giant Equinor

Warning over classroom game accused of 'brainwashing' schoolchildren

It will offer inhabitants round-the-clock electricity

Ad Feature Iraq’s first solar-powered village begins operating

Young people across the UK have a lot of big worries on their plates

5 of the biggest concerns for children in 2025

New documentary explains how old Christmas trees are helping to protect the coast

Sand, Sea, Xmas Trees: How old festive saplings guard against floods

A herd

Vital appeal to raise £5,000 for 'conservation cows'

Houses in the middle of a flooded area after Storm Laurence passed through El Palmar de Troya in southern Spain, before Martinho swept in.

Large areas of holiday hotspot on alert as rainstorms cause flooding

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6 of the best eco-friendly banks for sustainable spending in the UK

Inspiring young people to connect with nature and building greener schools are both on the government agenda

Three things the Government is doing to make schools 'greener'

More than 1,600 claims were made on home insurance policies over the 5 years

Brits have claimed £31m for flood damages between 2020 and 2024

(Photos: Getty Images/Pexels)

The rules, fuels and regulations around wood burners for 2025

Research of 2,000 adults revealed Queen Victoria’s 63-year reign from 1837 to 1901 and the Tudor period were other areas of interest

History buff Brits consider WWII to be the most interesting period

Grace Hills, 36, transformed her street from a 'neglected patch of urban land' into a colourful wildflowers.

I filled my street with wildflowers to attract bees

Pupils from Ffynnon Taf Primary School celebrate their new heating system (Photo: Kensa/Supplied)

Ground-breaking new 'green' heating system warming up UK school

A pile of dead batteries. Photo: Manjunath Kiran/AFP via Getty Images

Recycling expert explains what to do with your dead batteries

University of Manchester PHD student Ewan Camplisson has been studying Greeland sharks

I'm researching rare sharks - they could help humans live longer

A Spain holiday warning has been issued as a “major cockroach infestation” is expected to hit the popular destination this summer. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

'Cockroach infestation’ to hit holiday hotspot

Gran Canaria.

Watch: Booking a holiday? Tourism tax and airport delays explained

Hiker points to a giant sinkhole estimated to be around 20m deep

Hiker films 20-metre deep sinkhole as it suddenly appears in field

The four 2024 predictions of French astrologer Nostradamus explained - including a new Pope and a new king. Composite image by NationalWorld/Kim Mogg.

The four 2024 predictions of French astrologer Nostradamus explained

Manchester city skyline.

5 things we want to see in Manchester in 2024 including fewer towers

We ask you about COP28 and your climate change concerns

The new garden at Hollingworth Lake Country Park (Photo: Rochdale Borough Council)

New £60,000 garden taking shape at popular Greater Manchester spot

Aerial view of the University campus, showing Gilbert square, the modern architecture of the Learning Commons beside grand old buildings such as Whitwoth Hall and the tower. Manchester skyline in the background

Manchester University degree to take fresh approach to climate change

The glass protecting the Rokeby Venus was shattered with safety hammers, the group claimed (Just Stop Oil/Supplied)

Just Stop Oil activists smash glass protecting Rokeby Venus

Pupils at a St Willibrord’s RC Primary School in Clayton are among the latest residents to enjoy the fruits of a citywide tree planting campaign.

Council aims for 64,000 new trees in Manchester by 2050

Lego has ditched plans to make bricks out of recycled bottles (BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)

Lego scraps plans to make bricks out of recycled plastic bottles

Met Office warns 40C summers & extreme heat to become more common

100 cows deployed to reserve 50,000 acres of land

Rare penguin chick hatched at Edinburgh Zoo

Watch as rare penguin chick hatches at Edinburgh Zoo

Sir David Attenborough says nature in the British Isles can be as dramatic and spectacular as anything else he’s seen across the world

David Attenborough - how to watch documentaries for free

King Charles III

King Charles rebuffs Heathrow Airport offer

Scientists fear UK outbreak after British woman infected with virus following trip to France

Scientists fear Dengue fever outbreak after British woman infected

Just Stop Oil activists Louis McKechnie, Josh Smith and Emily Brocklebank

Just Stop Oil: green activists who disrupted F1 race are spared jail

Protestors hold a mock award ceremony outside the Greater Manchester Pension Fund’s meeting. Photo: Fossil Free GM

Pension fund presenting with mock award for fossil fuel investment

When is International Women’s Day 2023?

King Charles and The Queen Consort’s announce first State visit of their reign

King Charles and Queen Consort announce first State visit

Stockport has the highest level of tree canopy cover among the 10 Greater Manchester boroughs. Photo: Getty Images

Greater Manchester’s leafiest borough and areas with fewest trees

The Just Stop Oil protestors outside court, with Greater Manchester activists Alan Woods second from left, Paul Barnes holding the #Exxon Knew sign and Oliver Clegg standing to his right. Photo: Just Stop Oil

Just Stop Oil protestors found guilty of blockading fuel terminal

Rev Mark Coleman (left) with three other Insulate Britain supporters he went on trial with in London

Vicar who took part in Insulate Britain roadblock on trial

Ardwick Climate Action planting bulbs

Ardwick Stepping Stones: green spaces trail project unveiled

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