Year: 2021

At least three dead as gunmen take hostages at luxury hotel in Mali

The attackers seized about 170 hostages at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako, although a Malian army commander later said about 20 hostages had been released.

Farming better prepared for post-Brexit shake-up due to changes made after foot and mouth, leaders say

George Dunn, Chief Executive of the Tenant Farmers’ Association (TSA) said he could still remember the moment he found out about the first case in 2001.

At least three dead as Islamic extremists take hostages at luxury hotel in Mali

The attackers seized about 170 hostages at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako, although a Malian army commander later said about 20 hostages had been released.

Farmers must work together to continue to survive 20 years after devastating foot and mouth crisis

The 2001 outbreak, which effectively shut down the countryside, sparked a major change in government policy with a greater emphasis placed on sustainability, environmental concerns and landscape management.

Precision techniques could help with carbon capture and nature friendly farming

Beverley-based Bishop Burton Agricultural College is currently in the middle of a capital project, which has seen an investment of almost £2m in precision farming as part of its role in the Government backed, Yorkshire and Humber Institute of Technology (IoT).

Paris attacks mastermind died in police shoot-out

Belgian jihadist Abdelhamid Abaaoud, 27, is believed to have been the ringleader of last Friday’s massacres which left 129 dead.

The US Vet, Julian Norton is dealing with a limp runner duck suffering from botulism

The runner duck was obviously not right. He couldn’t even walk, let alone run. It was even a struggle for the young duck to hold his head upright. The presence of Mo (named after the world famous long-distance runner) on the appointment list might have caused a degree of panic from some vets, sending them running to search the internet.

IS planning cyber attacks as Cameron warns: ‘Fight them as we did Hitler’

The Chancellor will issue a stark warning about the extremists adding potentially deadly online assaults on vital services to their arsenal and promise £1.9 billion a year by 2020.

Open Beach fishing championships are cancelled for first time since they began in 1994

My friends in the events department of the East Riding of Yorkshire County Council have had to cancel it for the first time since its inception in 1994.

The PlayStation bombers: How they hijacked games consoles to send terror messages

Police in Belgium reportedly seized at least one PlayStation 4 console during anti-terror raids in Brussels, and the country’s federal home affairs minister directly referred to the console when discussing how the terrorists could have communicated.