Conservationists have released more than two dozen turtle doves in the South Downs National Park in a bid to help the species, which is on the brink of extinction in the UK, to recover. The dove, famous for its place in the Twelve Days of Christmas song, is the country’s fastest declining bird species according…
Food prices remain a concern and there are fears they could rise following this summer’s extreme weather, which resulted in poor crop yield, and as further climate changes are predicted. A government spokesperson said it is determined to turn the tide on poverty, using schemes including a £1bn Crisis and Resilience Fund to help councils…
Australians would be able to switch off social media algorithms under draft legislation to be proposed this week. Communications Minister Anika Wells, who last year helmed the government’s world-first social media ban for under-16s, said the digital duty of care laws would ensure “some basic safety protections on an industry that hasn’t had to observe…
A Boeing 767-300 cargo plane was landing in Miami after departing from Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Sunday when it overran the runway. Five people are confirmed to have died and five more were injured in the crash. The Amazon Prime Air flight struck “multiple vehicles” on the road,…
Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) is celebrating as exit polls show they are set to win more than 44% of the vote in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt. The AfD’s projected result is higher than earlier opinion polls suggested and the party has hailed the news as a “historic outcome”. However, party leaders will…
JLR has not confirmed the scale of the job cuts, but said they would “simplify” the business and “improve efficiency and build greater resilience”. “Today, we informed our colleagues, and trade union partners that JLR is opening a voluntary redundancy programme offering salaried and management team members the opportunity to leave the business,” a spokesperson…
A volcanic eruption has halted hundreds of flights at Indonesia’s main international airport, stranding tens of thousands of passengers. Authorities said 209 flights were suspended after ash from Anak Krakatau was detected in airspace near Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on Sunday morning. The volcano had started erupting late on Friday night, generating continuous seismic activity,…
Egyptian television presenter Sarah Khalifa and 11 other people have been sentenced to death by hanging after being convicted of drugs charges. According to state-owned al-Ahram newspaper, they were part of a criminal gang which imported ingredients used to make drugs with the intent of selling them. They also had illegal firearms and munitions. Khalifa,…
The now widely used Mercator map was created in 1569 by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator. Its main purpose was to help European sailors navigate the oceans, as cartography Professor James Cheshire at University College London explained. “He wanted a straight line to be drawn on a map to look like a straight line in reality…
Delegations from Ukraine have attended talks in the US over the past 18 months. Earlier on Saturday, Zelensky said Russia had fired “demonstrative” strikes on airports in Kyiv and Boryspil overnight ahead of his planned meeting with the US. Ukraine’s president added: “Clearly, these Russian strikes on the airports are a reaction to the discussions…
