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Honey bees use social learning to perfect ‘waggle dancing’ skills – study

Honey bees use social learning to perfect ‘waggle dancing’ skills – study

Waggle dance is a form of communication by which the honey bees tell their nestmates where to find the best food.

Clare Balding to replace Sue Barker as Wimbledon lead presenter

Clare Balding to replace Sue Barker as Wimbledon lead presenter

Barker bid a tearful farewell to the event at the end of the 2022 finals.

Labour’s Phillipson calls for end to childcare ‘tinkering’

Labour’s Phillipson calls for end to childcare ‘tinkering’

The shadow education secretary said she wanted to ‘move away’ from the current system of providing free childcare hours.

Shell slammed for ‘outrageous’ pay and bonuses package of up to £21m for ex-boss

Shell slammed for ‘outrageous’ pay and bonuses package of up to £21m for ex-boss

The remuneration details for former chief executive Ben van Beurden have fuelled calls for a beefed-up windfall tax to cover top bosses’ bonuses.

Mordaunt accused of not showing ‘scintilla of sympathy’ for asylum seeker

Mordaunt accused of not showing ‘scintilla of sympathy’ for asylum seeker

The Commons Leader said she would act if there was any way that she could help.

Sir Grayson Perry ‘honoured’ as largest exhibition of his artwork planned

Sir Grayson Perry ‘honoured’ as largest exhibition of his artwork planned

Grayson Perry: Smash Hits will open from July 22 until November 12 at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh.

William and Kate praise ‘amazing’ communities fundraising for quake-hit families

William and Kate praise ‘amazing’ communities fundraising for quake-hit families

The Prince and Princess of Wales visited a west London community centre to hear stories from aid workers recently returned from the disaster zone.

Downing Street distances PM from email attacking civil service ‘blob’

Downing Street distances PM from email attacking civil service ‘blob’

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has insisted she did not sanction the widely criticised message which was sent to Conservative Party members.

Mordaunt says ministers ‘need to motivate’ civil service after small boats email

Mordaunt says ministers ‘need to motivate’ civil service after small boats email

No 10 quickly sought to distance Suella Braverman from the campaign communication.

Profits ‘all but wiped out’ by windfall tax, says oil giant Harbour Energy

Profits ‘all but wiped out’ by windfall tax, says oil giant Harbour Energy

The company has said it plans to cut jobs and investment due to the Energy Profits Levy which was put in place last May.

Intended target of shooting which killed girl shouted ‘please don’t’, court told

Intended target of shooting which killed girl shouted ‘please don’t’, court told

Thomas Cashman denies carrying out the attack in Liverpool which killed Olivia Pratt-Korbel and injured her mother Cheryl Korbel and Joseph Nee.

Keegan delays four new T-levels amid quality concerns

Keegan delays four new T-levels amid quality concerns

The Education Secretary said the technical qualifications will be approved only when they can be delivered to a high standard.

‘Brilliant and incomparable’ astrologer Mystic Meg dies aged 80

‘Brilliant and incomparable’ astrologer Mystic Meg dies aged 80

She wrote a horoscope column for The Sun for nearly 23 years after becoming a household name in the 1990s with her segment on the National Lottery.

NHS waiting list at all-time high despite fall in longest waits

NHS waiting list at all-time high despite fall in longest waits

The number of people waiting more than a year and a half to start treatment has dropped by 17%.

Supermarkets begin to lift customer limits on fresh produce as shortages ease

Supermarkets begin to lift customer limits on fresh produce as shortages ease

Asda has removed limits on cucumbers, lettuce, salad bags, broccoli, cauliflower and raspberries, leaving restrictions on just peppers and tomatoes.

Mordaunt accuses Labour of ‘borrowing from Gary Lineker’s playbook’

Mordaunt accuses Labour of ‘borrowing from Gary Lineker’s playbook’

The Commons Leader used an extended football metaphor to try to claim the Government is the centre forward putting in ‘hard work’ on immigration.

More than 40,000 plant species now stored in Kew Gardens’ seed bank

More than 40,000 plant species now stored in Kew Gardens’ seed bank

The Royal Botanic Gardens stores over 2.4 billion individual seeds in a bomb and floodproof underground vault in rural West Sussex.

‘Unanswerable’ case for legal safeguards on devolution, MSPs told

‘Unanswerable’ case for legal safeguards on devolution, MSPs told

Former senior civil servants have voiced concerns over post-Brexit laws.

Mother wins High Court challenge over refusal of legal aid for custody battle

Mother wins High Court challenge over refusal of legal aid for custody battle

She brought a case against the Ministry of Justice and Legal Aid Agency challenging their ‘unjust’ approach to legal aid rules.

Declaration of Arbroath to go on display for first time in 18 years

Declaration of Arbroath to go on display for first time in 18 years

The 700-year-old document will be displayed at the National Museum of Scotland this summer.

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