The Pigeon Express
The oldest penguin in Edinburgh zoo has been killed after a fox broke into its enclosure, staff have announced. Mrs Wolowitz, 35, a northern rockhopper with a “massive personality”, was attacked late on Wednesday. Other penguins in the enclosure were not hurt and were doing well, the zoo added. The zoo in a tweet said: […]
A mum and her two children have been attacked by a dog, with the supposed owner arrested for allegedly assaulting a third child. One onlooker reportedly claimed they saw a woman and two boys ‘covered in blood and bite marks’ following the ‘domestic’ incident in Derbyshire, England. The mother, in her 20s, is said to […]
The Met Office has issued a four-day amber extreme heat warning, meaning vulnerable people’s health could be impacted and travel could be disrupted. The warning applies to southern and central England and parts of Wales from midnight on Thursday until Sunday. The amber alert is the longest the Met Office has issued since it introduced […]
At least 500,000 learners are waiting for their driving test in the United Kingdom. In May 2021 there was a backlog of 496,124, but by May this year that had grown to 530,387. It means the average waiting time for a test slot is 14 weeks, although there are reports of learners waiting up to […]
An 11-year-old girl has died after going missing at a water sports and activity park. Police were called to the lake at Liquid Leisure Windsor in Datchet, Berkshire at 3.55pm local time on Saturday after the child got into difficulty. She was found more than an hour later by emergency services and was rushed to […]
Two of the UK’s leading hospitals have had to cancel operations, postpone appointments and divert seriously ill patients to other centres for the past three weeks after their computers crashed at the height of last month’s heatwave. The IT breakdowns at Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospitals in London have caused misery for doctors and patients […]
The starting point of England’s famous River Thames has dried up and moved downstream, following weeks of little rainfall and a heat wave in July that smashed the UK’s all-time temperature record. The Thames usually begins in the English market town of Cirencester, part of the green and hilly Cotswolds countryside, and flows through the […]
A community has come together to help the owners of a corner shop whose entire stock of chocolate melted. Ellis Stores in Scunthorpe lost about £1,000 worth of goods after its air conditioning failed to cope during the recent heatwave. An online appeal by Claire York, the daughter of the shop’s owners Stephen and Linda […]
A row has broken out in an English village after the mayor, a Shetland pony, was removed from a local pub following a complaint to the council. Patrick the Pony, known for his love of Guinness, was made unofficial Mayor of Cockington in Devon at a ceremony attended by local Conservative MP Kevin Foster. The […]
A snorkeler has suffered a leg injury after reportedly being bitten by a blue shark off the coast of Cornwall. The incident is believed to have happened during an organised trip at lunchtime on Thursday 28 July. A Maritime Coastguard Agency spokesperson said a coastguard team went to Penzance Harbour to pass the casualty into […]
Almost 10 years ago James Howells threw away a hard drive during a clear out forgetting about the Bitcoin on it. Now, with the Bitcoin worth an estimated £150 million, he is planning to spend millions digging up a Newport landfill in a bid to find the lost hard drive. If recovered Mr Howells said […]
A live debate between Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, two British politicians vying for the open Prime Minister position, was canceled Tuesday after the debate’s presenter fainted on-air. Truss was in the middle of responding to a question when presenter and TalkTV political editor Kate McCann fainted and loudly crashed to the floor off camera. […]