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The Stock Circular begins in Essex's poshest village and takes walkers through the rolling countryside with some stunning views.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Bumblebees can use tools to solve a problem, according to experiments that demonstrate their remarkably advanced cognitive abilities. The bees were given an adapted version of an experiment that, 100 years ago, first demonstrated chimpanzees could work out how to retrieve an out-of-reach banana by stacking boxes. Since then, various other primates, elephants and crows have joined an elite cohort of species known to be capable of this level of insight and spontaneous problem solving. In the latest research, bees were shown to be able to roll a polystyrene ball to a specific location and climb on to it in order to access an artificial flower on a low ceiling. The findings challenge the longstanding assumption that insects operate purely on instinct and mindless trial-and-error learning. "Most people think insects are reflex-based machines," said Dr Olli Loukola, a behavioral ecologist at the University of Oulu, Finland, and senior author. "That they can't have any emotional states or feel pain. Some people don't even realize that they have brains. I hope that these results change the worldview about that." "We are not claiming that bees think like humans," added Loukola. "But our findings show that miniature brains can generate flexible solutions to novel problems in ways we are only beginning to understand." The findings are published in the journal Science.

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Graeme Downie called on ministers to investigate internet-connected e-cigarettes that could leave users vulnerable to cyber attacks and harvest their data.

Apple Martin highlighted the shocking resemblance she bears to her mother Gwyneth Paltrow in new photos on Thursday.

The security guard, in his fifties, is said to be in a 'serious' condition in hospital.

Before arriving, Matilde expected Australia's famously social, laid-back culture to make settling in easier - she couldn't have been more wrong.

She's used to making headlines for her skin-baring ensembles. 

Megan Jones, 22, crashed into Julia Pritchard as she crossed the road on a 'well lit' street using a blue metal walker.

The Jewish actress, 80, said that she has hired protection after 'bigots' tried to have her new stage show cancelled in Aberdeen.

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Jamieson, 31, considered his 'career mortality' when a stress fracture of his back reopened where a screw from a previous operation was positioned in February 2024.

The pupil, identified as C, would regularly go home in pain after refusing to relieve herself in the Scottish primary school's toilets because the boys were 'too noisy'.

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Blame Ozzy. The Prince of Darkness and his flint-edged wife Sharon invented the domestic reality show with MTV's The Osbournes, and now everyone does it.

House of Commons committee uncovers a 'disturbing picture' of never-ending crisis, and blasts the Government for 'shocking' oversights.

No 10 has said the Prime Minister will visit the constituency in a bid to show his support for the Labour candidate.

As Alex Murdaugh is preparing for his second murder trial for the shootings of Maggie and Paul, housekeeper Blanca Turrubiate-Simpson is sharing some of their family secrets.

Footage showed masked demonstrators hurling fireworks, setting fires in the road and smashing property as police deployed water cannons in an attempt to regain control of the city.

Bradley Passey, 21, had disappeared on Sunday, May 30 following a night out in Rotterdam with friends.

The plea for caution comes the same week it beat AI archrival OpenAI to filing for an IPO