内容摘要：that climate change has boosted what they call these "whiplash" conditions globally by 31-66% since the middle of the 20th Century.

that climate change has boosted what they call these "whiplash" conditions globally by 31-66% since the middle of the 20th Century.

At Mahmoud Ali's flat, an "independence flag", with its three red stars in the middle, had been drawn on a white paper, and put on the coffee table in the living room.Samar, one of his daughters, told me, "We still can't believe that Assad is gone."

A converted hospice, a city's revamped 700-year-old landmark church and an interactive gallery are among several projects in Yorkshire to have been awarded prestigious architectural awards for 2025.The Royal Institute of British Architects (Riba) has recognised Wonderlab: The Bramall Gallery at York's National Railway Museum as its Building of the Year in its Yorkshire Awards, while its creator De Matos Ryan was named Project Architect of the Year.Meanwhile, the regeneration of Hull Minster and the refurbishment of two Victorian buildings in South and North Yorkshire were also recognised.

All the projects were praised by Riba for their "quiet ambition" and how they "inspired and uplifted".A Riba spokesperson said this year's winners, chosen from a shortlist of seven, "exemplify architecture's power to transform - turning spaces into places of connection, creativity, and care".

Wonderlab: The Bramall Gallery was described by Riba as "light and spacious", offering a STEM-focused learning experience for young people.

The jury praised the architects' "design interventions" as "controlled and considered", celebrating "the creative process and language of railway engineering principles".An environmental charity has enlisted women's rugby players to help haul an abandoned van away from a beach in Cornwall.

Locals alerted Clean Ocean Sailing to the mangled Mercedes vehicle which had been left at the bottom of Polpeor Cove's slipway for more than eight weeks after being swamped.The charity used a 50-year-old VW campervan called Cecil to pull the wreck above the high tide line but said it was not powerful enough to tow the wreck away.

A date for the operation has yet to be set, but volunteer and former rugby player Kate Green said a friendship with the Cornish Pirates meant 30 "Cornish - all women - rugby players are on standby to give a hand to Cecil in his final effort".The charity, whose mission is to keep Cornwall's coasts pollution-free, said volunteers spent three days emptying the van which was "partially buried, filled with rocks, sand and rotten seaweed, it was too heavy and impossible to move".