The last remaining male northern white rhino has died after becoming ill
It is with great sadness that Ol Pejeta Conservancy and the Dvůr Králové Zoo announced that Sudan, the world’s last male northern white rhino, age 45, died at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya on March 19th, 2018. The last male northern white rhinoceros has died, leaving only two females with which conservationists hope to save the species from extinction. Sudan, the legendary male northern white Rhino who has died Sudan was being treated for age-related complications that led to degenerative...
Stephen Hawking’s funeral to take place at the University Church of St Mary the Great, Cambridge
The funeral of Professor Stephen Hawking CH CBE FRS FRSA will take place at the University Church of St Mary the Great, Cambridge, on the 31st March 2018 at 2pm. The private funeral service will be attended by Professor Hawking’s family, friends and colleagues. Professor Hawking’s children Lucy, Robert and Tim said: "On behalf of our whole family we want to express our huge gratitude to all the wonderful tributes to our father and to those who have sent us...
How Can Artificial Intelligence Boost Productivity of your Business?
What is Artificial Intelligence (AI)? In simple language, we can say that Artificial Intelligence is the branch of technology through which machines attain the power to reason, understand and take decisions as well while simultaneously learning from the impact of the decisions. Making it more simple, with the help of AI, machines can do the tasks, earlier done by humans, only much faster and free of any kind of mistakes or errors. Many companies and organizations are using Artificial Intelligence...
Pair of cockfighters avoided prison despite posting videos of the illegal fights on Facebook
A pair of cruel men staged illegal blood sports and posted videos of the chickens on Facebook - fighting to the death. Bill Ripley and Moses Brinkley narrowly avoided prison after animal inspectors uncovered evidence of their cruel cockfighting bouts on the giant social network. The pair were caught by a RSPCA special operations investigation unit and police, who raided their travellers' site in Bean, Kent, and discovered 242 birds. Some of the poor animals were found to be suffering...
The Pope has taken a swipe at people wearing crucifixes as fashion accessories
The Pope hit out at the 'abuse' of the crucifix by people who wear them as fashion accessories. In a speech at St Peter's Square in the Vatican, Pope Francis said that the crucifix is a religious sign to be 'contemplated and understood', rather than merchandised. He said that the crucifix is a sacred sign not to be "abused" by being treated as an ornament or clothing accessory. Pope Francis said: "The crucifix is not an ornamental object or a...
Labour leader Corbyn would “do business with Putin”
Jeremy Corbyn has come under fire from the Conservative Government and from within his own party, over his stance on Russian involvement in the nerve agent attack on Sergei Skripal, and his daughter, on 4th March. 23 Russian diplomats expelled from London following the incident. Moscow then denied all involvement, and is expelling 23 British diplomats in retaliation. The Labour leader believes it is highly likely that the Russian state was directly involved in the attack, but refused to directly...
Aid charity Shelterbox under fire for not reporting three incidents of sexual misconduct
Disaster relief charity Shelterbox has come under fire after failing to report three of its aid workers who were involved in allegations of sexual misconduct. The charity, which delivers boxes of emergency kit to disaster zones such as Haiti or Nepal following earthquakes and hurricanes, has admitted "three sexual misconduct incidents pre-2013, one of which is unproven". However, Shelterbox, which has bases in Truro and Helston in Cornwall and receives millions of pounds in donations each year, reportedly only made...
Leaked spending figures show Conservatives can no longer rely on “cash for votes”
New research of the Electoral Commission spending figures show the Conservatives paid over 50p more per vote than Labour, with Theresa May's embattled party outspending Jeremy Corbyn on all fronts. Each vote cost the Tories £1.36p compared to just 80p for Labour, with the Lib Dems having to shell out a whopping £2.86p. The Conservatives put considerably more cash behind Facebook, Google and direct mail, but Labour's spend was much more effective. As the graph below demonstrates Labour spent 72 per...
Damning study reveals 1 in 7 EU companies are moving supply chain out of UK
A damning study has raised more serious questions about the benefits of Brexit after it was revealed one in seven EU companies with UK suppliers has moved part or all of their business out of Britain. A survey of over 2,000 supply chain managers by the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (Cips) showed that commercial links have already been heavily disrupted as part of the Brexit process, with a third of UK suppliers forced to increase their prices because of a weaker...