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Taking a horse from water: Rescue teams save Farrah the mare after she gets stuck up to her neck in muddy bog An RSPCA water rescue team saved the life of cob-type mare Farrah in Wales Farrah had become stuck up to her neck in a muddy bog while escaping her field The rescue team … Read more
Alison Winter (above), 41, became stranded on Shuna, part of the Slate Islands, Inner Hebrides, as she made her way towards a hilltop viewpoint A walker stuck waist-deep in a bog on an uninhabited Scottish island for four hours was rescued thanks to an emergency communication app – which led to ferrymen locating her using … Read more
Even the richest and most renowned of all the great public schools realised some time ago that, to be allowed to survive at all, they must submit to correction and purification. That is why the Eton teacher Will Knowland is now in trouble for expressing unfashionable opinions in a not-very-distinguished video The cleverest revolutions are … Read more
Police arrest three ‘bog roll bandits’ with a van full of toilet rolls after burglary and post pictures of their triumph captioned #ThatsHowWeRoll Police called after reports of a vehicle smashing through building site barrier Officers found the suspects within just 30 minutes in Hatfield Peverel, Essex Men aged 28, 37 and 41 remain in custody … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more