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A plush five-bedroom Grand Designs-style home set among sweeping countryside in Suffolk could be the new residence for one lucky buyer - but they will have to build it first.

The couple had just come from a scan appointment and, with only days to go, had been busy preparing for their baby's arrival. But an hour into the journey, everything changed.

A new study published in Nature links more than 200 severe heat waves directly to greenhouse gas pollution from major fossil fuel producers like ExxonMobil, Chevron, and BP. Researchers found that up to a quarter of these heat waves would have been virtually impossible without emissions from oil, coal, and cement companies. NPR reports: The new study, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, found that 213 heat waves were substantially more likely and intense because of the activity of major fossil fuel producers, also called carbon majors. They include oil, coal and cement companies, as well as some countries. The scientists found as much as a quarter of the heat waves would be "virtually impossible" without the climate pollution from major fossil fuel producers. Some individual fossil fuel companies, such as ExxonMobil, Chevron and BP, had emissions high enough to cause some of the more extreme heat waves, the research found. For the new study, the scientists looked at something called the disaster database, a global list of disasters maintained by university researchers, to identify heat waves "with significant casualties, economic losses and calls for international assistance. The scientists then used historical reconstructions and statistical models to see how human-caused global warming made each heat wave more likely and more intense. Then, to examine the link to major fossil fuel producers, the researchers relied on the Carbon Majors Database to understand the emissions of major oil, gas, coal and cement producers. "We ran a climate model to reconstruct the historical period, and then we ran it again but without the emissions of a specific carbon major, thus deducing its contribution to global warming," Yann Quilcaille, climate scientist at ETH Zurich and lead author of the study, says in an email. While some of the contributions to heat waves came from larger well-known fossil fuel companies, the study found that some smaller, lesser-known fossil fuel companies are producing enough greenhouse gas emissions to cause heat waves too, Quilcaille says.

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Authorities have released new information about the suspect, describing him as a college-aged male with a high level of proficiency in handling firearms and a likely familiarity with the university campus.

Charlie Kirk was killed after being shot in the neck at Utah Valley University on Wednesday.

Margot, 35, looked breathtaking as she stepped out in a dazzling sheer frock, which was intricately embellished with crystals and sequins.

A liberal San Francisco news outlet is being ripped to shreds for its 'distasteful' move to share college students' text message reactions to Charlie Kirk's assassination.

Ocado shares fell sharply on Friday morning as investors reacted to 'negative' comments made by its key US retail partner about its network of robotic warehouses.

For children with disabilities, playgrounds are often inaccessible, why are councils not making parks inclusive for all mandatory?

For children with disabilities, playgrounds are often inaccessible, why are councils not making parks inclusive for all mandatory?

The bright meteor was witnessed by some Scots as it streaked across the sky in the early hours of Thursday July 3. Now, experts are asking for the public to find the fragments.

Michael Hodgson, 55, of Gwaenysgor, near Prestatyn, North Wales, was accused of criminal damage listed at a value of £178 in the village of around 230 residents in August last year.

UK data watchdog says students behind most education cyberattacks

The UK's data protection watchdog says more than half of cyberattacks in schools are caused by students, and that parents should act early to prevent their offspring from falling into the wrong crowds.…

A yellow weather warning has been issued with high winds expected

Science fiction? Battle bots already used in Ukraine

Opinion  I've read military science fiction since I was a kid. Besides the likes of Robert A. Heinlein's Starship Troopers, Joe Haldeman's The Forever War, and David Drake's Hammer's Slammers books, where people held the lead roles, I read novels such as Keith Laumer's Bolo series and Fred Saberhagen's Berserker space opera sf series, where machines are the protagonists and enemies. Even if you've never read war science fiction, you certainly at least know about Terminators. But what was once science fiction is now reality on the Ukrainian battlefields. It won't stop there.…

Creator Robert Marshall, a hotelier from Kingussie, first created the plates after his own stressful experience of driving in Tenerife.

Naomi Newton-Sherlock, 47, was still in her gym outfit when she was given the life-changing news she was the first-ever winner of the Omaze Monthly Millionaire Draw - after spending £15 on a ticket.

Stunning new visuals from inside the police search area have raised fresh questions about how the fugitive survived in the wilderness for so long.

Rep. Ilhan Omar mocked murdered conservative activist Charlie Kirk, laughing at claims he promoted civil political debate.

Now Sheeran has a new album, Play. First, the good news: it's better than Autumn Variations. It's brisk and buoyant, which is impressive as he calls it 'a direct response to the darkest period of my life'.