Disturbing moment baby owl clamps starts eating a live gecko

This is the disturbing moment a baby owl was caught on camera eating a live Gecko in Thailand. Lamai Janta recorded the footage at her home in Tak province as the feathered predator began feasting on the reptile. The birdling, named Hedwig, used its pointed beak and razor-sharp talons to …...Read More

How Much Will the Wildfires Cost?

Good morning. The fires across the West have continued to burn, continued to kill people, and continued to incinerate homes and fill our air with smoke. Firefighters have continued to do the arduous, time-consuming work of containing explosive flames before they reach the places we most want to protect. It’s …...Read More

An Experimental Drug Protects Covid-19 Patients, Eli Lilly Claims

A single infusion of an experimental drug has markedly reduced blood levels of the coronavirus in newly infected patients and lowered the chances that they would need hospitalization, the drug’s maker announced on Wednesday. The drug is a monoclonal antibody, a manufactured copy of an antibody produced by a patient …...Read More

Rhondda Cynon Taf in South Wales to go into local lockdown from 6pm on Thursday

'I don't know why he's not here': Boris Johnson swipes at Keir Starmer for failing to face him at PMQs after Labour leader reveals one of his children has tested NEGATIVE for coronavirus and he is out of self-isolation...Read More

Royal Navy warship nearly crashed into fishing boat because officer closed curtains

4,000 tonne warship came within 600 yards of Dutch fishing boat in North Sea shut a 'blackout curtain' so she could get on with work due the next day A Royal Navy warship nearly crashed into a fishing boat - after Lt Rebecca Stanley shut her look-out curtains and couldn't …...Read More

Thousands of motorists heading to Europe are facing TEN HOUR delays in Dover during security checks

Advertisement Thousands of furious motorists are facing 10-hour delays and nine-mile queues as police conduct sweeping spot checks in a major security operation at the Port of Dover - but refuse to reveal why. Lorries trying to access Dover docks in southern England have been brought to a standstill after …...Read More

Holographic Zoom-like video meetings could soon be a reality

In a world ravaged by Covid-19, virtual events, video chats and Zoom meetings have become the norm for workers. A US-based company called Spatial wants to make this a more natural process with lifelike holographic avatars. Users can enter into a variety of rooms and speak, gesture and collaborate in …...Read More

Workers race to dig out man buried alive under gravel

This is the moment a man was buried alive for three minutes under a pile of gravel before finally being dug out by his fellow workers. The man, from Nairobi, Kenya, was covered when a truck driver tipped the gravel at a construction site unaware he was standing directly behind …...Read More

Protest over plan to turn ex-military base in Wales into camp for 250 asylum seekers

Welsh villagers have protested against Home Office plans to turn another ex-military base into a camp for 250 asylum seekers - more than 300 miles from the English Channel. The Ministry of Defence has offered former army base Penally Training Camp, in Pembrokeshire, Wales, as a place to house refugees …...Read More

Archaeology: Early human ancestors may have boiled their food in hot springs 1.8 million years ago

Hot springs may have been used by early human ancestors to boil food around 1.8 million years ago — long before they mastered cooking with fire, a study suggested. The Olduvai Gorge in northern Tanzania has produced some of the oldest remains of early human ancestors known to date, along …...Read More