4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (677+ words) Flushing toilets release particles into the “breathing zone” of adults and can remain suspended in the air for at least 20 seconds, a new study has found. And closing the lid might not be enough to avoid a “plume” of potential…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (377+ words) Eyam Moor, Derbyshire: It’s a place that I treasure greatly, and now it has a change of ownership that is worth celebrating Can a landscape sigh with relief? It felt that way, pushing through bilberry and cowberry hung with pearls…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (443+ words) Country diary: The rain has come, and suddenly the land looks (and smells) different The Guardian Country diary: The rain has come, and suddenly the land looks (and smells) different Inkpen, Berkshire: From lurid yellow to a moorland brown; from…...

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, 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…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (194+ words) The bafflingly hard pain we feel when our children leave home for university The Guardian The bafflingly hard pain we feel when our children leave home for university Doug Kessler says parenting is a form of continuous grieving from the…...

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, 6+ day ago   (698+ words) Should I try the ‘18 summers’ parenting trend? Only if I want to ruin the school holidays The Guardian Should I try the ‘18 summers’ parenting trend? Only if I want to ruin the school holidays Long days with nothing to do…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (391+ words) Hot weather and World Cup fever help defy analyst expectations of decline, with sales volumes up 1% in June Online sales accounted for the highest level of retail sales in five years last month as record hot weather spurred a rush…...