6 d. ago Mysterious creature found on Welsh beach can devour prey three times its size

The furry five-inch creature with shimmering spikes was found by a dog walker and some people likened it to an alien or a fossil

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1 week ago Brit who visited Canada says he 'can't get over' one major difference

A British man who travelled to Canada to see his wife for the first time was left amazed by the size of the houses in the Toronto area - but many locals were quick to tell him 'the truth'

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2 w. ago New Zealand is failing to protect its vast ocean resources. We owe it to the world to act | Helen Clark and Kayla Kingdon

Less than 1% of our country’s seas are highly protected and the damaging practice of bottom-trawling must be restrictedIt’s a remarkable feat that a small, isolated island nation of just five million people has managed to stake a claim to one of the largest ocean territories in the world.New Zealand’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) spans more than 4m square kilometres – an area 15 times the size of our landmass.Rt Hon Helen Clark is a former prime minister of New Zealand, and former administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).Dr Kayla Kingdon-Bebb is chief executive of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) New Zealand. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Man has to have toes amputated after being given wrong shoes for wedding day

Martin's toe swelled to three times its normal size, then he developed a blister which got infected

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2 w. ago Marine heatwave found to have engulfed area of ocean five times the size of Australia

World Meteorological Organization report says record heat in 2024 was driven by climate crisis and intersected with extreme weather eventsAlmost 40 million sq kilometres of ocean around south-east Asia and the Pacific – an area five times the size of Australia – was engulfed in a marine heatwave in 2024, a World Meteorological Organization (WMO) report has revealed.WMO scientists said the record heat – on land and in the ocean – was mostly driven by the climate crisis and coincided with a string of extreme weather events, from deadly landslides in the Philippines to floods in Australia and rapid glacier loss in Indonesia. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Fury at tourists damaging Northern Ireland's Giant's Causeway by forcing COINS into cracks causing columns to 'crumble'

The bill to remove the coins, which are also leaving rust stains, is expected to be more than £30,000. When they rust they expand to three times their original size, causing the rock to 'crumble'.

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