2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (368+ words) Temperatures reached 1.65C above preindustrial levels, months before El Niño system reaches full strength August was the joint-hottest month ever recorded around the world, with global temperatures reaching 1.65C above preindustrial levels, scientists said on Thursday, amid warnings of further heating on…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (336+ words) Autumn pleasures | Solar gain | Meghan and Harry | Rowing knowledge | Eye test | Bad moodRegarding Emma Brockes’s Digested Week (Is there anything sadder than the end of summer?, 28 August), the end of summer is the beginning of autumn – the best season of…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (237+ words) Ynys Môn (Anglesey): The rosy footman is a relative newcomer to this part of Wales, bringing with it nectarine tones and markings like hieroglyphs I have a routine in the summer months that I like to keep to as often…...

3+ week, 15+ hour ago   (270+ words) Leeds, West Yorkshire: I missed it first time as my dad couldn’t wake me up. The second time round, he pulled my toe Dad and I were boiling in the house because of the UK heatwave. So we decided to…...

3+ week, 22+ hour ago   (745+ words) ‘A brilliant initiative’: the Youth Sport Games goes from strength to strength The Guardian ‘A brilliant initiative’: the Youth Sport Games goes from strength to strength Europe’s biggest amateur sports event for children – that has drawn celebrity ambassadors ranging from…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (219+ words) Hitchin, Hertfordshire: A rare daytime attack on our chickens led to a standoff. But I could see this animal was suffering in the heatwave High-pitched shrieking shattered the mid-morning calm and I knew, immediately, that there was a killer on…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (486+ words) You can’t argue with 118 Brummies in their swimsuits: Attilio Fiumarella’s best photograph The Guardian ‘I was thinking about the Terracotta Army when I took this shot of Birmingham swimmers in their local pool, which faced closure. They had to stand…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (285+ words) North Devon: The cool water was full of them – and we found out later that one of them, the compass jellyfish, should be avoidedOn a scorching hot day, my friend and I went surfing at my local beach. We partnered…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (517+ words) The global hair loss industry makes billions by preying on male insecurities. But, as Tinder users say they like the look most synonymous with the US rapper, perhaps those days are over Name: The Pitbull effect. Age: Five years old....