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Thanks to Sky News online for the Headline

A nest of narrow-headed ants was dug out of the ground neatly with spade cuts and stolen in Devon by thieves presumably because they are so rare, the location they were stolen from being their only presence in England.

No doubt they are going to end up in some private collection somewhere. How evil is that?

The Queen narrow-headed ants can live up to 25 years and the nests can hold up to 10,000 ants. A well established nest will take a long time to replace in the location and has meant a lot of good work by Devon Wildlife Trust has been ruined.

It beggars belief that thieves would target a rare species like this when it is under pressure to survive.

Thanks to Shulab Khan and the Lancashire Telegraph for the Headline.

Apparently Council Traffic wardens in Blackburn do not work past 10.00pm at night. There is a shortage of overnight parking in the streets around Blackburn, so some residents will park illegally on double yellow lines overnight , but will move on in the morning before the traffic wardens or the Police arrive.

However, one unfortunate Resident was issued with a ticket at 2.40am , and the Police say it was not them that issued it as they were not in the area that night. The ticket demanded payment of a £30 fine. It is unclear who issued the ticket as the Police and the Council says it wasn’t them.

Vigilante Parking Wardens is that a thing?

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Thanks to Kevin Keane and BBC Online News for the Headline

The recycling target for Scotland for 2025 was 70% of waste to be recycled, the figure they’ve hit Nationally is about 42% with significant regional differences.

The amount of waste going to Landfill thankfully has been reduced by 10%, but the reality is that some of what goes in the black bin could be recycled instead of being incinerated. Some inert material such as ash from the incinerators and building rubble will still be allowed at landfill sites.

Surprisingly the Orkney Islands only managed to recycle 18.2% of their rubbish which I found strange as living in such a beautiful area you would thing that they would be very careful about their environment. Glasgow only manages 26% but the good people of North Ayrshire manage 55%.

Add to that the belief that incinerating rubbish with the benefit of using the energy produced to add to the National Grid rather than repurposing it through schemes such as reusing glass bottles, recycling aluminum cans and presumably recycling cardboard. Is it cheaper for local authorities just to burn it?

Just a point of interest, Wales has achieved a massive 64.7% of it’s waste being recycled, so well done Wales. While Scotland at one point was considering sending it’s black bin bag waste to England for incineration, until the Haulier’s pointed out that they simply wouldn’t have enough lorries to deal with the amount of waste that needed to be transported.

Frankly, recycling is a mind frame, if we want to do it we will.

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Thanks to Christina O’Neill and Rahim Cham for the Headline

Unfortunately the Rest and be Thankful in Scotland is not a very restful place to be at the moment. The Old Military Road is subject to landslips and the proposal from Transport Scotland to place a single-lane system on the A83 while they consider a permanent solution to ensuring a better route is established for the businesses going to and from Argyll and Bute.

The group of Campaigners say it is necessary to have a two way system and have suggested three possible routes to allow two way access and avoid a convoy system.

One is upgrading the existing forestry track ( the green route) for two way access, the second is to upgrade the Old Military Road to two way access, or thirdly a combination of both where the forestry track is one way and the Old Military Road is the other. Either way they are not happy with the single-lane proposal.

There has been much consultation and no final decision has yet been made, it will be interesting, not sure how long the green route would last if there are heavy lorries going up and down it.

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Thanks to Mike McBride and BBC Online News for the Headline

There are so many animals in captivity and in the wild that need our help to survive. These two bears were rescued despite horrendous odds, the rescue was lead by Killian McLaughlin of Wild Ireland who was helped by over 100 other people. These rescues are never simple. The bears left Russia and their transportation was affected by the War in Ukraine and also conflict in the Middle East.

The rescuers included volunteers, lawyers, veterinarians, animal transport specialists , cargo teams and officials in Russia, The United Arab Emirates and Ireland. So those two bears had a lot of people rooting for them.

It is such a relief that the bears will not have to suffer from cramped cages, poor living conditions anymore (one of them being forced to perform tricks in a circus. ).They now have forest and soil to dig their paws into. They were quite ill when they finally arrived in Ireland , but are slowly recovering their health, now that they have room to roam and also are getting the correct food and access to water.

The bears are safe in Donegal in “Wild Ireland” and are settling well into their new life.

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