Mark and Carol Benson renovated The Old Station in North Yorkshire – SWNS A train-crazy couple have spent the last 30 years restoring a derelict railway station in England to its former glory. Mark and Carol Benson spent tens of thousands to transform Ebbertson Station in North Yorkshire, after purchasing the property in 1996–four decades … Read more
Pia It was 75 years ago the last time there were as many octopus in British waters as there are now, with the UK’s Wildlife Trusts declaring that 2025 was the ‘Year of the Octopus.’ These eight-legged spineless creatures, one of the most fascinating to inhabit our planet, have been seen in record numbers by … Read more
Ronnie Lockwood, pictured at Christmas on the right – credit, Rob Parsons It was the day before Christmas Eve, and recent homemakers Rob and Dianne Parsons were surprised with a knock on the door. Opening it, Rob looked upon a rather strange sight. A man stood there with a wheeled garbage bin containing his possessions, … Read more
Helen Delgard and husband Stephane with baby Noah – family photo, via SWNS A couple who started IVF last Christmas Day has given birth to a baby boy after 11 years of trying to conceive. Helen Delgard was warned she may never be able to conceive naturally with her husband Stephane, but following a January … Read more
Annie Sprat – Unsplash A woman given something like a terminal prognosis has responded with a simple request for what might be her last Christmas: a Christmas card. Clare Jones from Swansea, Wales, was told her bowel cancer was no longer responding to chemotherapy. The mother of 3, who was diagnosed in 2022, described herself … Read more
Chester Zoo / SWNS A very old jaguar and her senior son are being welcomed to a specially-made retirement home in a UK zoo. Wild jaguars typically live for around 12 years, but Bonita is already 16 and her son Remi is 11, having already survived cancer. The two have lived side-by-side in a safari … Read more
credit – Lincoln Council, screengrab In the dreamy old city center of Lincoln, where Tudor and Victorian buildings stand bedecked in Christmas gaiety, CCTV footage revealed a wild sight one evening in November. A red fox and a river otter were galivanting through the town—as near to a scene in a children’s books or a … Read more
– credit, BAS / Jake Martin Imagine the charm of sifting through bills and junk mail in your mailbox and seeing the quirky script and colors of a handwritten Christmas card—now imagine you’re pulling it out from a box at one of the farthest point on Earth from any human civilization. At the personal request … Read more
The view over Brentford FC’s East Stand – credit SWNS An English football team has replaced the beef patties in the stadium hamburgers with wild British venison, a change that’s proving popular with the fans, and better for the environment. Some forms of cattle ranching produce significant greenhouse gas emissions among food supply chains, while … Read more
The pancreatic cancer testing device has a similar appearance – credit, Getty Images for Unsplash + A quick and easy breath test to detect the difficult-to-diagnose pancreatic cancer is being trialed nationally in the UK with huge expectations. Pancreatic cancer has a high mortality rate among cancers because of the tendency to discover it at … Read more