‘I don’t know the procedures, so I did it my own way,’ says 26-year-old US Army veteran, after the reptile ‘hissed’ at his daughterNot all heroes wear capes – some wear slides and socks. A US army veteran who has gone viral online for trapping a large …
A garden snail: it knows the rose only by its smell and soft petals | Helen Sullivan
Or you for 10, if you keep it as a petA garden snail is eating your roses. “Little snail / Dreaming you go / Weather and rose / Is all you know,” wrote Langston Hughes. It is night time, the snail’s time, after dew or rain – when the snail is happiest,…
Coronavirus live news: four in five over-16s in UK now fully vaccinated; Sweden to drop restrictions this month
Overall jabs administered in the UK stand at 91,827,909; Sweden will remove virtually all Covid restrictions on 29 SeptemberUK government not ruling out ‘firebreak’ lockdown if cases riseCourt order forcing hospital to treat patient with ivermectin rev…
An elephant seal: the nose does something no nose should do | Helen Sullivan
It shuddersThe writer Jenny Diski is on her way to Antarctica. At Grytviken, an abandoned whaling station on South Georgia, she spots a “grey, jellied mountain”.“Elephant seal is one of those euphemistic names humans give creatures who remind them of w…
Kabul airport attack: UK has entered ‘final hours’ of evacuation; Biden vows revenge for Afghanistan explosion that killed dozens – live
UK defence secretary says ‘sad fact is not every single one will get out’; Biden says the US will ‘hunt down’ Islamic State leaders responsible; American forces bracing for further attacksCivilians and soldiers dead after two suicide bombs strike Kabul…
Coronavirus live news: concern over waning protection in double-jabbed people; Biden review of Covid origins reportedly ‘inconclusive’
UK researchers report seeing some waning of protection in double-jabbed people; assessment Biden ordered reportedly inconclusive about whether Covid jumped from animals or leaked from Wuhan labFauci says US could return to normal by spring 2022Number o…
Afghanistan live news: US troops may stay past 31 August, says Biden; Taliban official rules out democracy
‘If there’s American citizens left [after 31 August], we’re gonna stay till we get them all out,’ says Biden; ‘There will be no democratic system at all because it does not have any base in our country,’ says Taliban officialAfghan ex-president in talk…
Afghanistan live news: flights resume at Kabul airport; reports Taliban leader in capital for talks
‘I stand squarely behind my decision,’ says Biden; Senior Taliban leader in Kabul for negotiations – report; flights taking off from KabulKabul airport: footage appears to show Afghans falling from planeWho are the Taliban and how will they govern this…
Afghanistan: US begins Kabul embassy evacuation as Taliban close in – live updates
US officials say diplomats are leaving Kabul embassy now, as Afghan officials say Jalalabad governor has surrendered to Taliban Report: last major Afghan city in the north falls to the Taliban 6.31am BST New York Times reporter Fahim Abed in Kabul: Bei…
Coronavirus live news: Wuhan finishes testing 11 million; nightclubs reopen in Scotland
China reports 125 new cases for Sunday; Scotland nightclubs reopen for first time in over a year; Australian PM’s public approval rating at pandemic lowFears as more children falling ill in latest US Covid surge and school approachesMacron tells critic…