Our native wildlife: the wildcat

The Scottish wildcat – seriously endangered
he first article in a new series by Louise Scott, examining our native wildlife – animals which have roamed these islands for countless millennia – looks at the Scottish wildcat, hunted to extinction in England and Wales and now surviving only in Scotland.
The Scottish wildcat (Felis sylvestris grampia) is a [...]

Help the mighty V-Bomber fly again

Avro Vulcan XH558 in action
A magnificent Avro Vulcan bomber, which has been restored to flying condition by public goodwill and the Lottery Fund, might not be able to fly in airshows unless more money is found to pay for flight testing and training.
The Vulcan to the Sky Trust said they needed £150,000 by March to [...]

Mayor quits Tories after e-mail row

The Mayor of Mirfield, near Dewsbury, has left the Conservative Party after a row broke out over an e-mail he sent to a clerk.
Robert Bennett said in his e-mail that “Muslims cause mayhem with explosives”, that Muslim women wore “black sack-like clothing” and that Muslims wanted homosexuals shot.
His comments were condemned by Dewsbury Conservative Association, [...]