Shropshire farm worker’s warning after quad bike crashes
BBC Erin Gailey was hurt in two quad bike crashes in her first year working in farming A farm worker is warning people of the dangers of her profession after she was hurt in two quad bike crashes in her first year in the industry. Erin Gailey, a herdsperson on a farm in Shropshire suffered […]
Dorset care homes offered AI technology to monitor residents
Care homes are being offered the chance to use artificial intelligence to monitor residents. Dorset Council and Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council is looking for between nine and 22 care homes to take part in the initiative. Participating homes will get £10,000 for technology that uses audio and motion sensors to alert staff when […]
Rare typed copy to go on sale for $1.25m
A rare typescript of children’s story The Little Prince, one of the most translated books ever published, is set to go on sale for $1.25m (£963,313). The typescript, which is a typed copy of a text, was produced in New York by its author, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, while in exile from Nazi-occupied France in the […]
Military truck to deliver Ukraine aid to rural areas
A Norfolk pair who have been delivering aid to Ukraine are sending their latest load in a former military vehicle, to help reach people in rural areas. Zoe Waites and Scott Stones, who run a haulage company in Swaffham, have made 18 trips to Ukraine since the start of the war. The rotary club of […]
China probes Calvin Klein over Xinjiang cotton
China has announced it is investigating the company that owns US fashion brands Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein for suspected “discriminatory measures” against Xinjiang cotton companies. The move marks a new effort by Beijing to fight back against allegations from western officials and human rights activists that cotton and other goods in the region have […]
Gaza nurse who filmed moments after Israeli strike describes chaos and grief
BBC Paramedic Nevine al Dawawi says Jabalia has been “besieged” by Israeli forces From the outside, it is hard to comprehend the depth of suffering experienced by civilians in Gaza. On Monday 21 October, a video emerged from Jabalia that gave an unusually detailed insight into the pressure and the horror imposed on civilians by […]
Here’s where a fourth-generation lobsterman goes for lobster rolls in Maine
Getty Images (Credit: Getty Images) Heather Strout Thompson has been hauling lobster since traps were wooden. Here are her top lobster rolls in her home state of Maine, from Chipman’s Wharf to Luke’s Lobster. Hundreds of years ago, lobsters washed up in droves along what’s now Maine’s rocky coast, so plentiful and cheap it was […]
Drone attack on Israel puts spotlight on Iron Dome’s limitations
Reuters Sunday’s drone attack was one of Israel’s biggest in more than a year – four Israeli soldiers were killed Slow, small and relatively cheap to make, drones have become a deadly headache for Israelis in this year-long war. Hezbollah’s attack on an army base near Binyamina in northern Israel on Sunday, which killed four […]
Longue Longue video shows Cameroon singer allegedly being tortured
Longue Longue Longue Longue said he was arrested for his “freedom of thought” A video purportedly showing popular Cameroonian singer Simon Longkana Agno, widely known as Longue Longue, being tortured has led to widespread outrage in the country. The artist, renowned for making hits about bad governance, colonialism, and other social ills, said the video […]
All fuel removed from sunken fish farm ship, says coastguard
All the remaining fuel held on a ship which was leaking oil after sinking at a fish farm in the Sound of Mull has now been removed, according to the coastguard. The landing craft Julie Anne, operated by Scottish Sea Farms, went down on 4 July near the company’s Fiunary salmon farming site. Footage later […]