By PERKIN AMALARAJ, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 11:10 BST, 19 August 2026 | Updated: 12:42 BST, 19 August 2026 A helicopter crashed on Wednesday in Kenya’s Samburu county and local media reported that tourists were believed to be on board. The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) spokesperson said the helicopter…
Phoenix tree planting program grows jobs » Yale Climate Connections
Transcript: Planting trees in cities can provide vital cooling shade – and create job opportunities. Emma Viera is executive director of Unlimited Potential, a nonprofit in Phoenix. She says some low-income areas of the city get far hotter than others, with more concrete and asphalt that retain heat and less…
England’s friendliest places where residents chat to neighbours and have a sense of pride are revealed…but beware the least friendly areas
By ROBERT FOLKER, NEWS REPORTER Published: 11:05 BST, 19 August 2026 | Updated: 12:12 BST, 19 August 2026 The Isles of Scilly have been named as the friendliest place in England in a major study examining social division across Britain. All 296 local authority areas have been ranked by The National…
This 23-foot crocodylian may have ruled South America’s food chain
More than 10 million years ago, South America was home to an ecosystem filled with enormous animals and formidable predators. During the Miocene, a geological period that lasted for millions of years, a vast lake covered a large portion of the continent. Its waters supported giant turtles and crocodylians, while…
Huge £32million car park which has been empty for two years has opening delayed AGAIN as road linking to it is still not finished
The opening of a huge £32million park and ride has been delayed for another year because it is still not connected to a road. The 850-space ‘car park to nowhere’ in Eynsham, Oxfordshire, was completed in 2024 but has remained empty ever since. Cash-strapped Oxfordshire County Council has struggled to find…
Astronomers discover a giant, rocky ‘mega-Earth’ 23 times more massive than our planet
Astronomers have discovered an unusually massive, dense exoplanet that challenges conventional ideas about how rocky planets form. Called GJ 523b, the exoplanet is about 2.5 times wider than Earth but packs roughly 23 times our planet’s mass into that relatively compact size. Worlds this large and dense are sometimes referred…
Sydney Swans players break their silence amid Melbourne hotel partying scandal and sexual assault allegation – as club chairman admits they’ve ‘torpedoed’ their AFL season
Sydney chairman Andrew Pridham has admitted the club has torpedoed its premiership chances by banning five players who have apologised for their behaviour at a Melbourne hotel. Swans stars Isaac Heeney, Chad Warner and Nick Blakey, as well as Riley Bice and James Jordon, are suspended for the rest of…
The harrowing reality of cut-price ‘flash deal’ cocaine: Step-by-sobering-step, the Daily Mail exposes the routes, corruption and innocent victims behind Britain’s drugs market
At 1.32pm on Tuesday September 26, 2023, soldiers from the elite Army Ranger Wing of the Irish Defence Force prepared to board a rogue bulk carrier in the Atlantic Ocean. The Navy had been tracking the Panama-flagged MV Matthew freighter for three days as it made suspiciously slow progress through…
Learn how to observe the night sky with a manual telescope
The night sky is not an impenetrable “blanket of stars.” There is depth and detail that can be navigated and known, probed and plundered for rewards — and the best way to do all of that is with a manual telescope. Sure, you can get a motorized computerized “go-to” telescope…
Family in Shoreham beach tragedy died after ‘girl got caught in fishing net’, witnesses claim: Man, woman and teen girl killed in summer holiday horror while young girl fights for life in hospital
One of the girls involved in the Shoreham beach tragedy which left three people dead and one fighting for their life got caught in a fishing net, witnesses have claimed. Fishermen reported seeing four people struggling in the water in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, at 3pm yesterday while sea conditions were…