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Bees are among the world’s greatest pollinators, providing services to farmers alongside ensuring the proliferation of wildflowers, an essential component in global biodiversity. Yet habitat loss and

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Flat whites, flavourful rubs, buzzy cocktails… our appetite for coffee is evolving into a full-blown national obsession. Could it be about to replace tea as the UK’s favourite beverage? Let’s find out

One of my clients – glamorous, fast-talking, smart, Irish – works as a pharmacist in one of London’s biggest hospitals. She’s the sort of woman who, for as long as I’ve known her, has marked the end o

Your triggers Was the sunshine and a chilled glass of fizz the highlight of your summer? Well, if that dreamy scene quickly morphed into a sneezing fit, flushed cheeks, a broken night’s sleep and a bo