12 h. ago ‘Is it “woke” to care about the environment?’: how Trump’s cuts are dismantling global conservation work

Hundreds of projects supported by USAID have been thrown into doubt, as fears grow of an increase in crimes such as poaching and traffickingWhen the guns finally fell silent in 1992, little was left alive in Gorongosa national park. During the 15 years of Mozambique’s civil war – in which more than a million people died – the country’s wildlife also paid a terrible price. Poaching for meat and ivory was so intense that the small surviving elephant population rapidly evolved to lose their tusks. Leopards, wild dogs and spotted hyenas had all disappeared. Populations of zebra, buffalo and other herbivores had collapsed.In the following years, a huge effort to restore the park took shape. Led by the philanthropist Gregory Carr and Mozambique’s government, it was the start of the park’s journey to becoming one of Africa’s most celebrated wildlife conservation success stories. Today, elephants, lions, hippos, antelope, painted wolves, hyenas and leopards all thrive in the park once again...

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30 h. ago Pop paedophile Gary Glitter made bankrupt and could lose multi

Disgraced rocker Gary Glitter has been made bankrupt after refusing to pay £508,000 in damages, allowing lawyers for his victims to access his assets - including a £2million London penthouse

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3 d. ago TALK OF THE TOWN: That's quite the rebound! Hetty Douglas is now dating model's doppelganger

It seems that Hetty has not wasted any time moving on either as I can reveal she is dating a yoga teacher who bears an uncanny resemblance to supermodel Emily Ratajkowski .

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9 d. ago TALK OF THE TOWN: Madonna's girls' gems go from lughole ...to plughole as Queen of Pop's girls lose diamond earrings

No one more than Madonna knows that diamonds are a girl's best friend - which is why the Queen of Pop went to extreme lengths when her daughters misplaced theirs.

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1 week ago Florida cops ‘recover’ $770K worth of diamonds weeks after a suspect swallowed them during traffic stop

Detectives have recovered four diamond earrings from a suspected thief two weeks after he gulped the Tiffany & Co. jewelry worth nearly $770,000 during his arrest on the side of a highway in the Florida Panhandle

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1 week ago Detectives recover 4 diamond earrings 2 weeks after suspect swallowed them during arrest

Detectives have recovered four diamond earrings from a suspected thief two weeks after he gulped the Tiffany & Co. jewelry worth nearly $770,000 during his arrest on the side of a highway in the Florida Panhandle

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1 week ago Adolescence star Stephen Graham reveals he suffered racist abuse because of his mixed race heritage

He's been the talk of the town since gracing screens on Netflix's Adolescence, which blew up instantly over night.

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2 w. ago TALK OF THE TOWN: Reality star Eliza chases thieves after they hit her vintage store

TALK OF THE TOWN: Eliza Batten is taking the a direct approach with shoplifters who target her second-hand designer clothes store.

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3 w. ago Colombian cleaner, 69, stole £1m of watches, earrings and diamond rings from Jordanian princess at her £6m Belgravia home, court hears

Maria Taborda Henao, 69, allegedly took diamond rings, bracelets, watches and earrings while working for the Princess Firyal of Jordan (pictured) at her Belgravia home.

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3 w. ago TALK OF THE TOWN: Wimbledon stalwarts see red over Emma Raducanu's pink kit

I hear Emma Raducanu , has been 'outraging members' at the home of tennis by wearing a provocative pink kit while practising at the All England Club in SW19.

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3 w. ago No 2 most wanted: Florida police face wait as man swallows diamond earrings

Tiffany jewelry worth $770,000 allegedly gulped during arrest ‘will need to be collected after they are passed’A suspected thief gulped down two pairs of diamond earrings during his arrest on the side of a Florida Panhandle highway last week, detectives say, leaving them with the unenviable task of waiting to “collect” the Tiffany & Co jewelry worth nearly $770,000.An X-ray of the suspect’s torso showed what the Orlando police department believed to be the diamond earrings – a white mass shining brightly against the grey backdrop of his digestive tract. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Maura Higgins' doting comment after Danny Jones won I'm A Celeb resurfaces

Maura, 34, and Danny, 38, who appeared in ITV's I'm A Celebrity together last year, have been the talk of the town after the pair were spotted kissing in a video at a BRIT Awards afterparty

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