Fishing Skipper Saves 31 Lives After a Boat Capsizes in the English Channel
The scallop boat Arcturus was the first one listening to a distress call from 43 migrants on an inflatable boat, sinking in the Channel.
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To Cut Neighbors' Fuel Costs 'Baker Ed' Revived Tradition of a Village Oven - Baking for Others for Free
Guisborough residents can bring in uncooked cakes on a Friday and collect them the following Monday at Brickyard Bakery,.
Three Rare White Reindeer Calves Get Ready For Christmas, Joining the UK's Only Herd
These three rare and adorable white reindeer calves are getting ready for Christmas, and joining the UK's only herd.
60-yo Who Taught Herself to Play Guitar in Lockdown Launches Music Career with #1 Blues Single-LISTEN
Kym Vincenti has since signed with a label and released three singles, one of which topped the blues charts on Apple Music.
10,000 Native Oysters Released on Homemade Reef off England's Coast to Filter Pollutants, Block Storm Damage
The oysters on the new reef are not intended for human consumption but for their services as ecosystem engineers.
Zoos Welcome 'Paddington Bears' for Breeding Programs to Help Save Species From Extinction
Two zoos in the US and UK have welcomed ‘Paddington Bears' into their breeding programs to help save the rare Andean species from extinction.
Royal Navy Warship Outsmarts Traffickers to Seize Ton of Cocaine Using Missile-Tracking for First Time in Caribbean
A Royal Navy warship seized more than a ton of cocaine worth $175 million in a Caribbean drug trafficking snare with the U.S. Coast Guard.
Tide-Savvy Metal Detectorist Reunites Woman With Late Mother's Wedding Rings 2 Weeks After They Fell into Sea
A U.K. metal detectorist has worked a near-miracle, reuniting a woman with 3 rings of her late mother lost in the sea–two weeks later.
Farmers Show off Mammoth Produce at County Fair Headlined by 1,300 lbs. Pumpkin
At last weekend's Malvern Autumn Festival in the UK, growers from across the Isles showed off vegetables of truly frightening proportions.
Tree of the Year Contest Features Oak that Stood Up to Bombing and Elm that Survived Catastrophic Plague
12 trees have been nominated for the outstanding characteristics they lend to surrounding townscapes and city parks, this year's theme.
Tree-Loving Brits Crowdsource a National 'Ancient Tree Inventory' - 200,000 Unique Trees
The Woodland Trust maintains an app as well as printed sheets to allow anybody to register the location and characteristics of ancients.
An Unloved English Field Restored to Beautiful Brook as Part of a Large Project to Glorify the River Ise
Slade Brook, a small waterway that was diverted in the 19th century to build a railway, has been realigned to run through the meadow
Brain Matter May Remain Higher In People Who Love Taking a Nap
A study recently found a link between habitual daytime napping and total brain volume, implications for staving off the effects of aging.
Mom Bought Rare Steiff Teddy Bear at Yard Sale That's Set to be Sold For $6,000
One turned out to be a highly-collectible bear from Steiff dating to 1905 that has a listing price at a minimum of $5,100 at auction.
Hospitals Could Use Honey and Vinegar as Antibiotic for 'Low-Cost' Wound Care
Known as oxymel, the mixture has been written about in the medical literature of at least Classical Rome, and likely older civilizations.
'Rolling Bridge' Designed So Anyone Can Use Hand Crank to Lift Multi-Ton Footpath for Boats
The rolling square bridge lends the new Cody Docks community a touch of Victorian-era chic tinged with steampunk madness.
Abandoned Supermarket Turned into An Indoor Skatepark for the Community
Open to skaters, BMXers, scooter riders, and rollerbladers, an abandoned Sainsbury's in the UK has become a community skatepark.
Fossil Hunter Finds 4-Foot-Long Mammoth Tusk Sitting in Plain Sight
Fossils Galore founder Jamie Jordan made a mammoth discovery when he spied a four-foot-long tusk in a quarry 90 miles north of London.
Water Cremation May be the Ultimate Low-Carbon End-of-Life Option, But What is it?
Resomation, also known as alkaline hydrolysis, neatly deconstructs a human body all the way down to a skeleton in just 4 hours
Birth of Rare Okapi at Zoo is Inspiring Hope for One of the Least Understood Endangered Species on Earth
Chester Zoo shows of its new baby okapi calf, a rare birth of an endangered species known as the forest giraffe.
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