Virus sent to high-security facility so that experts can examine the potential risks to people and livestockAvian flu typically spreads by infecting wild birds and moving along migration routes, but the virus currently running rampant in the US is about to be transported across the Atlantic by plane.This category A pathogen, which is now spreading among...

It’s crucial to look after your gut microbiome. So avoid ultra-processed foods, eat healthily, and try blueberries and beetroot for help with hot flushes tooWhen life feels chaotic, food can be a comfort, a pleasure, an uplifting ritual. Fitting in time to cook, however, can often seem like another impossible thing on the list, especially when there...

Frock horror! The ludicrous spectacle of the Met Gala; reluctant star Josh O’Connor ​takes the lead in a new film, Challengers; Catherine Carr talks to boys about sex, pornography and feeling isolated and vulnerable; and Philippa Perry responds to a reader who is child-free. Continue reading...

Fruitful exchanges require input from two people. Listen carefully to what others are saying and use feelings, rather than facts, to connectHow do you do conversation? I don’t understand how it works. I can only ever communicate factual information such as “A coffee and a croissant, please.”Other people seem to rattle on about anything and everything,...

From a velomobile to inline skating and audiobooks, six people reveal how travelling to work is no choreThe pandemic opened the eyes of many to the benefits of running or cycling to work – or “active commutes” – and some have kept up the habit.No longer content with long drives or boring train rides, commuters have been seeking ways to make their journeys...

Mostly traffic-free and flat, this route between Yatton and Cheddar takes in old stations and views across the Levels to the Bristol Channel – and it’s being extended to form part of the 76-mile Somerset CircleIt’s a noise the former railway tunnel probably hadn’t heard in a while. Somewhere in the dark is a hooting part-owl, part-forlorn steam train....