Published October 29, 2025 Next’s trading update on Wednesday showed the UK fashion, home and beauty retailer continuing to prosper in a tough environment. The company said that in the 13 weeks to 25 October, Next full-price sales were up 10.5% year on year, £76 million ahead of its guidance of a 4.5% rise. It didn’t give a…
Evie LakeNorth East and Cumbria John Millard Rothbury Estate in Northumberland is a 15-sq-mile (30-sq-km) tract of former grouse moor, woodland and farmland Sir David Attenborough has championed a bid by conservationists to raise £30m to buy the entirety of a vast upland estate. The Wildlife Trusts and Northumberland Wildlife Trust are attempting to complete…
By Bloomberg Published October 29, 2025 Adidas AG’s running and football shoes helped propel growth in the third quarter as the German brand looks to build on momentum from its success with retro sneakers like the Samba. Adidas retails its sports apparel and accessories globally – Adidas Both running and football products grew by a…
Justin RowlattEnvironment Editor BBC It is 1am on 3 June. A near gale force wind is blasting into Scotland. Great weather for the Moray East and West offshore wind farms, you would have thought. The two farms are 13 miles off the north-east coast of Scotland and include some of the biggest wind turbines in…
Published October 28, 2025 Net-A-Porter has unveiled its 2025 Holiday campaign, headlined by not one but two exclusive capsule collections, from Stella McCartney and Rabanne. Net-A-Porter The wider campaign spotlights the “ultimate partywear edit featuring timeless silhouettes and elegant accessories perfect for occasions, from cocktail parties to intimate soirées this festive season”. The McCartney capsule…
By Reuters Published October 28, 2025 Revenues at Italian luxury outerwear group Moncler fell 1% at constant exchange rates in the third quarter, hit by weak tourist demand in Europe and Japan despite an increase in sales in the Americas. Moncler is known for its outerwear The Milan-based group, best known for its glamorous puffer…
Rare genetic diseases can now be detected in patients, and tumor-specific mutations identified — a milestone made possible by DNA sequencing, which transformed biomedical research decades ago. In recent years, the introduction of new sequencing technologies (next-generation sequencing) has driven a wave of breakthroughs. During 2020 and 2021, for instance, these methods enabled the rapid…
Mammals vs. birds: Of the 1,176 species analyzed, female mammals lived an average of 13 percent longer than males. In contrast, among birds, males lived about five percent longer than females. Mating strategies matter: In species where competition for mates is intense — as is true for most mammals — males tend to die younger….
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has made the first direct measurements of both the chemical composition and physical conditions of a possible moon-forming disk surrounding a massive exoplanet. The carbon-rich disk encircles the planet known as CT Cha b, located about 625 light-years from Earth. While no moons were detected in the Webb data, the…
A team led by Rice University physicist Frank Geurts has achieved a major milestone in particle physics by measuring the temperature of quark-gluon plasma (QGP) at different stages of its evolution. This plasma is a form of matter thought to have filled the universe only millionths of a second after the big bang, the event…
