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Pair are offspring of two beavers who mysteriously arrived in Pensthorpe nature reserve near Fakenham in December Wild beaver kits have been born in Norfolk for the first time in more than 500 years. The pair of newborns are the offspring of two free-living beavers who mysteriously arrived in Pensthorpe nature reserve near Fakenham in December. Continue reading...
This Booker-listed epic set in Aids-era Kingston is a triumph – bitter, bawdy and ravishingly queer “A sense of sweep,” replied Marlon James, when asked what moves him most in literature. “Sweep isn’t just about external journeys, but internal as well. It can be over years and decades, or across land and sea.” If that explanation is still hazy, pick up his mighty new novel, which is longlisted for this year’s Booker
The historian shares the astonishing story of a Peterloo massacre survivor. Plus, a delightfully wholesome new pod that is ‘Desert Island Discs … for words’ From the People’s History Museum, this series is about the Peterloo massacre in Manchester, 1819, which the host David Olusoga calls the “ground zero of industrial capitalism”. Touching on systematic disenfranchisement (Manchester didn’t have a single MP) and sta
Mildred Okwo’s earnest film about the conflicting romantic wishes in a Nigerian family struggles to connect with its promising premise It’s a stretch for this Nigerian romcom to bill itself “the first Nollywood-Bollywood collaboration” based on the fact that it features, in Nimesh Diliprai Desai and Vineet Raina, two fringe Indian players on a sprawling wedding-invite list. But the two industries do indeed have much
Ignore the party poopers who say toddlers spoil the fun. I’ve braved the raves with my twins – and I’ve seen how families add to the magic of events The woman I used to be died the day I gave birth to twins. That life – full of spontaneous travel, impulsive decisions and a decorated social calendar – evaporated, giving way to a blank canvas of motherhood and two glorious little human beings. While I was inside that s
It has not paid me for months and I am in severe financial distress, and apart from my husband while I try to sort it out I stopped receiving my NHS pension in May and, when I rang to ask why, I was informed that I was deceased. I have repeatedly called to no avail and my emails have received auto-generated responses. Continue reading...
The road to Kostyantynivka in Donetsk, Ukraine, is a perilous journey for the Khyzhak brigade – a mobile unit tasked with shooting down Russian drones to cover soldiers’ rotations or moving armoured vehicles “Holy yeah! Yeaaaah! Done!” Booooooom. Dzhango firing to shoot down a Russian FPV-drone. Continue reading...
Dutch sustainable smartphone revamped with new chip and more RAM without sacrificing modular design Fairphone’s top Android for 2026 is a little faster with more memory while maintaining full compatibility with its previous phone, including its repairable and ethical chops. The Fairphone 6+ continues the Dutch cooperative’s mission to make consumer electronics longer lasting and more sustainable, containing 51% eithe
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has vowed to destroy Iran's economy as he gave an address on a new pressure campaign against Tehran.
Robert Solomon loves the early mornings, picking out the apples, tending to the broccoli and fussing up the dandelion greens. At 71, he says it’s the best job he’s had When Robert Solomon’s working hours were cut during the pandemic – he did building management and tech support for a nonprofit organisation – he got an extra job at a food cooperative, helping to stock the store. It was, he says, the most ordinary job,
Joshua Aviles says he is on a nine-month Middle East deployment and learned his has father has been arrested while he was waiting for green card approval The father of a US sailor on board the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier deployed in the Middle East during the Iran war has been taken into federal immigration detention, the sailor said. The border patrol arrested Luis Manuel Aviles Roa, originally from Nica
The level of increase in monthly rents slowed in the second quarter of the year, according to a new report from property website Daft.
World leaders watch for clues as Donald Trump and Mark Carney square up in US-Canada trade row
She was 15 when she met Keith Allen, a supply teacher at her school in Birmingham the early 1990s.
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Up to 80,000 fans will party at the Creamfields festival in Cheshire in late August.
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Prime minister Christopher Luxon’s party to introduce bill seeking the ban, citing harm to a generation of children New Zealand prime minister Christopher Luxon has said his party will introduce a bill in parliament that seeks to ban children under 16 from using social media, proposing fines of up to 10% of a platform’s global revenue for non-compliance. The bill would require social media platforms to take reaso
The actor concludes his investigation into Monsanto by meeting people with cancer who blame the company for their illness. Plus: a devastating story of foundling sisters reunited. Here’s what to watch this evening 9pm, BBC Two There’s a lagoon in Ruabon, north Wales, that is so toxic that the barrels containing the chemicals dumped in it have rotted away. Until about 20 years ago, children used to play around it. Mic
The leaders of Britain and France have pledged to provide Ukraine with stronger military support at a meeting of allies to mark Kyiv's independence day celebrations.
Parents say they have been reduced to tears by the unexpected increase.
The impact of recent extreme heat is affecting farmers and putting pressure on our food system.
Authorities in Nevada have urged tens of thousands of people to evacuate and ordered schools to remain closed as a fast-moving, wind-driven wildfire bore down on the western US city of Reno.
It is hoped the birds will eventually return to their roots when they are ready to breed.
Quevin Castro is remembered as an "immense talent" by clubs he played for in East Anglia.