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Anger after dozens of trees felled along railway line Residents have described the felling of dozens of trees along a railway line in Derbyshire as "horrifying" and "tragic". Network Rail contractors were ordered to fell the trees for "essential vegetation management" along the Midland Mainline near the village of Higham last week. But residents living nearby told the BBC workers had gone "far and beyond" what they needed to and felled "healthy oak and birch trees". Ward councillor Heather Liggett said: "It's absolutely devastating for the area." Network Rail said...

Rail passengers are being encouraged to ditch single-use plastic as they travel. Network Rail and Bristol-based environmental charity City to Sea have installed free water refill stations and signs and digital screens encouraging rail passengers to use bottles throughout Bristol Temple Meads station. City to Sea estimates around five million single-use plastic bottles are discarded across the county every day. "By placing refilling at the heart of one of the UK's busiest travel hubs, we empowered hundreds of thousands of people to refill rather than reaching for a plastic bottle,"...

In this episode, we explore an undercover investigation by a pro-life group that claims Planned Parenthood is prescribing cross-sex hormones to minors without requiring paperwork. Then, we break down a recent appeals court decision that partially upheld a ruling against Southwest Airlines for allegedly firing a pro-life employee due to her religious beliefs. Plus, we discuss Joe Rogan's thought-provoking take on science and faith, where he questions the Big Bang theory and suggests the Resurrection might be more plausible.

SALEM, Utah County — Nearly 1,500 kids and adults with special needs and disabilities spent their day reeling in fish and enjoying the outdoors on Tuesday at the annual Kids Fishing Day at Salem Pond. Attendees from local school districts had the chance to learn how to cast a fishing line, reel in a fish and choose to keep or throw back their catch. Around 500 volunteers from several organizations helped run the event by preparing fishing rods, pre-hooking fish, assisting attendees and cleaning any fish being taken home for...

More travellers are becoming conscious of their environmental impact and looking for meaningful travel experiences that align perfectly with Fiji's own values and journey towards greater sustainability across various industries. “Loloma Hour” is a simple way for visitors to find and join local environmental, cultural or community efforts and be part of something positive. The goal in the first year of this long-term programme is to contribute 5,000 hours of time to efforts across Fiji. Multiplied over time, the collective impact of those hours can add up to real change:...

Francisco Severo Torres, 34, is charged with interference and attempted interference with flight crew members and attendants using a dangerous weapon. A Leominster man pleaded guilty Tuesday to stabbing a flight attendant with a broken metal spoon after attempting to open an emergency exit door during a 2023 flight from Los Angeles to Boston, according to the US Attorney’s office. About 45 minutes before a United Airlines flight landed, an alarm alerted the cockpit that a right side door had been disarmed, the statement said. A flight attendant found the...

A man who tried to open a cabin door and then attacked a flight attendant with a broken metal spoon on a passenger jet in 2023 has agreed to a deal that includes his release. Francisco Severo Torres, 34, agreed to plead guilty to assaulting or intimidating a flight crew member following the 2023 incident on a United Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Boston, prosecutors said Tuesday. The agreement, as filed in Boston federal court Monday, includes release for time served, 60 months of supervision upon release, compliance with...

A London High Court has refused VietJet Aviation JSC’s application for a stay and ruled the Vietnamese carrier must pay around $180 million to an aircraft leasing firm starting this week, bringing to a head a years-long legal dispute that started during the Covid-19 pandemic

The money must be paid in three equal installments beginning May 15 and ending in late-November, and represents a win for FW Aviation, a unit of a London buyout fund that specializes in leasing aircraft.

Just before Christmas, in a private dining room in the upmarket Charlotte Street Hotel in the heart of London's Soho, the BBC's director general gathered some of the UK's leading TV creatives and executives for lunch. As they ate, surrounded by kaleidoscopic-patterned wallpaper and giant artworks, they were also chewing over the future survival of their own industry. As solutions were thrown around to what many see as an acute funding crisis in the age of global streaming, one of the invitees suggested, in passing, that BBC Studios (the corporation's...

A woman shares her experience working as an au pair in the U.S. and it isn’t great. The woman writes on Reddit that she began working for a family in February when she came to the U.S. under her agency's agreement that the family would pay her $196 a week, give her a place to stay with food and pay for any education expenses up to $500. The woman tells forum users that she gets along great with the children and has learned a lot from them already. However, not...