Coach carrying schoolchildren on trip involved in serious crash in Somerset pred 3 urami in 17 minutami People taken to hospital after collision on A396, police say, and firefighters had to free some passengers A coach carrying scores of schoolchildren returning from a day trip has been involved in a serious crash on a country road in Somerset.Dozens of emergency crews responded after the incident on Thursday afternoon and firefighters had to free some of the passengers. Some casualties were taken to hospital. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Shooting of bear that swam to tiny Canadian island frustrates First Nations pred 3 urami in 32 minutami Indigenous groups had offered to rehome grizzly nicknamed Tex who was killed without authorizationThe journey of Tex, a young grizzly bear that gripped public attention in Canada after swimming to a tiny populated island, came to a violent end this week after he was shot and killed without authorization, despite plans by Indigenous groups to relocate him.The four-year-old bear’s landfall on 25 May on Texada Island, a tiny island off the west coast, set off a controversy between differing interpretations of how to treat wild predators. Its shooting on Tuesday has advocates calling for the British Columbia government to act faster when it comes to working with First Nations on environmental stewardship. Continue reading...(The Guardian)