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A heartbreaking image shows a seal surfacing in a British harbour with a plastic bag tangled around its head. The helpless animal struggled for around fifteen minutes before it was able to free itself, as anxious locals looked on.   The picture shows the scale of the plastic crisis and the saddening toll it takes on our marine species.  Scroll down for video A heartbreaking image shows a seal surfacing in a British harbour with a plastic bag tangled around its head. The helpless animal struggled for around fifteen minutes before it was able to free itself, as anxious locals looked on Martyn Cannan, an amateur photographer was watching the seal play in the water when it ran into the single-use carrier in Brixham, Devon.  He took the image and shared it online, sparking a furious response from residents who say they are sick of plastic pollution. Mr Cannan, 57, said that he took the picture because the crowd were debating what to do when they saw the seal … [Read more...] about ‘When are we going to learn?’ Scourge of plastic in our oceans is laid bare as a distressed seal is spotted with its head tangled in a CARRIER BAG

Over a dozen major Twitter accounts have been hacked and turned into fake accounts claiming to belong to Elon Musk in a major bitcoin scam. Major publishing houses, clothing manufacturers and even accounts belonging to two members of Congress, Frank Pallone and  Brenda Lawrence were taken over in the past few weeks, with more appearing today. The hackers 'clone' the account so it looks identical to the real Elon Musk's accounts, even uploading the correct images and latest tweets.  Scroll down for video  Hackers take over existing Twitter accounts, meaning they appear as verified, and post a message (pictured) claiming Musk is giving away bitcoin - and ask users to 'confirm their account' by transferring a small amount of bitcoin to the hacker's account. They have even taken over several domain names for the scam, including 'http://trump-official.com/' They then add a tweet announcing that following his resignation as director as Tesla, Musk if giving away 10,000 … [Read more...] about Beware of fake Elon Musk! Hackers take over Twitter accounts of firms and even members of Congress to pretend to be SpaceX and Tesla boss in latest bitcoin scam

Hackers are targeting innocent people's computers and stealing processing power without their knowledge in order to mine cryptocurrency.  The process is known as cryptojacking and illegally harnesses the power of thousands of computers.  Criminals use the background power of computers and convert it into Monero, a  virtual currency similar to Bitcoin which is easier to cash out.  Scientists have now discovered the scam has generated an astonishing £44 million ($57 million) worldwide since 2007. Scroll down for video  Hackers are targeting innocent people's computers and stealing processing power without their knowledge in order to mine cryptocurrency. The process is known as cryptojacking and illegally harnesses the power of thousands of computers (stock) Guillermo Suarez-Tangil at King’s College London and Sergio Pastrana at Madrid’s Carlos III University studied how the successful the process was.  Their research, published on the … [Read more...] about Is your computer slower than normal? Hackers are stealing processing power to mine cryptocurrency without people knowing and are making MILLIONS

Mysterious seismic waves picked up by monitoring stations from Madagascar to Canada were most likely caused by a volcano under the seabed, an earthquake expert claims. A low-rumbling that could not be felt above ground was detected on November 11 and narrowed down the origin to a region just off the coast of the island of Mayotte. They were similar to those typically seen after large earthquakes, which are known to travel great distances - but, no such earthquake took place. Theories as to what caused the cryptic rumble ranged from a slow earthquake to an undetected meteor strike. But one scientist who has studied the charts told MailOnline that the trembling was 'almost certainly' caused by a low-level underwater volcanic eruption off the northeast of Mayotte. Scroll down for video  Seismic signals originating off the coast of the small French island of Mayott were detected at seismology station ranging from Chile to New Zealand Researchers and earthquake enthusiasts who … [Read more...] about Mystery of the ‘rumble in the Indian Ocean’ is SOLVED: Strange seismic waves that shook the world on November 11 were ‘almost certainly’ triggered by an underwater volcano

“Gypsies and Travellers and local communities” was the title of a House of Commons debate on Monday. Oh no, I thought, here we go again. Whenever politicians take an interest in my community, it is often to attack us and further division between us and the settled community. Just look at the title of the debate: the suggestion is that we are not a part of local communities. But early on in the debate the Labour MP Tony Lloyd stood up and called for balance, saying that my community “probably faces the biggest levels of prejudice and discrimination in Britain” – and that politicians had a duty to do something about that. Lloyd highlighted a YouGov/Traveller Movement survey, also released on Monday, which found that more than 40% of British parents polled would be unhappy with a close relative forming a relationship with a Traveller. For no other reason than that person is a Traveller. This is a shocking statistic that should have been condemned by all the … [Read more...] about Racism against Travellers and Gypsies is still permissible – even in parliament