Wildlife crime is often thought to occur in exotic places with people killing and trading in endangered species. However, it does happen in the UK and includes offences such as killing or disturbing protected species, damaging breeding and resting places and poaching. The problem is not limited to rural areas either. What is wildlife crime? Many wild animals are protected …
Read More »Andrew continues his island adventures with a visit to Flat Holm Island. An Island bursting with history, Andrew discovers how it defended itself against a potential French invasion and finds out about the story behind it’s cholera isolation hospital. He also takes a tour around the newly renovated Fog Horn cottage.
Read More »Wales captain Sam Warburton has been left in limbo in terms of his club rugby as the dispute between the WRU and regions continues. Warburton signed a central contract with the WRU over the summer. But as the regions have a policy of not fielding centrally contracted players, he can’t be selected for the Cardiff Blues until a new participation …
Read More »I’ve lost count of the number of times dog owners in public places have assured me: “It’s OK, he won’t hurt” as their lead-less pet hurtled towards the children when they were younger. Having grown up with a dog, and spent most of my life around friends and neighbours with dogs I like them and know most – especially those …
Read More »I’m always amazed by what the Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami can do with a narrator’s voice. From book to book, it’s pretty much the same—at least as rendered into English: calm, unhurried, lucid, bemused, wry without being sarcastic, and always intelligent but somehow self-effacing. I’m not knocking the uniformity. That would be like criticizing Philip Marlowe for always sounding the …
Read More »Photos of the aftermath of the August 8 attack on Christy Mack are gruesome. The 23-year-old, best known for her tattoos, love of snakes and burgeoning career in the porn industry, is shown bruised and bloody in a hospital bed with both eyes swollen shut and her hair sawed off. She suffered 10 broken bones, missing and broken teeth, a …
Read More »If Elizabeth Warren had to repeat herself this many times inside her Harvard Law classroom, she would have had to start failing students. On Friday, the first-term Massachusetts senator sent a letter to the Federal Election Commission saying, yet again, she did not want to be a presidential candidate. In the letter, first reported by the Boston Globe, Warren’s lawyer, Marc …
Read More »The Simpsons binge-athon is in full swing. FXX is airing every episode of the beloved animated comedy in order—breaking for 2007’s The Simpsons Movie—and the marathon has already smashed the cable channel’s ratings records. The event stretches 25 seasons and ends on Labor Day. Still, for all The Simpsons’ impact on entertainment and popular culture, perhaps the most impressive thing …
Read More »Kim Gregory Davies (59), pleaded not guilty to five offences under the Planning Act 1990. A PROPERTY developer has appeared in court to deny altering the character of the Grade II-listed building behind the hymn ‘All Things Bright And Beautiful’. Kim Gregory Davies (59), pleaded not guilty to five offences under the Planning Act 1990. He is accused of making …
Read More »The current Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia has lasted almost six months. Small progress has been made in terms of control, but yesterday’s modest advance often appears offset by tomorrow’s new catastrophe. The best news is from Nigeria, which saw a few cases related to an infected traveler. There the epidemic appears to have been halted although …
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