It is like something out of a science-fiction film: a huge national park whose ancient native rocks keep sprouting up out of nowhere. But there is nothing science-fiction about the Arouca UNESCO Global Geopark in Portugal, an open-air museum visited by people
A UK city has built tiny homes to house the homeless on top of a car park. Eight ‘pod homes’ in a Bristol car park are ready to welcome residents for the first time this month. These single-person homes, complete with a
A Disgruntled customer has gone to battle over the quality of his kitchen – by parking a tank outside the store responsible. Paul Gibbons, 63, claimed he was still having problems with a kitchen fitted by Wickes months earlier. He told the
At least 100 elephants have died in Zimbabwe’s largest national park in recent weeks because of drought, their carcasses a grisly sign of what wildlife authorities and conservation groups say is the impact of climate change and the El Nino weather phenomenon.
Rosa Parks, a 42-year-old African American seamstress and local activist, refused to give up her seat to a White passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama, public bus on this day in history, Dec. 1, 1955. “The only tired I was, was tired of
Footage shared by a Palestinian freelance journalist has shone a light on what life was like in Gaza prior to the horrendous October 7 attacks on Israel by Hamas. Yousef Alhelou’s TikTok video showed everyday Gazans doing ordinary things in the north
In response to Albuquerque’s violent crimes, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham placed an emergency public health order to restrict gun-carry rights in certain public areas. Grisham defended her decision as critics describe the provisions as an assault on constitutional rights to self-defense.
The City of Pittsburgh will be randomly selecting 30 archers to go bow hunting in two city parks in an effort to control the deer population. “In cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the City of Pittsburgh is preparing
E.coli bacteria has been detected in the water supply inside the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, according to an advisory released by the National Park Service (NPS). The announcement on Friday warned visitors at Phantom Ranch, a lodge at the bottom
Older multi-storey car parks need to be modified to cope with heavier electric vehicles or risk partial collapse, engineers have warned. A review by the Institution of Structural Engineers said weight limits should be imposed or buildings strengthened to support the increasingly