MikeB
Health is closely linked to happiness. Eat well to be happier…. I noticed a little snippet of news in this morning’s newspaper about a healthy diet for women and it concerns plant protein. This interests me because if people eat more plant protein, they eat …
The Aldabra giant tortoise is endemic to the Seychelles and is one of the largest tortoises in the world. They are normally found on many of the western Indian Ocean islands including Madagascar. Many of the Indian Ocean species were thought to have been driven …
In the UK, the American mink is an invasive species. They were brought to the UK for fur farms in the last century. Thousands of them escaped and are now established in the countryside. They threaten some of UK’s native species including the water vole …
The Times today – Jan 16th 2024 – reports on the mauling of a nine-year-old boy by a crocodile while swimming in Australia’s Northern Territory. He is in critical condition but stable in the ICU at Royal Darwin Hospital. The attack occurred at Kakadu National …
In Wales, the BBC reports that horses are replacing machines in removing felled larch diseased trees from sensitive woodland in Fforest Fawr near Tongwynlais, on the outskirts of Cardiff. This is an ancient tradition. The work will last for three months and is intended to …
The tweet on Twitter/X by Anton Gerashchenko, for me, is poignant. This is a young man who just got married in September last year. His life was ahead of him. I am sure he had big plans or would have had but for this brutal …
NEWS AND OPINION: The Sunday Times reports on the recovery of Emily Hand after her release as I Hamas hostage. She was held captive for seven weeks and has returned to Israel in an exchange programme between Israel and Hamas. Thomas Hand, her father, was …
Dogsplay is a media center in which dogs can watch television, look at photographs, listen to music and even keep in touch with their owner/caregiver through a conferencing system. It is the creation of a South Korean company. They have a website which you can …
NEWS AND COMMENT: You might know that in Britain for many years the police have been closing police stations at the rate of more than one a week. They’ve closed 663 since 2010 according to a Times report. Ther public want police stations with customer …
