‘Reliable’ big cat sightings revealed (UK)
Two big cats were caught on camera by rangers who were filming a deer survey, the Forestry Commission revealed today.
Under a Freedom of Information Act request, the government agency confirmed that two “reliable” sightings of large cats have taken place in the last seven years.
Experts monitoring deer using thermal imaging cameras spotted the animals on two separate occasions in different parts of the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire.
Commission spokesman Stuart Burgess said the sights had been confirmed by “very experienced” rangers unlikely to mistake deer for big cats.
Birdwatcher makes fruitless journey to Norway only to find snow bunting in her garden
A birdwatcher who made a fruitless journey to Norway to see a rare snow bunting, returned home to Britain only to discover one of the species had landed on her garden fence.
Words associated with Christianity and British history taken out of children’s dictionary
Words associated with Christianity, the monarchy and British history have been dropped from a leading dictionary for children.
Oxford University Press has removed words like “aisle”, “bishop”, “chapel”, “empire” and “monarch” from its Junior Dictionary and replaced them with words …
The fool’s gold of carbon trading
A huge new market designed to solve global warming seems doomed to failure
It was a deal to make Alistair Darling hug himself with glee. Just as the world’s existing financial markets were hitting a five-year low two weeks ago, …
UK ‘closer’ to adopting the euro
The UK is “closer than ever before” to joining the euro, according to the president of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso.
Speaking on a French radio show, he said British politicians were considering the move because of the effects …
Wild deer may have to be culled to curb spread of TB in cattle
Reducing herds with infected fallow deer ‘may play a role in lowering risks to cattle’, say government scientific advisers.
Wild deer herds with high levels of TB are likely to be culled more rigorously to minimise the risk of cattle …
Blow to Brown as BP scraps British renewables plan to focus on US
BP has dropped all plans to build wind farms and other renewable schemes in Britain and is instead concentrating the bulk of its $8bn (£5bn) renewables spending programme on the US, where government incentives for clean energy projects can provide …
BBC boss says Islam should be treated more sensitively than Christianity
Islam should be treated more sensitively by the media than Christianity, according to the director general of the BBC.
Mark Thompson claimed that because Muslims are a religious minority in Britain and also often from ethnic minorities, their faith should …
Recycling waste piles up as prices collapse
Thousands of tonnes of rubbish collected from household recycling bins may have to be stored in warehouses and former military bases to save them from being dumped after a collapse in prices.
Collection companies and councils are running out of …
Red squirrels show sign of resistance to grey plague
Hopes of saving the red squirrel from oblivion have been raised, with the discovery that some of the animals have developed immunity to a deadly virus.
Eight have been found to have naturally developed immunity to the squirrelpox virus, which …
Challenge To Discover Antarctica’s Hidden World
Later this month teams of scientists, engineers, pilots and support staff from British Antarctic Survey (BAS), USA, Germany, Australia, China and Japan will join forces for one of the most scientifically, technically ambitious and physically demanding Antarctic projects yet to …
The climate change unbelievers
Global warming is happening and we’re to blame, right? That’s certainly the view of almost every expert in the field. But a die-hard band of naysayers continues to rail against the consensus. Are they completely mad? Judge for yourself…
The …
Exclusive: Storm over Big Brother database
Early plans to create a giant “Big Brother” database holding information about every phone call, email and internet visit made in the UK were last night condemned by the Government’s own terrorism watchdog.
Lord Carlile of Berriew QC, the independent …
