The environment around the busy urban road is a dangerous place to live, was brought air quality linked to cases of asthma, bronchial disease and death. New research from Boston appears to show that polluted air is raising diabetes rates as well.
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"One Tonne Life" – Can a household cut its Co2 output by 85%?
The estimable 10:10 project has been urging us to cut our carbon footprint by just a little (10% in 2010), and many have taken the challenge, concluding that such a teensy-weensy reduction can’t be so hard. But what if you’re asked to cut your carbon by 85% — that’s the reduction in consumption from today’s… Continue reading →
Go west for a London of palaces and parks
West London is famous for its palaces and parks, trendy shopping and smart eating in Knightsbridge, Kensington and Chelsea. Gareth selects his personal selection of six things to do to the west of Oxford St. And the highlights the Kensington and Chelsea Festival, which takes place in October. Fine carpet Twice an hour the lights… Continue reading →
Rural ride at the end of the motorway
Follow the M4 all the way to the end, and you come to green and pleasant Carmarthenshire. I took a trip to the historic county in West Wales. My don’t miss list includes a mighty ruined castle, one of Britain’s finest botanical gardens, a top bird reserve, a Roman gold mine and a famous poet’s… Continue reading →
Britain has biggest windfarm — but do we care?
What are we to make of the biggest windfarm in the world, which opened seven miles (12km) off Foreness Point in Thanet, on the Kent coast this week (Thursday, September 23, 2010)? The building scheme which has been exercising the media this week is the Commonwealth Games village, and the attendant structurally-suspect infrastructure in New… Continue reading →
Kent Marshes alive to Rocky Mountain Sound
The mournful wail of a Canadian Pacific express split the deep silence of the Romney Sands Holiday Park. It shimmied down the ranks of caravans and reached the steps of my top of the range Ashcroft model, where I sat reading about the biggest shingle bank in Europe just down the coast. So what acoustic… Continue reading →