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The Kenyan centre saving endangered chimpanzees
More than 30 orphaned or rescued chimpanzees from West and Central Africa have been given a new home at a sanctuary in Nanyuki in central Kenya. Timothy Mwangi is one of the animal carers at Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary, which provides shelter to the animals, including chimpanzees who have been injured in the illegal wildlife trade. …
Apollo 11: Partial lunar eclipse on 50th anniversary
Image copyright Andrew Matthews/PA Wire Image caption The partial eclipse was seen from Avon beach in Mudeford, Dorset Skywatchers across the UK have witnessed a partial lunar eclipse, 50 years to the day since the US mission to put men on the Moon lifted off. The surface of Earth’s satellite appeared red or dark grey …
Climate change: ‘No brainer’ fuel change to cut transport carbon
Image copyright Getty Images Adding more ethanol to the UK’s fuel mix would cut carbon by as much as taking 700,000 cars off the roads, according to a group of MPs. The All-Party Parliamentary Group for British Bioethanol says the swift introduction of E10 fuel would also help the £1bn British biofuel industry. E10 is …
Suzanne Eaton murder: Man arrested for murder of US scientist
Image copyright EPA Image caption The 59-year-old molecular biologist worked for the world-renowned Max Planck Institute A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering an American scientist on the Greek island of Crete. The 27-year-old local man has already confessed to killing Suzanne Eaton, Greek media report. Ms Eaton was reported missing by friends …
Apollo 11: Michael Collins returns to launch site on 50th anniversary
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionApollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins spoke to the BBC in April One of the surviving crew members of the first manned mission to the Moon – Apollo 11 – has returned to the site where the mission set off 50 years ago. Michael Collins, 88, visited Florida’s …
Michael Gove: Time running out to stop damage to planet
Image copyright PA Image caption Mr Gove outlined ambitious proposals for a “world leading” Environment Act Michael Gove threw his weight behind a comprehensive plastic bottle recycling scheme today as he warned time is running out to repair the damage human beings have done to the planet. In a speech at Kew Gardens in London …
Leaky component led to SpaceX explosion
Image copyright SpaceX Image caption The Crew Dragon is designed to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) A leaky component may have been to blame for the dramatic explosion of a SpaceX capsule during testing in April. No one was hurt in the ground test at Cape Canaveral in Florida, but the failure …
Apollo 11: Four things you may not know about the first moon landing
Image copyright NASA Image caption Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins practises in the simulator in June 1969 – one month before launch Fifty years on, the Apollo Moon programme is probably still humankind’s single greatest technological achievement. On 16 July 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins were strapped into their Apollo spacecraft …
Extinction Rebellion: Who are they and what are their aims?
Image copyright Getty Images Environmental campaign group Extinction Rebellion is staging protests intended to cause “major disruption” in five UK cities. So, who are its supporters and what are they hoping to achieve? What is Extinction Rebellion? Extinction Rebellion (“XR” for short) describes itself as an international “non-violent civil disobedience activist movement”. It wants governments …
Fishermen ‘still illegally discarding dead fish’ says report
Fishermen are continuing to illegally discard dead fish back into the sea, according to a House of Lords inquiry. The inquiry looked at the impact of the ban on fishing discards six months after new rules took effect. The committee’s report said the new regulations have had “little impact”, but industry leaders said this was …
