LONDON (REUTERS) – Almost a third of the world’s tree species are at risk of extinction, while hundreds are on the brink of being wiped out, according to a landmark report published by Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) on Wednesday. According to the State of the World’s Trees report 17,500 tree species – some 30 […]

An alleged member of the ISIS group dubbed “The Beatles” is set to plead guilty in a court case in the United States. Alexanda Amon Kotey has been charged with conspiring to torture and behead American and European hostages in Syria. It was not immediately clear which charges he will admit at a change of […]

KiwiRail has launched an investigation after a remote-controlled shunt locomotive and railway wagon fell into the Picton harbour. A KiwiRail spokesperson said a remote-controlled shunt locomotive, used in marshalling yards, and a railway wagon fell into the harbour in Waitohi Picton this afternoon. No one was injured in the incident and the harbourmaster has closed […]

A gecko wrestling for its life, a slick of dying herrings and a lioness spattered with blood are just some of the pictures submitted to 2021’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. The Natural History Museum, which hosts the contest, has released a selection of this year’s highly commended images that show a “planet under […]

A group of scientists have stumbled upon a previously undiscovered tiny island in northern Greenland made up of mounds of silt and gravel. The researchers thought they had travelled to the island of Oodaaq which was believed to be the northernmost island in Greenland – but they were actually standing an unknown piece of land […]

Don’t miss a thing by getting the Daily Star’s biggest headlines straight to your inbox! A journalist who reported from Paris on the night the Princess of Wales was killed in a car crash has told how he had to "decode" the details of her condition from the French authorities. Diana was 36 when she […]

A baby died after an aggressive magpie swooped down on her mum who tripped trying to dodge it. New rules to tackle dangerous birds have been introduced following the tragedy at an Australian park in early August. Mia was just five months old when she fell from her mother's arms and suffered critical head injuries […]

Police are appealing for help tracing a Merseyside teenager who has been missing since the early hours of Friday morning. Faith Veevers was last seen on Pool Lane in Bromborough, Wirral, at 4.50am on the morning of August 27, and police she was with a teenage boy. Faith, aged 15, is described as being 5ft […]

Royal commentators have predicted that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle could set a new "private" Royal christening precedent that other couples might follow. The couples’ eldest child Archie was christened at 2 months old, the age daughter Lilibet will reach at the start of September, leading to royal commentators speculating it could occur within days. […]

The end of the bank holiday weekend sadly coincides with the return of some classic British gloomy weather. Despite parts of the country enjoying some sunshine over the long weekend, we hardly got the August we have come to expect over the last few years. So it may come as no shock to people when […]