Aisatic Lions test positive for Covid-19

Coronavirus has been detected in Asiatic lions in India for the first time as eight lions housed at Nehru Zoological Park in Hyderabad tested positive for the virus. “They have been isolated and responding well to treatment, behaving and eating normally.” The Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change said and added the zoo has…

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Cows on the track
Mooing, galloping cows on the rail track dealys trains

Trains were delayed after cows galloped along railway lines through Nuneaton station just before 11:00. Network Rail halted trains while the cows were safely moved away. Trains resumed their journey after about an hour and Network Rail said they had spoken to a farmer about not letting his cattle loose on the railway again;

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Jude Piesse
Darwin’s Secret Garden

Jude Piesse’s biography “ The Ghost in the Garden” traces the origins of the theory of evolution and uncovers the lost histories that inspired it, ultimately evoking the interconnectedness of all things. The Garden at Down House in Kent, a former parsonage to which Charles Darwin moved in 1842 after marrying his cousin Emma Wedgwood,…

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The intensity of Manic experience

  Heavy Light is the story of a mental breakdown, a journey through mania, psychosis, and treatment in a psychiatric hospital, and onwards to release, recovery and healing. Heavy Light deal with a lifetime of ups and downs, from hypomania in the Alps to a complete breakdown and a locked ward in Wakefield, explaining how…

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Numis bosses in line for £9m bonuses
Numis profits leaps to 442%

  Numis, booming city broker triggers hefty bonuses for bankers and shareholders who include Lord Michael Spencer and Danish retail billionaire Andres Holch Povlsen. Numis  based near St Paul’s is moving to Gresham Street in the City. Their half year revenue jumped 83 per cen to £115million with profits up 442 per cent at £39million.…

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Twitter launches tip jar

Twitter has launched a new “ tip jar” feature that lets people send money to others on social networks. The company says the feature is “an easy way to support the incredible voices that make up the conversation”. Twitter says the feature is “an easy way to support the incredible voices that make up the…

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Mason Mount seals Chelsea's victory over Real Madrid
Chelsea meet Manchester City in the final at Istanbul

Chelsea                                     2-0          Real Madrid Werner (28’), Mount (85’) (Agg 3-1)   Chelsea will face Manchester City in the Champions League final in Istanbul after overcoming Real Madrid at Stamford Bridge, played behind closed doo0rs. Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy made two fine first-half saves from Karim Benzema, but they…

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250. 000 Mayan People massacred
Lōpez Obrador Meican president apologises to Mayan people

Mexico’s president Andrės Manuel Lōpez Obrador has formally apologised to the indigenous Mayan people for abuses committed against them over the five centuries since the Spanish conquest. He focused on the 1847-1901 Caste War revolt in which around 250, 000 Mayan people are believed to have lost their lives. Mexico is due to hold legislative…

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