Body found in Romania believed to be missing British hiker George Smyth

Body found in Romania believed to be missing British hiker George Smyth

The Guardian

Family paid tribute to Bristol University geology student, 18, after being notified by Avon and Somerset policeA body has been found in the search for an 18-year-old British man who went missing last year while hiking in Romania, UK police said.George Smyth, a geology student at the University of Bristol, went missing in November. Continue reading...

Meet Jamie Bell, 18-year-old London teen who started selling old Lego at 13 and generated over...

Meet Jamie Bell, 18-year-old London teen who started selling old Lego at 13 and generated over...

Times of India

Eighteen-year-old Jamie Bell has remarkably transformed his Lego reselling passion into JTB Collectables, a burgeoning enterprise generating upwards of four hundred thousand dollars annually. Specializing in bulk Lego lots and sought-after minifigures, he appeals to other collectors. As he prepares for university, Jamie aims to grow his business further, securing his financial footing and building...

Magnitude-5 earthquake strikes near Spain’s Granada, damages homes and cars

Magnitude-5 earthquake strikes near Spain’s Granada, damages homes and cars

Times of India

An early Saturday morning saw a magnitude-5 earthquake rattling near Granada, Spain. In the metropolitan region of Alhendín, homes and vehicles faced damage due to the tremors. Emergency teams worked tirelessly to rescue individuals trapped in compromised structures. Fortunately, authorities report no structural harm to the iconic Alhambra palace. Interestingly, this seismic event coincided with a...

Massive egg recall in US south and south-west due to salmonella outbreak

Massive egg recall in US south and south-west due to salmonella outbreak

The Guardian

1.6m dozen eggs from Texas recalled amid one of the largest recorded food-borne illness outbreaks in US historyA massive egg recall affecting nearly 1.6m dozen eggs has been elevated to the US Food and Drug Administration’s highest-risk warning as officials investigate a salmonella outbreak that has sickened nearly 100 people.The FDA on 12 August reclassified the recall of nearly 1.6m dozen white ...

Royal estates rent out homes that fail to meet legal energy efficiency standards

Royal estates rent out homes that fail to meet legal energy efficiency standards

The Guardian

Exclusive: More than 100 homes on King Charles and Prince William’s inherited estates have EPC ratings of F or G• ‘It’s archaic’: the struggle to heat poorly insulated homes let by royal estatesMore than 100 homes on the inherited royal estates of King Charles and Prince William fail to meet the legal minimum energy standards for landlords, the Guardian can reveal.An analysis of a large sample of ...

Alarmed by the alarm: people react to ‘severe alert’ on phones over UK wildfires

Alarmed by the alarm: people react to ‘severe alert’ on phones over UK wildfires

The Guardian

Many complained online that piercingly loud tone was ‘overreach’ while others lamented lack of action on decarbonisationOn Friday at 7pm, Thérèse Coffey was nine miles away from a nuclear power station when her phone made a loud, piercing and very worrying sound: it was a “severe” emergency alert. “Was expecting [a] much more specific alert, not a generic message on wildfires,” the former Conserva...