Owl described as ‘fighter’ set to fly free after falling into cement mixer in Utah 19. November 2025 (13:32) Staff at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab spent days cleaning the concrete-covered great horned owl An owl found partially encased in concrete after it got inside a cement mixer in south-western Utah is expected to fly free again after it was painstakingly cleaned by animal sanctuary workers who described the bird as a “fighter”.The great horned owl was found at the Black Desert Resort in the south-western part of the state and arrived at the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah, earlier this month with its face, chest and right wing covered in dried concrete. After making sure the bird could breathe, sanctuary workers spent days cracking apart the concrete using forceps and cleaning its feathers using toothbrushes, dish soap and their fingers. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Disease fears as Argentina child vaccination rates hit historic lows 19. November 2025 (13:15) Sharp drop since 2024 in country regarded as a Latin American leader in childhood and adolescent immunisationArgentina’s childhood and adolescent vaccination rates have collapsed to a historic lows according to a new analysis, prompting warnings that once-eliminated diseases may resurge.The study of health ministry data by the Argentinian Paediatric Society (SAP) found that fewer than half of children aged five and six received several of their essential doses in 2024. All vaccines analysed were below the 95% level needed to reach herd immunity. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
WH Smith boss steps down after US accounting probe 19. November 2025 (13:12) The group downgraded its full-year expectations once again as the profit shortfall in the US is set to be greater-than-feared.(London News)
Shabana Mahmood accused of ‘ethnic stereotyping’ by Albania’s PM 19. November 2025 (13:05) Edi Rama says home secretary using ‘rhetoric of populist far-right’ after 700 Albanian families singled out for deportationUK politics live – latest updatesShabana Mahmood has been accused of “ethnic stereotyping” and “indecent demagoguery” by Albania’s prime minister after the home secretary singled out Albanian families and children for refusing to return to their homeland.Edi Rama, the Socialist party leader, has questioned why a Labour politician can “so poorly echo the rhetoric of the populist far-right” after Mahmood’s officials singled out 700 Albanian families for deportation. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
