While most of us are grabbing a sandwich on our lunch breaks, Tim Vivian checks on his 150,000 bees on the roof of the city centre building where he works. The 55-year-old computer programmer installed three hives on the roof of The Custard Factory in Digbeth, Birmingham, after getting the go-ahead from his employer. His […]
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Brett Anderson followed up his worst outing of the season with one of the best performances of his career, and the Oakland Athletics kept on surging past the Los Angeles Angels in the AL West standings. Anderson pitched 7 2/3 dominant innings of two-hit ball, and Matt Chapman hit a two-run homer in the A’s
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Image copyright Getty Images Network Rail is looking to buy part of British Steel, as bidders have until the end of Sunday to put in offers for all or part of the troubled firm. The railway infrastructure company has bid for British Steel’s rail services business. State-owned Network Rail wants to take over the division
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As a brilliant orange sunset played out above the left-field corner at Petco Park, Manny Machado and the San Diego Padres said goodnight to the St. Louis Cardinals with an impressive power display. Machado homered twice and drove in five runs and Franmil Reyes also connected twice — they went back-to-back on consecutive pitches in
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Image copyright Reuters New electric vehicles will have to feature a noise-emitting device, under an EU rule coming into force on Monday. It follows concerns that low-emission cars and vans are too quiet, putting pedestrians at risk because they cannot be heard as they approach. All new types of four-wheel electric vehicle must be fitted
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GORI, Georgia — Here are just a few of the fun facts that visitors learn during a guided tour of the Stalin Museum in Gori, the small Georgian town where the former Soviet leader was born. Joseph Stalin was a good singer. He wrote poems. During his reign, 9,000 state enterprises were started. One of
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Brandon Woodruff said he hasn’t thought much about the possibility of playing in his first All-Star Game. The Milwaukee Brewers right-hander may want to start giving it some serious thought. Woodruff cruised to his National League-leading 10th win of the season, Eric Thames homered and tripled, and the Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-1 on
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Trym is the first person to live on the Svalbard Islands with Down’s syndrome and he isn’t letting it hold him back. The 17-year-old is a three-time national swimming champion and has just represented Norway at the Special Olympic World Games in Abu Dhabi. But despite living his whole life in the Arctic, he may
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Zack Greinke pitched seven shutout innings, Eduardo Escobar hit an RBI single to break a scoreless tie in the seventh and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the San Francisco Giants 4-3 on Saturday night. Greinke (9-3) struck out six and didn’t walk a batter in another dominant outing. The right-hander allowed only one runner past first
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Mark Ofua, a Lagos-based veterinarian, has dedicated his life to saving animals and sharing knowledge on animal conservation. He rescues distressed animals, treats them and returns them to the wild. He says all animals deserve to live on this earth. His rescues include a female ball python whose eggs he helped incubate and hatch into
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