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Thanks to Justin Rowlatt and Ema Sajljak and BBC News Online for the Headline

This Headline hit me like a brick , as we had a very sick pigeon in the garden who we brought to a wildlife centre who diagnosed it as having trichomonosis. The poor thing could hardly move and had been blown off the fence. So unfortunately it had to be euthanised .

The latest series of BBC Springwatch hinted at this aswell , with Chris Packham being very brave in saying that feeding the birds may not be good for them and that maybe we should stop doing it , but he also said that it gave such a lot of pleasure to people that maybe it would be a step to far.

However, bird populations are declining , particularly finches and sparrows. Pigeons on the whole are hardy creatures , and we thought the poor bird had “bird flu” but pigeons are nearly totally resistant to ” bird flu” and the main carriers are wildfowl, seabirds and raptors.

Trichomonosis or “Tricc” as the girl called it is very contagious , and her advice was not to feed the birds for a few days until they had dispersed. However, as it is getting warmer and they are probably better searching for their own food, we’ve decided not to feed until the weather gets colder again.

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Thanks to Naj odak and Mike Zeller and BBC News Online for the Headline

Believe it or not a “Red List” of endangered crafts was created in 2017 to highlight skills that were being lost.

Glass Crystal Cutting was one of those crafts, unfortunately due to the recent rise in energy costs, a Company who employs these highly skilled crafts people has had to close down one of their furnaces, reduce people’s hours and cut non- essential staff, including the CEO who is now putting what would have been his salary towards keeping the business going. What would William Morris have thought?

The admirable CEO has said that there are contracts to keep the business going and that hopefully they can ride the storm. I wish them well.

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Thanks to Lena-Zaharah Mohanmmed and BBC News Online for the Headline

“The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace” by Welsh composer Sir Karl Jenkins was voted as the most popular work in the Classic FM Hall of Fame 2026.

The piece is dedicated to the victims of the War in Kosovo and reflects on the devastation of conflict while expressing hope for Peace.

It is as relevant today as it was when it was orginally written.

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Thanks to Abhishek Dey (Delhi) and BBC News for the Headline.

The precarious living that migrant workers from India who moved into the big cities for work.

Their hope was to raise money and support their families from the villages they were born and raised in, but with the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz it is very difficult for them to afford or even find the cooking gas they rely on to run their small tea making and street food businesses. Let alone be able to cook for themselves. Thus they are having to return home as they cannot support themselves and will be unable to support their families. They have no option to return home.

It seems such a sharp contrast to the “American Dream” where if you work hard and make an effort to achieve things then you will be rewarded. However, I hope things stabilise and the “migrant street traders” can return and continue running their enterprises in the hope of a better life for their families.

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Thanks to Cabriela Pomeroy and BBC News Online for the Headline.

First of all I would like to say that I’m very glad that the US Service men and woman involved in the rescue mission are all safe and will be reunited with their loved ones. It definitely was a mission in true Saving Private Ryan fashion.

What I find totally inappropriate is the “crowing” from the non-military people at the top, to be honest this was a debacle from the start, caused by politicians and their spurious motives. We must not forget that American lives have already been lost and there is no rescue mission that will ever bring them back.

Heroism and canniness is to be admired, the rhetoric and gung-honess of both the American and Iranian Politician’s not so.

Perhaps the facts of the rescue mission will filter through , hopefully after we resume a sensible progression towards Peace in the Middle East. Meanwhile I wish the “seriously injured man” a good recovery, because ejecting from a jet is very hard on the body.

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Thanks to Emily Johnson and BBC News Online for the Headline

So a gentlemen has bought Lightwater Valley Family Adventure Park near Ripon as it was one of his favourite places to go when visiting his Aunt and Uncle as a young boy.

The Park in it’s heyday had rides that were impressive, a rollercoaster which at the time was the longest one in the UK and it was called the “Ultimate”.

The emphasis changed with new owners and the costs of running the park to catering for younger children and the takings declined until the business went up for sale.

Now the new owner James Mellors has plans to bring the park back to life. Thankfully he is realistic about the business prospects and challenges but knows he needs to do something that will bring people in , both youngsters and the more mature thrill seekers.

I wish him success and hope he finds the “elixir of entertainment” and inspires another young person to follow their dream. We certainly need a good venue, that is value for money and also creatively inspiring and perhaps just a bit scary!

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Thanks to Amelia Neath & Shweta Sharma and Independent News Online for the Headline.

Well who would have thought the criminal fraternity would go so far as to ruin the reputations of the likes of Sherpa Tensing and also ruin the landscape of Everest itself, scattered with tents and discarded equipment.

Apparently from 2022 to 2025 a total of 4782 international climbers have been “poisoned”, including lacing food with large amounts of baking powder to stimulate gastric distress. The scam was to claim on insurance for aerial evacuations. The scam included a range of participants including ” actors” who faked illness in order to be rescued.

So far the bills to the insurers and the climbers for fake rescues have amounted to $20million dollars.

Honestly if this article had been published on April the 1st , I would not have believed it.

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Thanks to Times of India Online for the Headline

So many ideas hit me when I read this headline and saw the video attached to it.

Really was it safe to send those astronauts up there in the middle of a crazy presidency where resources are now on the brink of scarcity due to Politicians?

Secondly, the video of the spacecraft looks like a metal box detaching itself, not exactly a spacecraft. It’s like the back of a silver articulated truck.

Oh well it’s progress I suppose?

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