Inside Chornobyl: 40 years after disaster, nuclear site still at risk in Russia’s war | Chornobyl nuclear disaster

The dosimeter clipped to your chest ticks faster the moment you step off the designated path inside the Chornobyl nuclear power plant. Step back, and it slows again – an invisible line between clean ground and contamination. Above rises the “new safe confinement” (NSC) – the largest, movable steel structure ever built, taller than the…

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Walking the dog and braving the paps: the art of the doorstep photo, from Keane to Mandelson | Peter Mandelson

For a man at the centre of a storm that has rocked the political establishment, Peter Mandelson has spent the week looking remarkably relaxed. Day after day, as MPs have grilled civil servants over who knew what when about the former US ambassador’s security vetting, and police continue to investigate serious allegations over his own…

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‘Cries of delight’ as Sumatran orangutan filmed using canopy bridge to cross road for first time | Endangered species

The critically endangered Sumatran orangutan has been filmed for the first time using a canopy bridge to cross a road. In 2024, conservationists in the Pakpak Bharat district of North Sumatra in Indonesia built the bridge high over the Lagan-Pagindar road, which provides an essential route for local people but which became a barrier for…

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