As the sun rises over the white sand beaches and reddish-black waters of the Cubate River in the ­Brazilian Amazon, a shrill cry echoes through the thatched-roof houses in the Indigenous village of ...

Bird flu has ripped through the animal kingdom for the past few years now, killing countless birds and crossing into an alarming number of mammals. Yet people remain largely untouched. Even though ...

The ongoing spread of the highly pathogenic bird flu worldwide is reaching an “unprecedented” scale, a United Nations agency warned Monday. Speaking at a conference in Rome, key members of the ...

The really good thing is that everyone got out." The fire took hold in the thatch at the cottages Fire crews from 32 stations tackled the fire and Mr Williams said they "worked their socks off".

Residents in a Devon village say they have been left "devastated" after a "significant thatch fire" affecting two properties. Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said it was called to the ...

A large fire broke out at multiple thatched cottages in a Devon village overnight with dozens of crews called to tackle the blaze. Emergency services were called to Drewsteignton following reports ...

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When they arrived, they found a thatched roof “well alight” and got to work to try to extinguish it. They called for backup and two more fire engines were sent, followed by another four later. At 11pm ...

Food and agriculture experts from the United Nations issued a warning about a growing bird flu crisis amid widespread poultry infections and spillover into people and animals worldwide. Speaking ...

25 fire crews from across Devon have assisted with a blaze on a thatched roof of a property in Drewsteighton in West Devon. Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue were called to the village just after ...

More than a dozen fire engines and firefighters are tackling a major blaze at a property after its thatched roof caught fire. With aerial platforms and appliances responding from 14 stations ...