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The study found that our planet’s soils contain enough of the subterranean fungi that sustain plant life and help regulate the climate to stretch from the Earth to the sun almost three-quarters of a billion times.

Gen Z are expected to have smaller families, averaging 1.48 children, compared with 1.95 for women born in 1979. Fertility rates in England and Wales have fallen to 1.39, the lowest since records began in 1938. The main driver seems to be the cost of housing and greater financial strain.

‘They threw a stone at my head while I was in my nursing uniform, I don’t think I can stay anymore’- Nigerian nurse no longer feels safe in Belfast Last year there were riots against Romanians - now much more serious riots broke out targeting non-whites. www.irishnews.com/news/norther...

"Elon Musk accused of amplifying anti-migrant content to more than 60 million on X amid Belfast disorder" Musk's propaganda machine is helping to incite violence on the streets. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Ms Uche is confused about the hostility - Northern Ireland would have shortages in its hospital and care homes were it not for migrants working throughout these sectors. Also the population of visible minorities in Northern Ireland is just 65,600 (14,400 of whom are from mixed background).

"Reform UK's Zia Yusuf vows to axe Lords if they block Trump-style deportation squads" Yusuf wants to "save Britain" by deporting hundreds of thousands of people who live legally in the UK. The plan would be enforced by a "deportation force" inspired by ICE. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

"Ten years after the vote, we have some new slogans for the Brexit bus" "Using the conservative figure of 6% and the 2025 GDP figure, this equates to about £180bn annually". Therefore there should be a new slogan: “Brexit is costing us £3,460m a week”. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

"San Andreas Fault reaches highest stress level in 1,000 years" "The key thing that makes this number significant is not the pressure itself in isolation but that this stress is acting across an enormous area" Burkhard said. www.euronews.com/2026/06/12/s...

First moving to Belfast during the pandemic, nurse Chinonso Uche said the latest scenes of racist violence were pushing her to leave the health service.

Well that's new, the BBC which hitherto gave you the option to sign-in or register on its website now gives the option to continue using a Google account. The BBC's strict impartiality, non commercial nature and data‑minimisation obligations had meant this option hadn't been rolled out earlier.

The party's Home Affairs spokesman said Reform is ready to tear up Britain's constitution to get its way on hardline deportations - and he aired a string of conspiracy theories about the Makerfield by...

Researchers report that tectonic stress on the major San Andreas and San Jacinto fault systems has climbed to its highest levels in a millennium, and in some sections has already surpassed them.

The strongest El Nino in more than a century may be coming Warnings of a powerful El Nino weather pattern this year suggest that we may be about to face drought, flooding and extreme heat. #ClimateChange www.dw.com/en/what-to-e...

Warnings of a powerful El Nino weather pattern this year suggest that we may be about to face drought, flooding and extreme heat. What impacts are in store? And can we prepare for the worst of it?

First moving to Belfast during the pandemic, nurse Chinonso Uche said the latest scenes of racist violence were pushing her to leave the health service.

First ever global mapping of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi shows scale of hyphal systems that sustain plant life Our planet’s soils contain enough of the subterranean fungi that sustain plant life and help regulate the climate to stretch from the Earth to the sun almost three-quarters of a billion times, a groundbreaking new study has found. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are networks of tubular cells called hyphae that sustain life on Earth by forming critical partnerships with more than 70% of plants. The networks, which have been forming for about 475 million years, provide nutrients and water in exchange for the carbon produced by the plants, and help to regulate the climate by drawing carbon into soils. Continue reading...