Good call! Communities urged to adopt an iconic red phone box and give it a new lease of life By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:53 BST, 5 April 2021 | Updated: 21:55 BST, 5 April 2021 Communities are being urged to take ownership of iconic red phone boxes as they are retired … Read more
A couple who were preparing to retire has revealed they felt compelled to adopt seven children after seeing an advert on social media. Pam, 50, and Gary Willis, 53, from Menifee, California, who have five children and had been fostering kids for many years, explained that they were anticipating retirement and their last child leaving their six … Read more
A quirky letter by British nursing heroine Florence Nightingale about her little-mentioned love of cats has emerged for sale 144 years later. Nightingale, who became known as ‘Lady with the Lamp’ following her service as a nurse during the Crimean War, owned 60 felines throughout her life. At one point, she owned as many as … Read more
A woman who applied to adopt a puppy was left ‘speechless’ when she received a rejection from the shelter which claimed the dog would ‘hate’ her hobbies. Alice Gray, 29, a presenter from Cardiff, had expressed her interest in taking on a ‘gorgeous’ pup called Angel and explained she was looking for a young dog ‘as … Read more
Step aside GameStop! Reddit investors set their sights on saving endangered wildlife by adopting 3,500 gorillas in a week Reddit forum behind GameStop drama ploughs cash into endangered wildlife Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund and Sheldrick Wildlife Trust benefit from cash boost Reddit-based WallStreetBets forum send GameStop shares soaring this year By Jane Denton For Thisismoney … Read more
Japanese worshippers have prayed for the safety of themselves and their families by walking barefoot with Buddhist monks over smouldering coals at an annual festival near Mt. Takaosan. The fire-walking today was more tense than usual because participants were required to wear masks and maintain social distancing due to the coronavirus pandemic. The festival was … Read more
MEMOIR The Wild Track by Margaret Reynolds with Lucy Reynolds (Doubleday £16.00, 320pp) Mothers frazzled, exasperated and (let’s be honest) often bored at the demands of looking after small children might have surveyed Professor Margaret Reynolds’s life with envy. She was — and still is — a leading academic, a writer and editor, a broadcaster, … Read more
Ashlyn Harris and Ali Krieger expanded their family by one on Sunday when they welcomed home their first child. The two American soccer stars were overjoyed in dueling Instagram posts as they shared their adorable new daughter Sloane. The athletes, both 36, adopted the little girl just two days after she was born on February … Read more
As the dust slowly settles on a horrifying assault on the Capitol, it’s apparent that American democracy is in a fragile state. As the Economist concluded last week in its annual review of democracy around the world, the United States is “polarized not only on policy issues but on core values, and the social cohesion … Read more
Connie Britton became a proud mom almost ten years ago when adopting her son from Ethiopia. And the four-time Emmy nominee has nothing but words of encouragement for other people planning to adopt. She recently got candid about her decision to adopt her son Eyob ‘Yoby’ back in November of 2011, when he was only nine … Read more