🚨BREAKING: British veteran breaks down live on TV over state of the country: "Rows and rows of white tombs for what? A country of today? No, I'm sorry. The sacrifice wasn't worth the result. I fought for freedom, and it's darn-sight worse now than when I fought."

The five things you need to know if you're just realising that it's bad for you to keep catching Covid:

Next time you think of a Pigeon in a negative way just think….. Pigeons Are Misunderstood Geniuses. Most people don't realize just how incredible Pigeons truly are. These gentle birds aren’t just loyal partners—they're brilliant, complex beings. Tucked inside their beaks are

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"The night it happened still plays in my mind 🕯️. My partner, Police Dog Finn 🐕‍🦺, had been with me for seven years — brave, loyal, and my closest friend 🤝💔. When a knife flashed through the dark ⚔️, he didn’t hesitate. He leapt between me and danger, taking the hit that was

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Ran across a hair-raising line by sixteenth-century writer John Foxe—“Not to understand what was done before we were born, is to live always as children”—and I think the complete lack of curiosity most people have towards the past is one reason everyone is now twelve.

After ten years of saving lives, police dog Indy heard his name on the radio for the last time, and in the silence that followed, even the toughest officer broke down in tears. https://t.co/oMz4Hd1bQF

He's not on Twitter these days but there's an East End modelmaker/designer on Insta called Luis who makes detailed tiny dioramas and this slice of London @TfL Underground, Overground, street and bus is rather ace https://t.co/5cx4wwvoZ0

"Leaving a store, I returned to my car only to find that I’d locked my keys and cell phone inside. A teenager riding his bike saw me kick a tire and say a few choice words. “What’s wrong?” he asked. I explained my situation. “But even if I could call my wife,” I said, “she can’t

The clocks go back tonight, which means a longer night shift for some of our amazing volunteers. Thanks to them, there’s always someone to listen every hour, of every day. 💚

Requiem for the Christmas Island Shrew It never weighed more than a spoonful of sugar. Five or six grams of life, soft-furred and sharp-nosed, darting among the roots and leaf litter of a tiny island in the Indian Ocean. At night, its voice—a thin, high cry, part bat and part

I found where all the purple carrotts where hiding for today's Chicken roast.

The lady at the charity shop today told me that she wishes people would clear out their children's old toys in the lead up to Christmas rather than after because she always sees a number of parents in the days before Christmas looking for toys for their little ones who might be

The teenager bagging groceries today asked if I wanted my bread on top. I said yes. He nodded seriously and said, "Good call. Structural integrity is everything." Then he arranged my bags like he was building a cathedral. His coworker laughed at him. But my bread

As today is #TrafalgarDay, here’s the London Underground tunnel beneath Trafalgar Square. Built to aid construction of the Fleet (now @tfl Jubilee) line at Charing Cross, a narrow gauge railway ran along this to carry spoil away; it's kinked to avoid Nelson’s Column foundations.

Everyone should know that one of the most effective ways to prevent someone from bleeding out is by simply applying DIRECT PRESSURE. Hold firm pressure as directly onto the wound as possible. Do NOT use excess gauze or towels as this just distributes the pressure over a larger

Colour palette of the liquidambar tree just now👇🏼. Pause for a moment if you’re feeling tired/anxious-my photo’s likely to cause dopamine release in your brain due to a positive response to gentle colour gradation, certain bright colours & looking at images our brains find

Don't know who needs this today, but here are some hecka photogenic ferrets:

We popped out and I realised that the latch hook kit was in reach of Nala, but took back all the bad thoughts when it was untouched. So she had the crumbs of our free mince pies but I think she was after the box..