An ex-vegan is calling for people to ditch plant-based diets and eat more offal, arguing meat is environmentally friendly provided it's sustainably sourced. Former research biochemist Robb Wolf, who lives in Texas, who co-authored the book Sacred Cow: The Case for (Better) Meat with dietitian Diana Rodgers, suffered from ulcerative …...Read More

The new owner of Homewood opened the doors of his ‘Hotel and Good Life’ (as he bills it) six months before you-know-what. Unfortunate timing, but Irish-born Ian Taylor seems like a shrewd fellow. ‘In business you’ve got to know when the best time to sell is,’ he said last October …...Read More

The fossilised foot of a three-toed dinosaur that lived in Brazil 115 million years ago has been identified as belonging to a new species of bird forerunners. The carnivore — dubbed 'Aratasaurus museunacionali' — was unearthed in 2008 from a layer of dark shale in the Pedra Branca mine in …...Read More

The mummies of two high-status ancient Egyptians discovered in a temple on the Nile delta may bring researchers a step closer to finding the remains of Cleopatra, the legendary Egyptian queen. The mummies, which had lain undisturbed for 2,000 years, are in a poor state of preservation because water had …...Read More

Boris Johnson urged Britons to have a 'staycation' this summer - saying he personally plans on taking advantage of the 'fantastic' holiday options in the UK. The PM, who has a new baby with fiancee Carrie Symonds, said it is a 'great year' to take a break in this country, …...Read More

Britain's biggest steel maker Tata Steel has confirmed it will take advantage of the government's multi-million pound furlough retention bonus, after John Lewis and Primark turned down the taxpayer handout. The Indian-based company, which runs the Port Talbot steelworks in South Wales, furloughed around a third of its 8,000 UK …...Read More

Space, horizon and plenty to do were the criteria for our family holiday. So, rather than heading to overheated beaches in southern Europe we settled on the Cairngorms. And that was long before we had even heard of the coronavirus pandemic. Buoyed up by Springwatch, I sold the idea to …...Read More

A bus driver in China drove a vehicle full of passengers off a bridge and into a reservoir in a deliberate act of revenge against society, police have said. The divorced 52-year-old man, known by his surname Zhang, had downed a bottle of super-strength liquor before carrying out the act, …...Read More

Advertisement A photographer told of his horror after two members of the generally-peaceful Suri tribe in Ethiopia held him and his daughter at gunpoint in a horrific robbery ordeal. Geography teacher-turned photographer Trevor Cole, 64, said one tribesman pointed a Kalashnikov while another brandished a machete at him, his 20-year-old …...Read More

Maharashtra again reported the highest number of new infections at 7,827, its third-highest single-day addition. The state’s active caseload breached the one-lakh mark, with 1,03,516 patients now under treatment. Overall cases for the state also crossed the 2.5 lakh mark to reach2,54,427. The state though reported a dip in Covid-19 …...Read More