Police clearing debris on M6 forced to close motorway after woman goes walkabout

Decided to walk home? Police clearing debris on M6 forced to close motorway for longer than planned after woman goes walkabout on the hard shoulder Police released image of woman walking along M6 in Birmingham on July 20 Officers who were clearing debris had to close motorway longer than planned The pedestrian decided to walk along … Read more

We’ll make 400k miles gleam again: Volunteers on road to goal of clearing million miles of litter 

We’ll make 400k miles gleam again: Volunteers on road to goal of clearing million miles of litter In less than a month more than 60,000 people have responded to litter pick call It comes as Daily Mail helps launch Keep Britain Tidy Great British Spring Clean  Volunteers from across the country pledged to help clean … Read more

Litter-pickers begin mammoth task of clearing beer cans, food cartons and laughing gas canisters

Litter-pickers headed out again this morning to clear up the empty beer cans, food cartons and laughing gas canisters left at beauty spots by Easter Sunday revellers.  Primrose Hill – known for its awe-inspiring view across central London – was one of the green spaces to fall victim to the scourge despite repeated calls for … Read more

Furloughed joiner, 51, spends two MONTHS clearing piles of sand – only for council to put it back

Furloughed joiner, 51, spends two MONTHS clearing piles of sand from cycle path with a shovel after woman fell and broke her collar bone – only for council to put it back again Chris Truett, 51, sprang into action in Southport, Merseyside, after seeing sand He began tidying up 25 tonnes after woman injured herself … Read more

Best credit cards deals for purchases, holidays and clearing debts

Britain’s transition into a nation of accidental savers last year certainly had an impact on its credit card bill. Those with extra disposable income and nowhere to spend it as a result of the lockdown opted to pay down their debts and fatten their bank balances, where once the nation eschewed a savings habit. Britain … Read more

Workers start clearing plastic junk from Serbia’s ‘lake of trash’

A team of workers descended upon an artificial lake in Serbia today to clear the vast stretch of waste floating on its surface. Two barges sailed up and down the polluted waters to collect the thick layer of plastic and waste that had accumulated at the foot of the Lim River hydro-electric power plant on … Read more

Seagrass ‘Neptune balls’ may be key to clearing oceans of plastic

Every year, an estimated eight million tons of plastic is dumped into our oceans, threatening the lives of fish, seabirds and marine mammals.  Now, a new study suggests that the key to clearing our oceans of plastic may lie in seagrass.  Seagrass forms so-called ‘Neptune balls’ – oval orbs made from the base of leaves … Read more

Seagrass ‘Neptune balls’ may be key to clearing oceans of plastic

Every year, an estimated eight million tons of plastic is dumped into our oceans, threatening the lives of fish, seabirds and marine mammals.  Now, a new study suggests that the key to clearing our oceans of plastic may lie in seagrass.  Seagrass forms so-called ‘Neptune balls’ – oval orbs made from the base of leaves … Read more

Camilla Thurlow admits going Love Island was more scary than clearing land mines in new memoir 

MEMOIR NOT THE TYPE   by Camilla Thurlow (John Blake £16.99, 288 pp) Camilla Thurlow was not exactly your average Love Island contestant when she appeared on the reality dating show in 2017. She was not, like many islanders, a personal trainer, sexy scaffolder or nebulous influencer. Thurlow’s job was far more dangerous: explosive ordinance disposal … Read more

Coronavirus first appeared among workers clearing bat faeces from Chinese mineshaft scientists say

Coronavirus first appeared among workers clearing bat faeces from Chinese mineshaft back in 2012 and may not have come from Wuhan market, scientists say Miners were removing bat faeces from the Mojiang mine in Yunnan province  Six fell ill with a pneumonia-like illness which resulted in three of them dying Sample tissue from patients with were sent … Read more