1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (695+ words) Cinnamon escaped her zoo enclosure two years ago A birthday party is to be held for a capybara who became world famous after escaping from a zoo. Cinnamon's third birthday will be marked by staff at Hoo Zoo near Telford,…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (410+ words) The plan was rejected at a meeting in Reading in May A company that saw a bid to build 570 flats in four large apartment blocks on the site of vacant offices rejected has appealed to have that overturned. Peveril Securities…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (931+ words) Hundreds of thousands of cockroaches were found in a shared home in an infestation described as the worst the pest controller had seen in 38 years. Gareth Davies, who said the scene had looked like one from a "Stephen King film…...

5+ day, 55+ min ago   (574+ words) Waveney Valley MP Adrian Ramsay says the "real boss of the house" Bella has been named Purr Minister A moggy belonging to a Suffolk MP has been crowned Purr Minister 2026 after she was voted Westminster's Top Cat. Fourteen-year-old Bella is…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (664+ words) David Ummels is the founder of Art for Guernsey A Guernsey art gallery says smaller museums should have tighter security measures after paintings by 19th Century painter Renoir were stolen in France. Two thieves broke into the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (641+ words) The Sagrada Família is now the tallest church in the world One of the most famous religious buildings in the world now has a unique connection to Lancashire, it has emerged. Stone from Brinscall Quarry in Chorley has been used…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (651+ words) Demolition work has started to transform the York Animal Home in Clifton The RSPCA has begun redeveloping a rescue shelter that has offered rehoming services for nearly 50 years. York Animal Home on Landing Lane in Clifton is the city's main…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1011+ words) Sliman Mansour stands in front of his 2024 artwork, On the Wing of an Angel, made with clay, straw and henna, at the Palestinian Museum in Birzeit The funeral has taken place at a packed church in Birzeit, near Ramallah in…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (549+ words) The wallaby came to a stop and spotter Scot Weller called 101 A wallaby has been spotted hopping through a town centre in Cornwall. A pastry shop owner told BBC Cornwall he was driving to work at about 05:30 BST on Monday…...

3+ week, 16+ hour ago   (518+ words) Rescuers said it was incredible a passer-by spotted the stuck animal A hedgehog which was stuck in a wall is recovering from its ordeal after a rescue described as "nothing short of a miracle" by an animal charity. An out…...