Climate change

The EnergyTown game is marketed towards UK schoolchildren, and funded by energy giant Equinor

Warning over classroom game accused of 'brainwashing' schoolchildren

ClassVR Future Forests Experience immersive scene

Birmingham pupils learn about dangers of climate change through immersive VR exp...

It will offer inhabitants round-the-clock electricity

Ad Feature Iraq’s first solar-powered village begins operating

Young people across the UK have a lot of big worries on their plates

5 of the biggest concerns for children in 2025

New documentary explains how old Christmas trees are helping to protect the coast

Sand, Sea, Xmas Trees: How old festive saplings guard against floods

Houses in the middle of a flooded area after Storm Laurence passed through El Palmar de Troya in southern Spain, before Martinho swept in.

Large areas of holiday hotspot on alert as rainstorms cause flooding

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6 of the best eco-friendly banks for sustainable spending in the UK

Inspiring young people to connect with nature and building greener schools are both on the government agenda

Three things the Government is doing to make schools 'greener'

Spring 2025: When does spring start, when do the clocks go forward and why?

Spring 2025: Spring start and clock change

More than 1,600 claims were made on home insurance policies over the 5 years

Brits have claimed £31m for flood damages between 2020 and 2024

Councillors have clashed over Birmingham Airport being granted permission for more night time flights

Argument breaks out as Birmingham Airport gets extra flights

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The rules, fuels and regulations around wood burners for 2025

Research of 2,000 adults revealed Queen Victoria’s 63-year reign from 1837 to 1901 and the Tudor period were other areas of interest

History buff Brits consider WWII to be the most interesting period

Grace Hills, 36, transformed her street from a 'neglected patch of urban land' into a colourful wildflowers.

I filled my street with wildflowers to attract bees

Pupils from Ffynnon Taf Primary School celebrate their new heating system (Photo: Kensa/Supplied)

Ground-breaking new 'green' heating system warming up UK school

A pile of dead batteries. Photo: Manjunath Kiran/AFP via Getty Images

Recycling expert explains what to do with your dead batteries

A Spain holiday warning has been issued as a “major cockroach infestation” is expected to hit the popular destination this summer. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

'Cockroach infestation’ to hit holiday hotspot

Druids Heath council estate

Images of Druids Heath transformation - but locals have key question

Gran Canaria.

Watch: Booking a holiday? Tourism tax and airport delays explained

Hiker points to a giant sinkhole estimated to be around 20m deep

Hiker films 20-metre deep sinkhole as it suddenly appears in field

Three arrested as thousands join climate change protest in Birmingham

Space

Local scientists play key role in search for life on other planets

Hegehog recovers after being rescued in Birmingham by Array4Hogs

Watch: Kevin the hedgehog recovers at rescue centre set to win award

The four 2024 predictions of French astrologer Nostradamus explained - including a new Pope and a new king. Composite image by NationalWorld/Kim Mogg.

The four 2024 predictions of French astrologer Nostradamus explained

The glass protecting the Rokeby Venus was shattered with safety hammers, the group claimed (Just Stop Oil/Supplied)

Just Stop Oil activists smash glass protecting Rokeby Venus

Lego has ditched plans to make bricks out of recycled bottles (BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)

Lego scraps plans to make bricks out of recycled plastic bottles

Met Office warns 40C summers & extreme heat to become more common

The Great Big Green Week Birmingham (Photo - Proxima Studio - stock.adobe.com)

7 community events in & around Birmingham to tackle climate change

Toqueer at Small Heath EcoPark

The award-winning eco activist bringing communities close to wildlife

100 cows deployed to reserve 50,000 acres of land

Rare penguin chick hatched at Edinburgh Zoo

Watch as rare penguin chick hatches at Edinburgh Zoo

Sir David Attenborough says nature in the British Isles can be as dramatic and spectacular as anything else he’s seen across the world

David Attenborough - how to watch documentaries for free

King Charles III

King Charles rebuffs Heathrow Airport offer

Scientists fear UK outbreak after British woman infected with virus following trip to France

Scientists fear Dengue fever outbreak after British woman infected

When is International Women’s Day 2023?

King Charles and The Queen Consort’s announce first State visit of their reign

King Charles and Queen Consort announce first State visit

Grandson of original Mr Cadbury to open luxury chocolate shops in UK

Met Office says 2022 will be UK’s warmest year on record

Nabilah Chowdhury wins Global Good Award Young Champion

Global Good Awards 2022: Young champion award winners announced

19 pictures of anti Conservative Party protesters in Victoria Square

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