US Forest Service to move headquarters from Washington DC to Salt Lake City 01. April 2026 (03:16) Announcement part of controversial shakeup described by critics as administration attack on ‘science and scientists’The Trump administration will move the US Forest Service headquarters from Washington DC to Salt Lake City and shut down its regional offices, the agriculture department has announced. The announcement sets in motion a controversial reorganization for the country’s second-largest federal land management agency that Trump officials have planned since last year.The move, which the USDA touted as a “commonsense approach”, recalls the first Trump administration’s chaotic attempt to relocate the Bureau of Land Management from Washington DC to Colorado, first announced in 2019. The agency lost nearly 90% of its Washington-based staff, who declined to move – only for the BLM to return toWashington after Joe Biden took office. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Tiger Woods to 'step away and seek treatment' after crash 01. April 2026 (01:44) The golf champion was arrested and charged with driving under the influence after clipping a truck and rolling his car in Florida on Friday.(BBC News)
Hegseth says suspensions lifted for helicopter crews who hovered over Kid Rock home 01. April 2026 (01:30) Pentagon chief’s remarks come after US army said crews suspended amid investigation into incident in TennesseeDefense secretary Pete Hegseth said the crews of two US army AH-64 Apache helicopters that hovered next to the singer Kid Rock’s swimming pool while he clapped and saluted on Saturday are no longer suspended.“No punishment. No investigation,” Hegseth wrote on social media. “Carry on, patriots.” Continue reading...(The Guardian)
The Voorhees law of traffic: when overtaken slow cars seem to always catch up at a red light 01. April 2026 (01:01) UK researcher uses maths to explain seeming inevitability of phenomenon experienced by many motoristsIt is a situation experienced by many motorists: one driver overtakes another only to find the slower car is right behind them when they reach a red light. Now a researcher has used mathematics to reveal why the situation feels inevitable.Dr Conor Boland from Dublin City University has called his work “The Voorhees law of traffic”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Two-thirds of UK hospitality businesses plan to cut jobs and one in seven will close, survey finds 01. April 2026 (01:01) Sector cites ‘billions of pounds in additional costs’ from new business rates and increase in minimum wage thresholdsTwo-thirds of hospitality businesses are planning to cut jobs as a result of “suffocating” costs imposed by government, as new business rates and higher wage bills come into force.Many pubs, restaurants and hotel companies will see their costs increase significantly from 1 April after Rachel Reeves’s changes to business rates and an increase in minimum wage thresholds announced at the chancellor’s November budget. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
