Six fluffy barn owlets were found nesting on a farm near Peterborough, bringing good news after the farm faced six suspected arson attacks this summer

A surprise brood of six barn owlets has brought a welcome lift to a Cambridgeshire farm after a difficult summer. Discovered at Moor Farm, near Peterborough, the fluffy youngsters, estimated at 40 to 50 days old, were ringed on Thursday as part of ongoing local conservation efforts.For Moor Farm owner Judith Jacobs, the sight of…

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Scientists drill 33 feet into a vanishing Alpine glacier to recover a 2,000-year climate record revealing ancient silver mining, massive forest fires, and far-off volcanic eruptions

Scientists working on Alpine glacier (AI-generated image) Scientists drilled 33 feet into ice and recovered a 2,000-year climate record, a frozen capsule that can reveal how the atmosphere breathed long before modern measurements.High on the Weißseespitze glacier in the eastern Alps, an international research team extracted an ice core barely 33 feet long that preserves…

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‘This is our heritage’: UK PM Andy Burnham announces 20% business rates cut for pubs across England

Britain’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Thursday announced a fresh 20 per cent cut in business rates for pubs, clubs and live music venues in England from April, saying the move would give struggling businesses much-needed relief and reassure pub owners that “the cavalry is coming.“According to the BBC, the new discount is expected to…

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Quote of the Day by Jamie Dimon: “If you want to be a winner, then compare yourself ….” | World News

Success is often portrayed as the result of intelligence, talent or good fortune, but many of the world’s most accomplished leaders argue that sustained effort is what truly separates high achievers from the rest. Among them is Jamie Dimon, the chairman and chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase, whose decades-long career has made him one…

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Meet Connecticut’s Aangad Singh who could have won Presidential 1776 Award competition. His parents think they know the reason why Singh lost

Aangad Singh did not make it to the top 3 at the contest. His parents think it was because of his turban. (Photo: Notus) The Donald Trump administration set a Presidential 1776 Award competition on the occasion of America’s 250th birthday which was meant to be a civic contest for high school students. Connecticut’s Aangad…

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Great Barrier Reef: Scientists mapped the invisible microbiome of the Great Barrier Reef and found more than 500 new bacterial species and over 300,000 viruses in its waters

The Great Barrier Reef near the Whitsunday, Australia, region is viewed from the air (AP photo) Scientists have completed the first comprehensive survey of the microscopic life living in the open waters of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. They have uncovered hundreds of bacterial species which were not know previously and hundreds of thousands of viruses.The…

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British footballer’s 2-year-old brother dies after being found unresponsive in pool during Spain holiday | World News

Hartley Wareham, 2, died in Spain. The two-year-old brother of Exeter City footballer Jayden Wareham has died after being pulled unresponsive from a swimming pool while on a family holiday in Spain.Hartley Wareham died on 3 July, four days after the incident at a holiday villa where the family were staying, according to BBC. During…

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California will spend $36.4 million repairing Ebbetts Pass, one of the last wild trans-Sierra routes, where the highway climbs above 8,000 feet and narrows to one lane

The road becomes narrow, steep and winding at higher elevations. California’s transport agency, Caltrans, will begin a major four-year project to repair a long stretch of Highway 4, including the historic Ebbetts Pass in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The work is now scheduled to start on August 3 after being delayed.The $36.4 million project will…

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