Six Extinction Rebellion protesters have been found guilty of blockading a national newspaper printing press in a demonstration that cost publishers more than £1million. The activists stopped 3.5million newspapers reaching readers when they used bamboo structures to block trucks from leaving the Newsprinters printing works in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, on September 4. Caspar Hughes, 49, of … Read more
Five Extinction Rebellion protesters are convicted over printing press blockade that stopped millions of newspapers being delivered Three men and two women are first to be punished following demonstrations It comes after several other activists walked free from court on a technicality The blockades were criticised as an affront to free speech as cost millions … Read more
Extinction Rebellion fanatics are deliberately causing at least £5,000 of criminal damage at protests to get jury trials as they believe they’ll stand a better chance of acquittal Extinction Rebellion deliberately causing criminal damage to get a jury trial Anyone who causes at least £5,000 of damage can be brought before a jury Protestors believe … Read more
There are fears the Otterhound, Dandie Dinmont Terrier and the Skye Terrier are on the brink of extinction after just 121 puppies were born last year. Puppies like Labradors and French Bulldogs have seen record sales during the Covid lockdown, but the same cannot be said for the Otterhound, one of Britain’s oldest dog breeds that dates back … Read more
Five are arrested after activists launched fake oil attack on the Bank of England in an Extinction Rebellion ‘April Fool’s prank’ Members of Extinction Rebellion sprayed fake oil over the Bank of England Covered outside in substance made of mixture of black pond dye and guar gum The City of London police attended the demonstration … Read more
New forest growth may have sparked the mass extinction 360 million years ago by fueling massive plankton blooms that sucked all the oxygen from oceans – and experts say it is happening now at an even faster rate Sediment records shows new forests sparked the Devonian Mass Extinction There was a link between new growth … Read more
A new study reveals many of the world’s marine mammals are at a crossroads – some are on the verge of extinction, while others are on the road to recovery. A team from the University of Exeter investigated the status of 126 species that includes whales, dolphins, seals, sea lions, manatees, dugongs, sea otters and … Read more
The extinction of large animals led to the human brain growing, a new study reveals. When humans first emerged in Africa 2.6 million years ago the average animal size was more than 1,000 pounds, making them easy prey. Throughout the Pleistocene era, creatures’ sizes decreased by 90 percent, which forced our ancient ancestors to developing … Read more
The number of endangered North Atlantic right whales remains dangerously low. There are fewer than 366 surviving specimens, according to a new assessment. Vessel strikes and entanglements in fishing nets remain the biggest threat to the massive marine mammals, but climate change is leading to rising ocean temperatures that endanger the krill the whales eat … Read more
Save our ‘unloved’ high street chemists from extinction, says top pharmacist – as fears grow home-delivered medicines will put them out of business Pharmacists worry that home delivery of medicines will put them out of business This will eliminate the fee that chemists are paid to check and prepare the drugs Dr Leyla Hannbeck says … Read more