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Disturbing images reveal the heart-breaking story of two swans forced to make a nest for their unhatched eggs from discarded litter. Crisp packets, plastic bottles and other items carelessly thrown away by visitors at Drumpellier Country Park in Lanarkshire were used by the confused birds to build their nest.  The horrifying images of plastic surrounding the birds demonstrates the widespread scale of littering and its impact on wildlife.  Scroll down for video   Disturbing images show a swan making its nest on the banks of a Scottish lake surrounded by plastic and discarded litter (pictured) Crisp packets, plastic bottles and other items carelessly thrown away by visitors to Drumpellier Country Park, near Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire were used by the confused birds to build the nest for their eggs One visitor said: 'It is absolutely disgusting. The poor swans. It is so embarrassing that we have this beautiful park in Coatbridge and the privilege of having … [Read more...] about Heart-breaking images of swans making a nest out of LITTER at a Scottish country park reveals the crippling impact plastic waste is having on British wildlife

Stories of human journeys into the Underworld are as old as literature itself. But few of them are happy tales. Old Babylonian cuneiform tablets recording the Epic of Gilgamesh were first incised around 1800BC. These tell of the Sumerian hero Enkidu who reappeared from a long imprisonment underground in the Netherworld, during which he had to sail through storms of hailstones that struck him like “hammers”, and surfed waves that attacked his boat like “butting turtles”. Gilgamesh questions him: “Did you see my little stillborn children who never knew existence?” “I saw them,” answers Enkidu. Similar journeys end as darkly for Orpheus, Hercules and Aeneas as they do for their direct counterparts in Finnish, Inuit, Aztec, Mayan and Hindu mythology. In Greek mythology tales of haunting journeys down the rivers of the dead are sufficiently common that they have their own collective noun: katabasis. But for every Theseus who enters the … [Read more...] about Underland by Robert Macfarlane review – a dazzling journey into deep time

For decades, the Prosper-Haniel colliery wasn't just the biggest employer in Bottrop — it was the only large company in the city. Being without any major companies used to mean a town was at a disadvantage. Today, the reverse is true. "Very early on, we started to concentrate on attracting lots of small and medium-sized companies with up to 600 employees and getting them to establish themselves here," says the city's official spokesman, Andreas Pläsken. "We could see well in advance what was on the cards, and we were able to prepare." There were plenty of negative examples of the collapse of large-scale monostructures — such as the demise of the mechanical engineering company Babcock in nearby Oberhausen. It folded around 15 years ago, after 150 years in business. Management mistakes cost thousands of employees their jobs. It was a major blow for Oberhausen, and the effects are still being felt today. There was also the closure of the Opel factory in … [Read more...] about Germany’s coal mining town that became an environmental trailblazer

Fans of Love Island are back in their summer element of grafting, doing bits and catching feelings as the 2019 series is on screens now. With a season of love and heartache ahead, balmy (maybe) nights await on the sofa as we watch this year's contestants get binned off, snaked and possibly naked under the covers. Highlights of Love Island 2018 of course included lovable (now ex) couple Jack Fincham and Dani Dyer being crowned winners - while a small army of other stunning hopefuls found reality show fame and their way into our daily Instagram scrolling lives. But when exactly did Love Island 2019 start? And what can we expect? Here's everything you need to know... When did Love Island 2019 start? Just after Easter weekend, host Caroline Flack revealed that filming was about to start on the new series . She posted a clip of herself on the way to the gym and told fans: "What's really exciting about this week is that we start filming for Love Island 2019." Typically, the show has always … [Read more...] about Love Island 2019: Rule changes, start times and what to expect

A 50,000 year old tiara made of woolly mammoth ivory has been found in a cave in Siberia - and it was an ancient fashion icon for men not women, say archeologists. This remarkable headwear was not made by Homo sapiens but rather by an extinct branch of early man known as Denisovans. It was manufactured from the tusks of a beast that was probably hunted by the cave-dwellers in the Altai Mountains. The find was made this summer in the world famous Denisova Cave, a home used variously by Homo sapiens, Neanderthals and this little-known third branch of early man. Historic: A 50,000 year old tiara made of woolly mammoth ivory has been found in a cave in Siberia - and it was an ancient fashion icon for men not women, say archeologists Nature's own: The man's tiara was manufactured from the tusks of a beast that was probably hunted by the cave-dwellers in Russia's famous Altai Mountains The Palaeolithic tiara had a practical use - to keep hair out of the eyes, and did not include symbols … [Read more...] about Tiara made of woolly mammoth ivory found in Siberian cave was worn by MEN not women 50,000 years ago