Not since Remy from Pixar’s Ratatouille has a rat’s nose done more for mankind… Magawa, a giant African pouched rat, has been awarded the animal equivalent of a George Cross for detecting landmines in Cambodia. The animal, the first rat to win the prestigious PDSA Gold Medal, has discovered 39 landmines and 28 items of … Read more
Boom crown rat: Magawa the bomb disposal rodent is awarded animal George Cross after discovering dozens of explosive devices Bomb disposal rat Magawa scratches the top of the ground when he detects a landmine which alerts handlers He can search tennis court size area in 30 minutes which can take a human and metal detector up … Read more
Rome Airport is first in the world to be awarded five stars for its coronavirus safety measures by respected rating agency Skytrax, with Heathrow, Malaga and Nice awarded three The Covid-19 ratings involve Skytrax audit teams physically visiting each airport The Rome audit was conducted over three days in September Skytrax said at Rome Fiumicino, … Read more
Scouts will be prepared… to spot fake news! Latest badge is awarded for identifying online dangers such as ‘bogus bulletins’ and celebrity-sponsored products The Scouts’ latest Digital Citizen Badge is awarded for spotting fake news Scouts will learn how to spot ‘bogus bulletins’ and manage cyber bullying Its introduction comes as the organisation modernises itself … Read more
Judge opens door for divorcee to claim Russian billionaire ex-husband’s £340m superyacht and £110m art collection after he refused to hand over £450m owed from marriage ending Tatiana Akhmedova has been fighting in British courts to get the millions owed In 2016 she was awarded 41.5 per cent share of Farkhad Akhmedov fortune Mr Akhmedov … Read more
An 11-year-old Nigerian boy went viral this summer when millions of people watched a video of him dancing ballet barefoot in the rain — and now the talented youngster has secured a scholarship to New York’s prestigious American Ballet Theatre. Anthony Mmesoma Madu from Lagos captivated social media users — including celebrities like Viola Davis and … Read more
Fury as ex-Brexit Party MEP who ‘defended’ the IRA is awarded a peerage in latest criticism of honours system Boris Johnson is facing a growing row over the elevation of 36 peers to the Lords There was also fury at the decision to send Claire Fox as a non-affiliated peer She has been accused of … Read more
Kodak’s CEO, Jim Continenza (above), was awarded stock options that could net him a profit of more than $30million this week just a day before the Trump administration announced a $765million loan to develop generic pharmaceuticals Kodak’s CEO was awarded 1.75 million stock options, that could net him a profit of more than $30million, just … Read more
Captain Sir Tom Moore has been awarded the freedom of his home town of Keighley after raising almost £33 million for the NHS amid the coronavirus pandemic. The 100-year-old war veteran, who became a national hero after walking 100 laps of his garden in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire to fundraise for the NHS, was given the honour … Read more
A businessman awarded a peerage by Harold Wilson had a decade-long relationship with Communist-era spies who considered him so useful that they referred to him as ‘intelligence agency staff’. According to more than 1,000 documents unearthed at archives in Prague, Rudy Sternberg was meeting agents from Czechoslovakia’s Statni Bezpecnost (StB) secret police in the 1960s … Read more