BBC Kate Booth said a pine tree she’d planted as a little girl “blew over like a matchstick” A woman has described how her 60ft pine tree “blew over like a matchstick” when a tornado struck two villages last year. Winds of up to 160mph swept through Millbrook and Carrbrook in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, on…
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The idea for the country’s first cooperative rail service came to Alex Lawrie in 2004 after another frustrating trip across Somerset. Having moved to Yeovil four years earlier with his young family, his job as a cooperative development manager involved daily trips across the south-west trying to set up member-owned businesses. A reluctant motorist, he…
Getty Images Charities, food banks and homeless shelters are to receive access to a £15m fund from the government to help use surplus farm food. Set to be launched in 2025 the scheme will give grants of £20,000 or more to the not-for-profit food redistribution sector in England. It continues a pledge by Prime Minister…
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) and other UN staff were at Yemen’s international airport in Sanaa on Thursday during an Israeli air strike. In a social media post, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he and staff were about to board a plane when the airport came under aerial bombardment. “One of…
In this video, Mufti Menk shares with us the importance of making a new resolution part of our daily lives and not just only at the end of the year. Click here to listen for more from him. The post When is the Best Time to Make a New Resolutions? appeared first on About Islam….
Trump’s “border czar” details plans to reintroduce migrant family detention centers – CBS News Watch CBS News Tom Homan, President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming “border czar,” told the Washington Post in an interview this week that Trump’s new administration plans to revive the controversial practice of detaining migrant families and giving undocumented parents the choice of…
KUALA LUMPUR: Airei Sdn Bhd aims to propel the Malaysian palm oil industry to the forefront of global innovation by championing sustainable practices and integrating transformative technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics. “We aim to redefine how the industry operates while minimising its environmental impact, founder and CEO Surendran Kuranadan told SunBiz. He…
BBC Billionaire Elon Musk has hailed Twitter as a bastion for freedom of expression ever since he acquired the social media site two years ago. But over the course of 2024, X, as it is now called, has evolved from what felt like a communal town square into a polarised hub where views and posts…
National Trust Images, Paul Harris In early 2024, Bodnant Garden in Conwy, Wales experienced significant damage due to Storm Darragh. Storms and flooding have damaged some of the UK’s most precious heritage, according to the National Trust – the UK’s biggest conservation charity. It says extreme weather is taking a toll on the estates it…
