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The epic moment a blue whale sneezed and blasted an overhead research drone with a salvo of ‘snot’ has been caught on camera. Taken by Christian Miller, the footage shows his pioneering drone — dubbed the ‘SnotBot’ — passing over the whale in Baja California as it spouted from its blowhole. The SnotBot collects matter … Read more
Town hall marketing boss, 57, yelled ‘You can’t do that to me – I work for the council!’ at police in epic foul-mouthed tirade when they arrested her for drink-driving Julie Derbyshire went berserk and told police she’d ‘have’ them soon in her rant She claimed she was only struggling to walk due to the … Read more
Neighbours is set to celebrate its 35th Anniversary next month with an epic week of post-watershed episodes, as the soap witnesses a staggering five weddings and three deaths. In an exclusive first look at the specials, it seems that Finn Kelly will continue to unravel as his memory slowly returns, as he puts his ‘revenge’ … Read more
Filming for Colin Firth’s new World War II drama Operation Mincemeat began in Devon on Thursday. The war epic, which is being directed by John Madden, will present the true story a British deception operation that helped to disguise the 1943 Allied Invasion of Sicily. Extras dressed in soldiers uniforms could be seen filming action-packed … Read more
If there was a competition for the most beautiful country on earth, Norway would surely be a podium contender. A notion underscored by these jaw-dropping pictures. They capture epic fjords, grand mountains, gravity-defying rock formations and impossibly picturesque island villages. The great news for travellers is that the country’s breathtaking natural wonders – even those … Read more
Epic moment an enormous crocodile devours a cow floating in a river in front of shocked American tourists A fisherman from Cairns found a four-metre-long crocodile feeding on a cow Kim Andersen was guiding two Americans on a fishing trip when they spotted it He filmed the crocodile devouring the cow it found floating in … Read more
My first visit to the Galapagos Islands coincided with my 18th birthday. I’d been living in Quito, Ecuador, on a gap year exchange programme and my father, a vet and animal behaviourist, came to visit me. Together we explored the Galapagos on a rusty old ship. Despite the leaks and the cockroaches, it was a … Read more
Dubrovnik has never been short of admirers. The ‘Pearl of the Adriatic’ was Lord Byron’s verdict on this red-roofed clifftop labyrinth jutting into the sea at the bottom end of Croatia. So many cruise ships come calling that the authorities have to ration them. For us, though, Dubrovnik was merely a beautiful starting point rather … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK A WORLD OF MY OWN by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston (Adlard Coles £10.99, 256 pp) We live in a world of maximum connectivity, where you can sit in Abu Dhabi and do keyhole surgery on someone in Aberdeen; where a Twitter frenzy in Kenilworth can be picked up in seconds in Kyoto; … Read more