Chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is closing Bristol restaurant River Cottage Kitchen

Chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is closing Bristol restaurant River Cottage Kitchen after seven years of trading as he becomes latest victim of ‘dining industry crisis’ Fearnley-Whittingstall, 55, is known for presenting his River Cottage TV series The chef owned three River Cottage Kitchen restaurants in Bristol, Axminster and Winchester but has reluctantly decided to close the Bristol … Read more

Farming crops to feed cattle is depleting the Colorado River and has put 53 species of fish at risk

53 different species of fish are at elevated risk of extinction thanks to cattle farms around the Colorado River basin, which have depleted the region’s freshwater supplies to grow water-hungry feed crops like alfalfa A new study shows cattle farms are responsible for 55 percent of the water taken from the Colorado River every year … Read more

Married Chinese couple are found dead after being tied up inside suitcases and thrown into a river

A married Chinese couple were tied up, placed inside suitcases and thrown into a river while still alive in Thailand, police have said.  The body of Wang Jun was found in a black suitcase floating in the Ping river in Kamphaeng Phet, central Thailand, on Tuesday afternoon.   Police divers are still searching for his wife … Read more

Fishing guide films the epic moment an enormous crocodile devoured a cow floating in a river

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

River Severn finally begins to consume Bewdley

Flood defences were finally breached in Bewdley last night after the Worcestershire town held out for days against the rising levels of the River Severn.     Photographs taken at Beale’s Corner in the riverside town, which straddles the Severn north of Worcester, show flood water pouring over the top of temporary barriers erected in the wake of Storm … Read more

Seven-year-old boy killed when he was thrown from an inflatable tube Prosser River Tasmania

PICTURED: Seven-year-old boy killed when he was thrown from an inflatable tube while celebrating his friend’s birthday – as excruciating details about the tragedy are revealed Archie James Green was thrown onto rocks in a boating accident in Tasmania  He was being towed behind a boat on a blowup tube at Prosser River on Sunday   … Read more

Polluted river waters in California are causing spinal deformities

80 percent of fish sample collected from California’s San Joaquin River Delta have a permanent spinal deformity, which researchers believe was caused by farm wastewater Researchers in California’s central valley studied a collection of 1,000 minnows They found more than 80 percent of the small fish had a spinal deformity The deformity left the fish’s … Read more

UK weather: River Severn rises to all-time high devastating towns and villages

Residents in areas of Shropshire were urged to evacuated today as the River Severn rose to all-time high levels amid severe flooding after more than 400 tonnes of water per second rushed down towards Shrewsbury. Large parts of the county are already underwater, with many access roads closed, and things could get worse with the … Read more

Somali refugee schoolgirl Shukri Yahye-Abdi drowned in River Irwell

A school girl ‘told a Somali refugee, 12, who drowned in a river to ”get in the water or I’ll kill you” but says it was said as a joke’, an inquest has heard.   Shukri Yahye-Abdi, 12, was pulled lifeless from the River Irwell near Bury on June 27 last year after her mother reported … Read more

Family of boy who died after being pushed into river blame institutional racism

Family of schoolboy who died after being pushed into river despite not being able to swim blame institutional racism after CPS announce no one will be prosecuted over his death Christopher Kapessa drowned in the River Cynon, in South Wales last year  The 13-year-old had been with a group of young people before he died … Read more