The fossil remains of 22 Ice Age sloths the size of elephants have been found preserved in asphalt in Ecuador, researchers have reported. The specimens — which included 15 adults, 5 juveniles and two newborns or fetuses — were unearthed from the Tanque Loma site on the country’s Santa Elena peninsula. Weighing in at several tons, … Read more
Lord Burnett. head of judiciary in England and Wales, is considering slashing the number of jurors from 12 to as low as seven to get the justice system going again Juries could be reduced in size for the only time since the Second World War or trials carried out online to maintain social distancing when … Read more
A cancer-surviving toddler who was born with an abnormally large tongue has had life-changing surgery to make it smaller. Baker Roth’s parents hope the procedure will help him eat and breathe easier, and allow him to make sounds so he can eventually talk. The 19-month-old was born with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS), a rare overgrowth disorder … Read more
Rock-a-pie baby! Father bakes huge 19 inch-long 6lb 4oz Cornish pasty matching the exact size and weight of his newborn son Jowan – and it took him 19 hours to finish eating it Tim Fuge, 33, from Liskeard, Cornwall, to celebrate birth of son Jowan Took him two-and-a-half hours to make pasty after he researched … Read more
Taste Of Pakistan 369 Hanworth Rd, Hounslow Rating: Taste Of Pakistan is not the sort of place you’d stumble upon. Unless, that is, you lived halfway down the Han-worth Road, deep in London’s Hounslow. But even then, you might well wander past the faded, unassuming storefront, wedged between a derelict betting shop and shuttered south … Read more
The Kardashian/Jenner clan spent last Easter in Palm Springs at mom Kris Jenner‘s house. But with the global COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s celebration was much smaller. Kylie Jenner celebrated Easter Sunday at Kris’ desert home with daughter Stormi, two, and Travis Scott, before giving a tour of one of the massive guest rooms. Wow: Kylie Jenner … Read more
A huge wildcat ‘the size of a Labrador’ with ‘big claws’ has been pictured roaming around a back garden in Cambridge. The mysterious cat was seen by a Cambridge University worker who was watching from his kitchen window and took a photograph. The man, who asked not to be named, said it wasn’t the first … Read more