6+ hour, 57+ min ago  (457+ words) A village in Kent is home to what is thought to be the world's largest scale model of the solar system and beyond, created to help people understand the enormity of space. The model is spread across Otford, near Sevenoaks,…...

4+ hour, 6+ min ago  (1038+ words) In blackwater diving, the ocean floor is invisible, says Jailing Cai. You float in an endless black void. During her first nighttime dive, however, "the excitement overwhelmed my fear". Cai soon found that this black "empty space" was, in fact,…...

5+ hour, 40+ min ago  (515+ words) An ecologist is calling for a ban on plastic memorials in Kingston Cemetery. Alison Fure, 68, is petitioning Kingston Council to begin phasing out plastic decorative items, including ornaments, flowers, and windmills, on graves. Fure, who has lived within walking distance…...

6+ hour, 42+ min ago  (471+ words) Wildlife groups have urged politicians to put nature at the heart of a town's regeneration projects. The government has a commitment to make sure everyone lives within a 15-minute walk of a green or blue space, such as a park,…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (110+ words) Adrian Chiles is joined by three hugely successful guests - all shining stars in their fields. Victoria Pendleton won it all as a track cyclist, a quite astounding athlete who dug so deep, physically and mentally, in her career, and also…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (248+ words) The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for strong winds for parts of the south and south-west of England until 21: 00 BST. The warning covers Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, English Channel coastal districts and the Isle of Wight, reaching Sussex…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (302+ words) A warning for high winds is in place across coastal areas of East and West Sussex as well as parts of Kent. The Met Office yellow warning came in place at 0900 BST and lasts until 1900. A fallen tree has brought…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1157+ words) Summer brings the perfect opportunity to get outside and gaze up at the night sky. Not only is it the best time to see the Milky Way, which appears as a band of light stretching across the starscape, but there's…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (443+ words) A trial in which drones are used to sow seeds to help restore ravine woodlands in Derbyshire badly damaged by ash dieback disease is making positive progress, says Natural England. In March, a mix of native tree seeds were spread…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (858+ words) On a day that Nandini Harinath describes as the most important of her life, the Indian space scientist turned up to the office in a vibrant red and blue silk sari. That sari is now in pride of place in…...