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Africa's Great Green Wall: Can an ambitious project bring life back to the desert?

Can a mighty 'green wall' of trees transform sub-Saharan Africa, hold back the desert, reverse climate change and put a stop to the waves of migration to Europe? Joe Shute meets the people betting $8 billion on it. Photographs by Simon Townsley…

14/06/2019

Hypnotise older patients undergoing minor operations instead of using anaesthetics, study says

Hypnosis works better than strong anaesthetic and could soon become the norm for elderly people undergoing arthritis operations following a landmark trial.

02/06/2019

Key to happiness? Avoid having children, going to university or living near a lottery winner, says expert

Want to live happily ever after? Then don’t have children, go to university or live near a Lottery winner.

25/05/2019

Alcohol consumption has dropped 10 per cent since 90s, with one in four adults turning their back on booze

Almost one in four adults in the UK now chooses not to drink alcohol, with a sharp drop in average consumption, a Lancet study shows.

08/05/2019

Wimbledon to reduce plastic use with players' restrung rackets no longer returned in bags

Tennis players competing at Wimbledon this year will no longer have their restrung rackets returned in plastic in a bid to reduce the impact on the environment.

30/04/2019

No fly in the ointment: the lotion protecting women and children from malaria

A mosquito-repellent body lotion, which provides at least six hours of complete protection, could be the missing link in malaria prevention tools, its creators say.

19/04/2019

Britain's biggest private landowner says re-wilding Scotland is a 'labour of love'

Britain’s biggest private landowner has admitted in an open letter, setting out his ambitions for the 220,000 acres he owns, that he will not live to see the “re-wilding” of his 12 Scottish estates.

17/04/2019

Amy Johnson's pioneering flight to Australia recreated to inspire others

When Amy Johnson became the first woman to fly solo from Britain to Australia in May 1930 she blazed a trail for future generations.

13/04/2019

Fifty communal toilets where slaves could chat unearthed as Nero's palace opens to the public

The remains of a vast palace built by the Emperor Nero, including a 50-seat latrine where slaves and workers would chat while they attended to their needs, opens to the public for the first time today.

12/04/2019

Selfridges becomes first major department store to ban sale of exotic skins, 14 years after it became first to ban fur

A crocodile skin handbag, one upon a time, was a sign of great status and wealth, something which could be found in pride of place in London's most expensive department stores.Now,...

26/02/2019

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