Mar 30, 2016 05:13 AM
UK’s wildlife gets far more attention than tropical hotspots
https://www.newscientist.com/article/208...-hotspots/
EXCERPT: In a study of 10,000 conservation papers published in a thousand journals during 2014, Wilson and colleagues uncovered a “massive mismatch” between conservation needs and research effort that is undermining our ability to protect the world’s at-risk species. [...] Ecuador, Indonesia, Madagascar and Peru — which are four of the ten most biodiverse nations on Earth — were collectively the subject of just 254 papers. That is roughly 3 per cent of the total, and only five papers more than the UK, which is notoriously biodiversity-poor. Parts of Ecuador contain 100,000 species of insects in a single acre – more than the entire species biodiversity of the UK....
The worst place in the country to have bought a house in the last 15 years is...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016...n-the-las/
EXCERPT: If you bought a house in Bolton in the last 15 years, you will almost certainly have lost money. The centre of the city, which is located within Greater Manchester, is the only place in England and Wales where house prices have fallen since 2000....
Elton John sexually harassed me, former bodyguard claims
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnew...laims.html
EXCERPT: Elton John is being sued for sexual harassment by a former bodyguard who claims the singer subjected him to a barrage of ”unwelcome” intimate touching and lurid suggestions over several years. Jeffrey Wenninger alleges that John tried to grab his genitals, pulled his nipples and told him that he had “so many gay genes”, in court documents lodged by lawyer. The documents claim he was a victim of sexual harassment and battery. The alleged incidents - which are said to have occurred multiple times - have been dismissed by the entertainer’s lawyers as a “baseless lawsuit brought by a disgruntled former security officer seeking to extract an undeserved payment”....
https://www.newscientist.com/article/208...-hotspots/
EXCERPT: In a study of 10,000 conservation papers published in a thousand journals during 2014, Wilson and colleagues uncovered a “massive mismatch” between conservation needs and research effort that is undermining our ability to protect the world’s at-risk species. [...] Ecuador, Indonesia, Madagascar and Peru — which are four of the ten most biodiverse nations on Earth — were collectively the subject of just 254 papers. That is roughly 3 per cent of the total, and only five papers more than the UK, which is notoriously biodiversity-poor. Parts of Ecuador contain 100,000 species of insects in a single acre – more than the entire species biodiversity of the UK....
The worst place in the country to have bought a house in the last 15 years is...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016...n-the-las/
EXCERPT: If you bought a house in Bolton in the last 15 years, you will almost certainly have lost money. The centre of the city, which is located within Greater Manchester, is the only place in England and Wales where house prices have fallen since 2000....
Elton John sexually harassed me, former bodyguard claims
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnew...laims.html
EXCERPT: Elton John is being sued for sexual harassment by a former bodyguard who claims the singer subjected him to a barrage of ”unwelcome” intimate touching and lurid suggestions over several years. Jeffrey Wenninger alleges that John tried to grab his genitals, pulled his nipples and told him that he had “so many gay genes”, in court documents lodged by lawyer. The documents claim he was a victim of sexual harassment and battery. The alleged incidents - which are said to have occurred multiple times - have been dismissed by the entertainer’s lawyers as a “baseless lawsuit brought by a disgruntled former security officer seeking to extract an undeserved payment”....