‘It was hell but the owner said you have to work’: dying from heat in Greece
Andreas Mallis leans into the smoke and winces from the heat, sweat bursting from his forehead and running down his nose. The 57-year-old boat-tour operator blows on the embers of a fire and carefull… [read more]
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The narco-highway creating chaos in a Honduran rainforest
Several hours down a clandestine road that slithers through the rotting remains of what was once protected rainforest in north-eastern Honduras, a rusted bulldozer overgrown with vines and a locked g… [read more]
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‘I should be in Lapland’: Helenius gave up family holiday to fight Joshua
I had just finished my fight last Saturday night and my manager came and said I have something to ask you, says Robert Helenius as he details the strange twist that led to him agreeing to step into t… [read more]
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Florida in race to rescue coral bleached by record ocean heat
A race is under way in Florida to rescue corals that are being bleached at alarming rates as a result of this summers historic heatwaves and rising water temperatures. In recent months, marine rescu… [read more]
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More than 2000 people missing at sea as use of deadliest route to EU doubles
The number of people taking the worlds deadliest migratory route across the central Mediterranean to reach the EU has more than doubled, driving irregular crossings at the blocs external borders to t… [read more]
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10 of Britain’s best vintage caravan stays
Mad Dogs & Vintage Vans, Herefordshire A quartet of caravans are in a wildflower meadow and copse in the grounds of an old rectory near Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire. They are Gertie, a rare 1930s … [read more]
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When Hull Kingston Rovers beat their city rivals in the Challenge Cup final
Roger The Dodger Millward had enjoyed a stellar career: winning with Great Britain in Australia in 1970, captaining his country in two World Cups and leading Hull Kingston Rovers to their first Champ… [read more]
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No milk no eggs small hope: fears rise for Sri Lanka’s malnourished children
For more than a year now, Anne Roshel has had no milk to give her two children, neither fresh nor powdered. Looking out from the kitchen door on a sweltering afternoon in July, she says her eight-yea… [read more]
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From gods to monsters: how did we come to fear the shark?
The most haunting of our imagined monsters remain hidden as they stalk us, striking when we least suspect it, while we are relaxing, or at play. The now-extinct megalodon roams the ocean unseen and u… [read more]
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How Trump adviser manipulates free speech to advance his causes and ‘hurt his adversaries’
Towards the end of July Leonard Leo, architect of the rightwing takeover of the American judiciary, emerged from his vacation retreat in Maine to write an opinion piece for the local newspaper, the B… [read more]
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