They are the bird that some of us love to hate - the nuisance "rats with wings" who scavenge food and pepper our pavements with poo. To others, flocks of feral pigeons in our towns and cities are a ...

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UK North Sea investment is set to slump sharply, with Wood Mackenzie forecasting UK upstream capex to fall below $3.5 billion in 2026. Claims of vast remaining reserves are overstated, as regulators ...

A record number of baby girls are reportedly being aborted by the Indians in Britain because of their preference for boys. In the past four years, 2021 to 2025, hundreds of pregnancies were terminated ...

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The red-headed pigeon (Columba janthina nitens), about 16 inches long, is easy to spot with its reddish head and dusky brown-grey body. It’s a distinct subspecies, both genetically and ecologically, ...

Pollution from wood burners kills thousands but proposed emissions limit would cut toxic particles by 10% New wood-burning stoves will carry a health warning highlighting the impact of the air ...

The Red Arrows, the United Kingdom’s famous Royal Air Force Aerobatics Team, has appointed its first ever female commander, less than three years after it was roiled by a sexual harassment scandal.

A woman feeding pigeons in the street was arrested and handcuffed in a “ridiculous” incident caught on camera. Video posted on social media shows a woman aged in her forties being detained by a group ...

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