Mother, 26, froze to death in a flooded field after climbing over her garden fence while drunk, inquest hears Hedwig Taaru, 26, was found frozen in a field in March after going missing She had been last seen in a shop at 8.30pm that night before vanishing Hedwig had a three-year-old son but had been … Read more
Flight cub! Black bear does a stunning leap into a tree after climbing up on to the deck of a Smoky Mountains home Melissa Howell filmed a black bear climbing up onto their wood cabin’s deck The animal is spooked by her and leaps into a nearby tree before sliding down Encounter was captured in … Read more
This is the horrifying moment two migrants trying to get to the UK clambered out of the roof box of a British car after being taken 100 miles in the wrong direction further into France. The teenagers, believed to be from Eritrea and Guinea, had broken into the box and dumped most of its contents … Read more
Moment ‘hero’ neighbour dashes across street to catch little boy after spotting him climbing out of an upstairs window onto a bay roof Landing Bojang saw the boy, dressed only in a T-shirt, climb out of window He alerted his sister but decided he could get there faster than she could Landing jumped out of … Read more
The former mayor of a Welsh town who sparked fury with a Facebook post comparing black protesters to monkeys has claimed it ‘wasn’t meant as an insult’ in a dramatic U-turn. Councillor Peter Kraus shared a contentious Facebook post to his page on Monday which appeared to liken an image from the George Floyd clashes in New … Read more
Teenage French climbing champion Luce Douady has died at the age of 16 after she fell from an Alpine cliff. Douady was climbing with a group of friends near Grenoble when she fell 500 feet while crossing an exposed path equipped with a handrail. The 16-year-old was already in the French climbing team and was … Read more
Polish man attacks a bear and tries to DROWN it after drunkenly climbing into its zoo enclosure, before both of them are left with minor injuries from brawl WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Footage shows a 23-year-old man goading Sabina the bear in her enclosure She approaches the panicking man as he jumps into the water and … Read more
Two million-year-old hominin with human-like thumb knuckles is the earliest ancient human ancestor to use its hands to grasp objects as well as climb trees, study shows Australopithecus sediba is a distant relative that lived two million years ago Study claims its fingers were suited to climbing and grabbing branches But its thumb was well-suited … Read more
A great-grandmother-of-four, 90, has raised more than £45,000 for the NHS after pledging to climb the equivalent of a 2,400ft Scottish Highland mountain up and down her stairs at home. Margaret Payne of Ardvar, Assynt, in Sutherland set herself the challenge of climbing the stairs until she ascended the same height as Suilven near Lochinver, … Read more
Amazing spiral treetop walkway inside a 148ft-tall observation tower opens in a preserved forest in Denmark The tower has opened in the Camp Adventure Climbing Park, one hour south of Copenhagen The winding 650-metre-long (2,130ft) ramp includes looping pathways and bleacher seating It has 10 climbing courses that all vary in height and visitors can move … Read more