UK cathedrals host falcon communities – and attract interest across the globe
Norwich, UK Images of peregrine falcon pattering across cathedral rooves are becoming a familiar sight at many UK cathedrals as their spires and roofs increasingly play host to families the birds of prey with web cams positioned to reveal them to a wider audience attracting viewers right across the world. Salisbury, Norwich, Liverpool, Worcester, Winchester, Wakefield, […]
Essay: How to help immigrants feel more at home and contribute more to the local economy
In an article first published on The Conversation UK, researcher JOSEPH SIMON-GOERLACH looks at what data shows about the impacts of giving refugees more certainty about their future…
Eight killed, 38 kidnapped in latest Nigeria church attacks, says official
Eight people were killed and 38 others kidnapped in an attack on two churches in the northern state of Kaduna on Sunday, an official from the Christian Association of Nigeria said on Monday, weeks after a similar deadly attack in the south west. The attack occurred during the morning service of a Catholic and Baptist church […]
Wow!: Women-led startups help family farmers feed Latin America
FABIO TEXEIRA and ANASTASIA MOLONEY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on how – from Brazil to Ecuador’s Amazon – women entrepreneurs are working to boost small-scale and organic farming as fears grow of a global food crisis…
Evoking Diana, Prince William commits to homelessness cause
London, UKReuters Prince William evoked his late mother Princess Diana’s work for charity, as he described as “eye-opening” selling copies on a London street of a magazine that helps to combat homelessness, saying he was committed to highlighting the problem. William, second in line to the British throne, was spotted in early June standing on […]
Dams, taps running dry in northern Mexico amid historic water shortages
Monterrey, Mexico Reuters Her elderly neighbour is hard of hearing so Maria Luisa Robles, a convenience store worker in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, shouted the question a second time: Have you run out of water? She had – and it wasn’t just her. The taps across this working-class neighbourhood of Sierra Ventana dried […]