3 h. ago Huge 50ft sperm whale dies after becoming tangled in ropes and stranding on the isle of Skye

A sperm whale has died after becoming tangled in ropes and stranding on a Scottish island.

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3 h. ago Sperm whale with rope tangled around head and jaw dies off Scottish island

It is believed the sperm whale that died off the coast of Skye was the same one freed last week

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5 h. ago Whale entangled in ropes on Scots island dies after stranding

The British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) team removed five ropes from the whale on Saturday but some remained around its head.

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21 h. ago Whale entangled in ropes stranded on Scots island prompts huge rescue effort

A whale has washed up on Raasay after it was spotted entangled in ropes off Skye last week.

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4 d. ago White Island volcano eruption: criminal convictions for island owners thrown out

Twenty-two people died in the 2019 New Zealand disaster, mostly US and Australian cruise ship passengers on a walking tourThe owners of an island volcano in New Zealand where 22 tourists and local guides died in an eruption had their criminal conviction for failing to keep visitors safe thrown out by a judge on Friday.The release of the decision followed a three-day hearing last October for the owners’ company at the high court in the city of Auckland where they appealed against the charges laid by New Zealand’s workplace health and safety regulator after the 2019 eruption of Whakaari, also known as White Island. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Criminal conviction thrown out for owners of New Zealand island volcano where 22 died in an eruption

The owners of an island volcano in New Zealand where 22 tourists and local guides died in an eruption had their criminal conviction for failing to keep visitors safe overturned by a judge on Friday

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2 w. ago 'We live longer than anyone else in the world after saying three simple words before meals'

The Japanese island of Okinawa is home to some of the world's longest living people. And researchers believe they may have unlocked their secret to a long life

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2 w. ago Humpback whale washes up on Scottish peninsula with 'significant entanglement injuries'

It comes after two humpback whales were rescued from being entangled in rope off Skye

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