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A vegan animal rights activist was wrongfully dismissed for blowing the whistle on an anti-hunting charity’s ‘unethical’ pension investments, a tribunal heard today. Jordi Casamitjana, 56, was sacked from his position as head of policy and research at the League Against Cruel Sports (LACS) in April 2018 after sending an email to colleagues about alternative … Read more
Holé! Two men aged 20 and 27, are rushed to hospital after being tossed in the air and gored by a bull during a Spanish Toro festival Two people were injured at the ‘Carnaval del Toro’ in Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain One man aged 20 and another aged 27 were hospitalised after being gored A woman, … Read more
Ryanair ordered to pay passenger £420 after failing to compensate her over a flight delayed by more than four hours, with a court describing the airline’s actions as ‘unacceptable’ The no-frills airline was sued over a July 2019 flight from Palma to Barcelona The unnamed passenger turned up for the flight but did not board it … Read more
British holidaymakers will be able to return home after all but one of the Canary Islands’ airports reopened following closures caused by a Saharan sandstorm. Flights from Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma and North Tenerife Airports will be able to take off, according a statement from airport operator Aena. But those departing South Tenerife continue … Read more
Stunning satellite images have revealed the moment a Saharan sandstorm engulfed the Canary Islands, shrouding the popular holiday destination in a ‘Martian’ shade of orange. All flights to the islands were cancelled at midday today by Spain’s airport operator AENA due to poor visibility, and departures were also suspended. As many as 230 flights were … Read more
Canary Islands are engulfed by Saharan sandstorm causing travel chaos for holidaymakers with flights cancelled and airports closed A storm carrying clouds of red sand from the Sahara has hit the Canary Islands, severely reducing visibility The conditions have forced Spain’s airport operator AENA to suspend all flights in and out of Gran Canaria Spain’s national … Read more
From Joanna Trollope’s classy Mum & Dad to Apeirogon by Colum McCann and Aravind Adiga’s gripping Amnesty, this week’s best new fiction By Hephzibah Anderson and Anthony Gardner and Max Davidson Published: 22:02 GMT, 22 February 2020 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 22 February 2020 Mum & Dad Joanna Trollope … Read more
‘Super-archaic’ human mated with the primitive ancestor of both Denisovans and Neanderthals 700,000 years ago Researchers used special software to compare the DNA of ancient human fossils They also found that Denisovans and Neanderthals split 600,000 years ago This is a much older estimate of the species’ divergence than proposed before By Ian Randall For Mailonline … Read more
Four Chilean ‘burglary tourists’ who broke into TV chef Marcus Wareing’s £5million London home were wanted for a catalogue of crimes. The Michelin-starred restaurateur, 49, was staying at his second home in Kent with his wife Jane when Danko Carvajal-Donaire, 20, Claudio Donoso, 20, Nicolas Portilla Astorga, 27, and Jorge Rojas, 22, smashed their way into … Read more
A shocking new trend on TikTok, dubbed the ‘skull breaker challenge’ is leaving children with serious injuries, with doctors warning that it could be fatal.. The ‘skull breaker challenge’ started in Spain when two students filmed themselves carrying out the seemingly harmless prank with a third unsuspecting participant. As the three participants jump straight up, … Read more