A deadly rose virus which wipes out entire flower populations and is impossible to get rid of is likely to come to Britain, the RHS has warned after sponsoring a study into the disease. Scientists sponsored by the Royal Horticultural Society will sequence the genetic code of flowers impacted by the virus in a bid to find a cure and ensure it does not spread to the UK. Recent advances in scientific techniques, such as next-generation sequencing – a high-throughput approach to DNA sequencing –provide new opportunities to improve understanding and future proof against the notorious disease. Considered one of the plant's biggest threats, the virus causes deformed plants to grow, and eventually kills the roses it infects. es reddening on newly emerging shoots, excessive thorn production, abnormalities and eventually plant death. It has already spread to India, and it is transmitted by a four-legged microscopic mite transported on plants, insects, wind or … [Read more...] about Deadly rose virus which could wipe out British flowers is likely to come to UK, RHS says as it backs project to sequence DNA
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UK citizens face €7 charge to travel in EU post Brexit
By David Wilcock, Press Association Political Correspondent 15 December, 2018 01:00 UK citizens will have to pay for visa-free travel in the European Union after Brexit, the European Commission has confirmed. Britons will have to fork out a €7 (£6.28) fee under the EU Travel Informa[...] You have reached your limit of free articles Registered users get 5 regular articles and 1 free Premium article per week. … [Read more...] about UK citizens face €7 charge to travel in EU post Brexit
Italian ski resort named cheapest for UK families
News / UK and world by Press Association December 15, 2018, 12:02 am FacebookTwitterLinkedInWhatsAppEmail Sign up to our Daily newsletter An Italian resort has been named the cheapest destination for families embarking on a pound-stretching ski holiday. Bardonecchia has the lowest prices for UK holidaymakers out of 20 European locations recommended for family skiing, according to research by Post Office Travel Money and Crystal Ski Holidays. The study analysed the cost of a basket of goods including ski and boot hire, lift passes, ski school, lunch and drinks for two adults and two children, all for six days. This was found to cost the equivalent of £1,478 at Bardonecchia, with Bansko, Bulgaria in second place at £1,487 and Sestriere, Italy in third spot at £1,634. These were all more than 40% cheaper than Saas Fee, Switzerland which was the most expensive resort featured at £2,925. A six-day ski pass for a family of four in Bardonecchia costs … [Read more...] about Italian ski resort named cheapest for UK families
‘MPs don’t know what they want to do’: Q&A on UK’s Brexit crisis
London, United Kingdom - Former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson once said a week is a long time in politics. This week, the UK's ongoing political drama over the country's bid to depart the European Union has stretched that maxim to its fullest. On Monday, Prime Minister Theresa May pulled a parliamentary vote on her widely criticised Brexit deal scheduled for the following day, acknowledging it would have been roundly rejected. She instead opted to go to Brussels and other European cities in a bid to win assurances from her EU counterparts over the withdrawal plan's contentious backstop proposal. But while she was away, disgruntled eurosceptic members of her ruling Conservative Party moved to trigger a vote of confidence on her leadership, which she survived during a secret ballot on Wednesday evening. By Thursday, May was back in Brussels for an EU council summit and pleading once more with European leaders to concede ground on the backstop clause. Throughout the … [Read more...] about ‘MPs don’t know what they want to do’: Q&A on UK’s Brexit crisis
Boulder smashes through bedroom wall amid rockfall in UK
A giant boulder weighing several tons has smashed through the wall of a man’s bedroom in the UK.Firefighters were called to the home in White Rock on the seafront in Hastings, East Sussex, at about 3pm on Thursday after reports the structure of the building was dangerous.During a significant rockfall, the boulder hit the back of the building and broke through the wall into the occupier’s bedroom, the fire service said. The rock ploughed a hole through the wall, covering the bed with broken masonry and debris.Firefighters and building inspectors ruled the building was structurally unsafe and all the residents were evacuated.The man living in the property told East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service (ESFRS) it had been a lucky escape because he would usually have been home at the time of the rockfall, but he had been out for the day.ESFRS said: “At 3.06pm firefighters from Hastings and Battle were called to a residential property on White Rock, Hastings, following reports … [Read more...] about Boulder smashes through bedroom wall amid rockfall in UK