Surrey wildfire still rages: Firefighters tell evacuated families they must NOT return home 

Firefighters battling a huge wildfire in Surrey have today told evacuated millionaire families not to return to their £2million homes after huge flames destroyed 150 acres of countryside.  Around 60 properties, home to around 100 people, have been evacuated from Heather Drive in Ascot, where homes are sold for around £2million, due to plumes of … Read more

Caroline Flack was being stalked in the days before she killed herself, inquest documents reveal

Caroline Flack was ‘being harassed by an ex-partner’ which added to her stress during the court ordeal that led to her suicide, inquest documents have revealed. The former Love Island host, 40, had a stalker in the days running up to the court case following an assault on her boyfriend Lewis Burton.  Flack was found … Read more

UK Weather: Drinkers pack beer gardens in heatwave

Revellers crowded into London‘s Borough Market this evening, with many not wearing face masks as they ignored social distancing measures to cool off after today’s sunny weather.  Friday was the UK’s hottest August day since 2003, with sun-lovers flocking to beaches during the day, despite desperate government warnings to stay away.  In London, drinkers crowded … Read more

PICTURE THIS | Daily Mail Online

PICTURE THIS By Ciara Dossett For The Daily Mail Published: 22:03 BST, 6 August 2020 | Updated: 22:03 BST, 6 August 2020 LIDO: A DIP INTO OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOLS  by Christopher Beanland (Batsford £20) As swimming pools reopen, this timely book looks at the world’s best lidos, from one in a disused coal mine in … Read more

Birmingham and London top list of 10 cities that residents want to leave post-lockdown

Birmingham and London top list of 10 cities that residents want to leave as lockdown sends home-seekers looking for more green space in the South West and Wales Lockdown has left families feeling imprisoned in their urban homes  32% of Birmingham residents and 30% in London want to move after lockdown Properties for sale with … Read more

Microbes beneath the seafloor found living on fifty-billion-billion times less energy than a human’

Tiny microbes living underneath the seafloor have been found surviving on a fraction of the energy a human needs to live – setting a new lower energy limit for life. An international team of researchers led by Queen Mary University of London used data from the sub-seafloor to create a new global picture of the … Read more