18 h. ago Orca whales left to rot in abandoned zoo 'doomed to die' after heartbreaking update

France's last remaining orcas, Wikie and Keijo, spend their endless days swimming around a cramped concrete tank after Marineland Antibes closed permanently in January. Now campaigners warn they are doomed to die without urgent action

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38 h. ago Mum says she 'felt violated' after discovering note on son's pram at Butlin's

A disabled mum went to the Skegness holiday park with her two children last month and was left furious when she discovered her four-year-old's pram had been stolen

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44 h. ago Woman who vanished from Hyde Park four months ago 'found safe and well'

Portia Vincent-Kirby, from Finchley, appeared to have ‘fallen off the earth’ after spending the evening with friends in Hyde Park on February 21

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55 h. ago Lennon Miller cool on Celtic transfer interest as Sunderland join hunt for Motherwell sensation

The starlet is into the final 12 months of his contract at Fir Park and is not short of suitors

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57 h. ago Woman, 33, who vanished from London's Hyde Park FOUR months ago 'is found safe and well'

Portia Vincent-Kirby, from Finchley, North London, 'dropped off the face of the earth' after spending the evening with friends on February 21.

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3 d. ago The EU 'flooded Europe with migrants' who put 'our cities and peaceful citizens' at risk, Marine Le Pen and Viktor Orban tell anti

French hard-right leader Marine Le Pen and Hungarian leader Viktor Orban have accused the European Union of flooding the continent with migrants who have 'destroy[ed] our cities'

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7 d. ago ‘It’s goodbye to French fishermen’: Macron under pressure as crucial UN ocean summit opens

As delegates prepare for the global gathering, the president is caught between opposing sides in a row over bottom trawling in France’s marine protected areasOn his trawler in Saint-Malo, one of France’s most important ports for scallops and crabs, Laurent Mevel is fixing his nets. “We really want to protect the seas,” says the 60-year-old fisher. “But we’ve got crews, we’ve got employees.“If you don’t fish any more, the fish will come from Ireland, from Scotland. Now the fish you buy from shops comes by plane. And costs less.” Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Hundreds gather to remember teenager who died at Barry pleasure park

Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of 16-year-old Taha Soomro, who died at Barry Island Pleasure Park last month

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8 d. ago Scotland's highest hills turn white as weather expert gives verdict on June snow

The Cairngorms National Park was dusted with snow, a spectacle more typical of winter months

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9 d. ago Superintendent of Oregon's Crater Lake National Park resigns, citing staffing cuts

The superintendent of Crater Lake National Park in Oregon has resigned, just months into the role

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2 w. ago Driver had blood alcohol level twice the legal limit in fatal Yellowstone crash, police say

Police in Idaho say the driver of a pickup truck that crashed into a tour van near Yellowstone National Park this month had a blood alcohol level of more than twice the legal limit for driving

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2 w. ago Bizarre video of kangaroo inside a Chinese zoo rings alarm bells

Footage shared earlier this month showed an adult red kangaroo at the Shanghai Wild Animal Park in Pudong, China being petted by visitors.

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3 w. ago All the Brockwell Park music festivals and events still going ahead this month

Despite a recent High Court ruling throwing a wrench in Brockwell Live's planning permissions, the company's Summer Festival Series is set to continue as scheduled, starting from May 23

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3 w. ago UK's oldest polar bear euthanised at Scots wildlife park after months of geriatric care

Victoria, who was 28, was homed at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS)'s Highland Wildlife Park.

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3 w. ago TfL seeks court order to clear new Park Lane homeless camp just months after it was last dismantled

People have again set up a makeshift campsite opposite the luxury Park Lane Hilton hotel, bringing furniture and cooking equipment

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3 w. ago Female skier is dragged from her tent and mauled by a polar bear on Arctic island

The unnamed woman had been camping at Auyuittuq National Park on Baffin Island when she was attacked last month.

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3 w. ago The French bureaucrats who may have doomed abandoned aquarium orcas to die... and why red tape leaves them trapped in a hellish existence

France's last two captive killer whales are stranded in the algae-infested Marineland, near Cannes, neglected with the exception of a skeleton staff that comes in intermittently to feed them.

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4 w. ago Idaho police release the names of 6 tourists killed in Yellowstone crash

Idaho police has released the names of six tourists from China, Italy and California who were killed when a pickup truck collided with their van in a fiery crash near Yellowstone National Park earlier this month

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4 w. ago Killer whales left trapped in abandoned French marine park four months after closure

Disturbing footage shows orcas Wikie, 23, and her 11-year-old son Keijo swimming aimlessly in the deserted Marineland Antibes near Cannes

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4 w. ago Police raid Oregon safari park amid reports of starving lions and dead tiger left for months

West Coast Game Park Safari, popular attraction that has more than 450 animals, accused of multiple violations A dead tiger, left in a freezer for months. Starving lions and leopards. Animals dying without medical attention. One full-time staffer feeding over 300 animals. According to police and USDA inspection reports, that’s the state of affairs at Oregon’s West Coast Game Park Safari.State police served multiple search warrants at the south Oregon property on Thursday as part of a “lengthy” criminal investigation. The park is a regional attraction, with over 450 animals across 75 species, and has been in operation since 1969. USDA reports in recent years have noted consistent violations. Continue reading...

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