12 h. ago Photos show polar bears chilling at home in abandoned Russian research station

Polar bears that have taken over an abandoned polar research station off Russia’s far eastern coast were intimately captured in drone footage by Vadim Makhorov. The photographer was filming the landscape of Kolyuchin Island during a cruise in the Chukchi Sea in September, when he noticed polar bears using one of the abandoned buildings as a shelter. The small island is about 11 kilometers (nearly 7 miles) off the northern coast of the Chukotka Peninsula, which faces Alaska across the Bering Strait. “Bears are no strangers to the feeling of comfort and coziness,” Makhorov said in a social media post. “They perceive homes as shelter.”

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40 h. ago ‘A defining moment of our nation’: Cape Verde goes wild to celebrate historic World Cup spot

By blending diaspora players with homegrown talent the island nation of fewer than 600,000 people has qualified for 2026 tournament On 5 July 1975, the Cape Verdean flag was raised for the first time at Estádio da Várzea in the capital city of Praia, marking the nation’s declaration of independence from Portugal. At that moment, there was no national football team – and no sign of what was to come.Exactly 100 days after the 50th anniversary of independence, the same flag was waved at the very same ground, where crowds gathered to celebrate Cape Verde’s historic first World Cup qualification with the players who had earlier secured the decisive 3-0 win over Eswatini five miles away at the National Stadium. This island nation off the coast of Senegal, with a population of fewer than 600,000, has become the second-smallest country to qualify for the tournament, after Iceland in 2018. Continue reading...

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47 h. ago Stunning private island off UK coast on the market for less than cost of small house

A remote island in Scotland is up for sale, and it's costing less than a standard flat in Edinburgh as potential buyers can buy the remote land for the perfect escape

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68 h. ago Frantic police search for missing Scots woman, 28, after mystery disappearance

COPS have launched a frantic search for a missing Scots woman who vanished on the Isle of Lewis. Georgia MacLennan, 28, from Stornoway, was reported missing yesterday afternoon. She was last seen outside a property in the Grimshader Lochs area on the island’s south-east coast at around 4.45pm on Sunday. Officers leading up the search...

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4 d. ago 'He was my best mate but what he did to me and my family will haunt me forever'

Mark Craven was left completely stunned when he discovered his cousin Chris Craven had hired a private detective to follow him and bug his car after their relationship soured

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7 d. ago Brit marathon swimmer survives double shark attack by fighting off 'pure muscle' Great White which started biting him off California coast

Chris Murray, 50, was attempting to swim the 20 miles between Catalina Island and the Los Angeles County coast before the terrifying encounter took place..

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7 d. ago 'Opportunity of a lifetime' to farm on remote island off Welsh coast

They are looking for a family or couple with farming experience

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8 d. ago Rare chance to buy a Scottish island for as little as £120,000

The rugged, uninhabited island off the coast of the outer hebrides could be yours for less than the cost a flat elsewhere in the UK.

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9 d. ago New Zealand to pay Samoa $3.6m for ship its sailors drove aground on reef

All 75 people on board evacuated to safety as the boat foundered about 1.6km off the coast of Upolu, Samoa’s second largest island before it caught fire and sank

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1 week ago Justin Bieber spotted at Dundee Airport leaving fans stunned

Canadian superstar Justin Bieber has left fans stunned after arriving at Dundee's small airport on his private jet joining a list of celebrities who have touched down there this week.

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2 w. ago Couple wanted for dream £80,000 Scots job that comes with rural Highland cottage

A DREAM job is up for grabs for the perfect couple, offering £80k a year and a stunning rural Highland cottage. Situated in rural Aberdeenshire, a Private Estate is on the hunt for a 'discreet domestic couple'. The long-term opportunity will offer the couple a cosy 2-bedroom private cottage, equipped with firewood, and a combined...

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3 w. ago Why you should swap the coast for the quiet luxury of inland Mallorca this autumn

Travel away from the coast on this popular Balearic island and you’ll be rewarded with a quiet luxury retreat that feels a world away from the headlines, says Isabelle Kliger

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3 w. ago From small town New Zealand to Mont Blanc: how ultrarunner Ruth Croft made history

Croft’s recent win the 174km Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc made her the first woman to take out the triple series crown in the prestigious eventGrowing up in Stillwater, New Zealand, population 86, Ruth Croft learned hard work from a young age. Her father ran a transport company, managing dozens of drivers and semi-trailers across the 600km West Coast in the South Island.“On school holidays I worked for my dad full time, sometimes 14-hour days,” says Croft. “Shitty jobs like cleaning drains or the grease bay. I don’t know anyone who works as hard as he does.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago The island that banned hives: can honeybees actually harm nature?

On a tiny Italian island, scientists conducted a radical experiment to see if the bees were causing their wild cousins to declineOff the coast of Tuscany is a tiny island in the shape of a crescent moon. An hour from mainland Italy, Giannutri has just two beaches for boats to dock. In summer, hundreds of tourists flock there, hiking to the red and white lighthouse on its southern tip before diving into the clear waters. In winter, its population dwindles to 10. The island’s rocky ridges are coated with thickets of rosemary and juniper, and in warmer months the air is sweetened by flowers and the gentle hum of bees.“Residents are people who like fishing, or being alone, or who have retired. Everyone has their story,” says Leonardo Dapporto, associate professor at the University of Florence.Giannutri island’s remote location made it a perfect open-air laboratory for the bee experiments. Photographs: Giuseppe Nucci Continue reading...

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