Escaped capybara Cinnamon stars in new children’s book
Hoo Zoo Cinnamon escaped her zoo enclosure in September A capybara who became world famous after escaping from a zoo is set to be the star of a new children’s book. Cinnamon fled her enclosure at Hoo Zoo and Dinosaur World in Telford on 13 September after a gate was accidentally left open. It gripped […]
How fans are supporting their favourite idols
AFP It’s thought that global fans of Korean popular culture number some 89 million in 113 countries If you walk through Piccadilly Circus station, you might just see the seven members of K-pop band BTS smiling at you on one of the station’s billboards. Fans of the group (often referred to as ARMY) pooled their […]
Former teachers get honorary degree at Brunel University
Jan Ball Ian and Jan Ball said it was a “very special day” when they received their honorary degrees A couple who met and married at a teacher training college in the 1970s have returned to their former alma mater to have their qualifications “upgraded” in an honorary degree ceremony. Jan and Ian Ball, who […]
NHS Covid-19 app pings rise by over 70,000 to new record
Christopher Furlong The number of self-isolation alerts sent by the NHS Covid-19 app in England and Wales has risen to a new record of 689,313 in the week up to 21 July. The figures represent an increase of over 70,000 compared with the previous week. But the rate of increase was lower than the previous […]
Why one study is tracking homeless people around Sutton
PA Media Rough sleepers were tracked in Sutton A study which tracked the movements of homeless people over six months in south London has become the first of its kind to be carried out in the UK. Eight men and one woman were paid £10 a week to partake in the British Academy-funded research, which […]
Ivinghoe villagers on when Ariana Grande came to town
Wicked: Village gets Oz makeover for Ariana Grande film As dramatic as local gossip can be, the idea of Ariana Grande filming a Hollywood blockbuster in Ivinghoe proved a step too far for many villagers. Yet it was impossible for the naysayers to deny reality when Munchkinland began to emerge in the Buckinghamshire countryside in […]
Unilever to cut plastic use to appeal to Gen Z
Unilever boss, Alan Jope, says his firm is cutting back on plastic to stay relevant Unilever, which owns brands such as Surf and PG Tips, says it plans to halve the amount of new plastic it uses in a bid to appeal to younger shoppers. The firm is responsible for producing 700,000 tonnes of new […]
Robot ‘Amanda’ powers on in Peterborough pharmacy despite outage
One new recruit kept calm and carried on as IT outages caused chaos around the world on Friday. GPs in Peterborough were forced to switch to old technology when one of their systems went down. They wrote out prescriptions with a pen and asked patients to take paper slips to the Graham Young Pharmacy in […]
Essex dancer hopes new Wicked movie inspires pupils at her studio
Lily Field Lily Field said she hoped her time on Wicked “inspires all of my students” A dance teacher who has a part in the new Wicked movie says she hopes her experience will inspire her students. The film version of the Wizard of Oz-related musical has its UK premiere this Friday. Lily Field, who […]
Last decade ‘on course’ to be warmest
Getty Images The warming experienced over the past decade is taking its toll on the natural world Scientists say that average temperatures from 2010-2019 look set to make it the warmest decade on record. Provisional figures released by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) suggest this year is on course to be the second or third […]