Richard Price BBC News, West Midlands Moorcroft Moorcroft Pottery became known for its colourful depictions of animals, birds and geometric patterns The directors of Moorcroft Pottery have announced the firm has stopped trading after more than 100 years, which the GMB Union says means the loss of 57 jobs. In a post on social media…

Pegleg Bennett during a surf session at Perranporth Beach – credit, William Dax, SWNS ‘Pegleg’ Bennett was born with a birth defect that led to the amputation of his foot when he was a baby, but the 55-year-old never let it impede the pursuit of his passion: surfing. The father of three has traveled the…

Victoria Gill Science correspondent Victoria Gill/BBC News Very few axolotls are left in the wild One of the world’s most endangered amphibians – the strange, perpetually smiling Mexican axolotl – has thrived after being released in artificial wetlands, scientists have discovered. In a study that provides hope for the long-term future of a creature that…

File Photo by GWC for GNN Guitar manufacturers like Taylor and Gryphon are utilizing native California trees marked for removal in the state’s urban areas to birth a new generation of acoustic instruments. The motive: helping musicians and consumers dodge the increasing prices for prized woods needed to make guitars, as well as helping memorialize…

House prices fell in April as buyers faced paying thousands of pounds more in stamp duty, according to new figures from Nationwide. Prices were down 0.6% month-on-month, the building society said. The slowdown in the market was expected due to changes to stamp duty thresholds kicking in on 1 April. Annual house price growth also…

– Getty Images for Unsplash+ Without a government body to legislate the result, UK education authorities have discovered that over 90% of national schools have instituted smartphone bans, a measure still being debated by industry members and scientists. Representing a triumph of distributed sovereignty, a survey of more than 15,000 schools found that 99.8% of elementary…

Two people have been arrested after a man was found with a gunshot wound at a residential property in east London. The Metropolitan Police said officers were called at about 14:40 BST to Upton Lane, Forest Gate, following reports of gunshots. Police were joined by the London Ambulance Service at the property, where the man…

(Left to right) Andrew Little, project lead, Carl Hickey, and Stuart Barr who donated their time to help build an extension with charity Band of Builders – credit, SWNS A charity in the UK organized a team of volunteer builders to add an extension onto the house of a disabled man who’s been forced to…

Phil Leake, Alison Benjamin, Daniel Wainwright and Jess Carr Data journalism team BBC Mark Carney’s Liberal Party is expected to win enough seats in the House of Commons to form a government in Canada. It is not yet clear whether they will be able to secure a majority. Carney is set to remain prime minister,…

The stem on the right is JRT, a new drug just two atoms of difference to LSD, seen to the left as ‘control’ -credit, Manor et al. With its ability to aid in enhancing neuroplasticity, the famous hallucinogenic compound LSD has been theorized as a treatment option for neurological disorders like cognitive decline and schizophrenia.…