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Authors Note: On 5 November, I presented a paper at the annual IFRRO International Conference, part of the IFRRO World Congress 2019, in Edinburgh, Scotland. This post is based on my presentation. Many exciting numbers define Bangladesh. Its GDP has grown by…

The National Trust is releasing beavers at two sites in the south of England in the spring with the aim to boost local wildlife and combat flooding. One of the projects will see two pairs of the aquatic mammals released into separate large enclosures in Holn…

There are just 31 days between the average home in Edinburgh going on the market and someone buying it, making it the fastest-moving property market in Britain at the moment. By contrast, homes in Middlesbrough take 114 to find a buyer and London properties …

The iPhone 11 is "the best $700 iPhone Apple has ever made," according to our full review. It's largely the phone's camera upgrades that drive that excitement and the iPhone 11 Pro's triple-camera array takes that further with the addition of the 2x telephoto…

Hill country views at sunset at Enchanted Rock State Park near Fredericksburg, Texas. Getty The Texas Hill Country is a magical place during the any season. This vast expanse of rolling landscape encompasses about 8 million square miles in the center of the…

ITV will exclude the views of voters who want to remain in the EU by leaving the Liberal Democrat and SNP leaders out of its televised election debate, the High Court has heard. A head-to-head debate between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn is due to air on T…

An 'Arctic swell' is expected to brings -9C temperatures to parts of the country tomorrow night as bitterly cold air sweeps in from the North Pole.  The UK is also set to be hit by more flooding with two inches of rain expected to fall starting in the west o…

Nobody does TV like the Brits. From Doctor Who to The Office, The Fall, and Sherlock, British shows have been hitting the mark for decades, acquiring hordes of series-hungry fans from all over the world. The most famous purveyor of good British television is,…

Krista Tippett, host: Robert Macfarlane is an explorer, and a linguist of landscape, and I carry his books with me wherever I travel. His newest book Underland: A Deep Time Journey, is an odyssey, full of surprises, through caves and catacombs under land and …

Parts of South Yorkshire were hit by a month's worth of rain in just one day late last week, and 75,000,000 litres of water have been pumped out of the surrounding flooded areas so far (the equivalent of 30 Olympic-sized swimming pools). But this kind of extr…