Mary’s release into the Busang Ecosystem – credit the Orangutan Project In a heartwarming milestone for great ape conservation, Mary, a rescued orphaned orangutan, has been released into the jungles of Borneo following rehabilitation. After spending four years at the Bornean Orangutan Rescue Alliance (BORA) Rescue and Rehabilitation Center learning how to survive independently in…
Ben Godfrey BBC Midlands Today West Midlands Police Brian Pitts ran the operation with the help of his former partner, Katie Harlow, from a villa in Thailand A gang leader who co-ordinated from Thailand a £4m fake Xanax drug-making operation in West Midlands sheds and garages has been jailed for eight years. Up to 11…
A hospital in Bamyan, Ambar Province – credit Canada in Afghanistan, CC 2.0. After a few years of Herculean efforts, UNICEF has reached a point where it has prevented two-thirds of Afghanistan’s healthcare sector from collapsing. Working mostly in rural areas, the operation has been vast, employing 28,000 full-time carers and physicians and 32,000 volunteers…
Watch: ‘Why did they invite me?’ – Goldberg says Trump officials should accept mistake When Jeffrey Goldberg published a bombshell story outlining how some of the most senior US officials had mistakenly shared sensitive information with him, he obtained the biggest scoop of the year. The Atlantic editor also became the prime target for every…
Foie gras with toasted brioche – credit SWNS A cruelty-free way of making foie gras has been devised by scientists that includes no unnatural additives or additional ingredients. In fact, it helps reduce the amount of biological waste during the butchering process, keeping it out of landfills where it produces climate-warming greenhouse gases. Traditionally made…
Getty Images The UK economy is now predicted to grow at a much slower pace this year than previously expected, according to the government’s official forecaster. Presenting her Spring Statement, Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) thinks the economy will now grow by 1% in 2025, down from its October prediction…
An up-close look at the golf ball’s unique coating – credit, SWNS A new type of golf ball with a special “water-loving” coating could answer the prayers of thousands of golfers. The coating helps average out the speed of a rolling ball, slowing it on faster dry greens and speeding it up on sluggish, wet…
Bernd Debusmann Jr at the White House & Brandon Drenon on Capitol Hill BBC News, Washington DC Watch: Key reactions to reports of a leaked group chat involving Trump officials US President Donald Trump and his intelligence chiefs have played down a security breach that saw a journalist invited into a Signal group chat where he reported seeing national security officials…
The newly found tomb of an ancient, unknown pharaoh, – credit Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities Archaeology was recently sent into raptures when, for the first time since Tutankhamon was found, a pharaoh’s tomb was discovered and confirmed as such. And despite that happening just one month ago, and ‘King Tut’ being found 103 years…
The first thing to note about Tuchel is his open discussion of tactical ideas. Between the two matches the German pondered aloud whether a 4-1-4-1 formation would “give us enough control” or if modern football is too “fluid” for Rice alone at the base, whether “it would be the right thing to play in a…
