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Yesterday β€” 25 June 2024The Guardian

Stonehenge likely to be put on world heritage danger list over tunnel plan

25 June 2024 at 12:16

Unesco officials recommend adding Wiltshire stone circle amid fears road scheme would compromise its integrity

Stonehenge is likely to be put on a list of world heritage sites that are in danger because of the plan to build a tunnel under the precious landscape.

Unesco officials have recommended adding the Wiltshire stone circle and the area around it to the list because of concerns that the tunnel would β€œcompromise the integrity” of one of the Earth’s great prehistoric sites.

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Β© Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA

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Β© Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA

β€˜Male’ Brazilian rainbow boa produces 14 baby snakes in β€˜miracle birth’

25 June 2024 at 07:59

Misidentified reptile Ronaldo had not been in contact with any other snakes for at least nine years

The appearance of 14 baby snakes in a vivarium occupied by a Brazilian rainbow boa snake called Ronaldo was surprising on two counts.

First, staff at the City of Portsmouth college had thought Ronaldo was a male; second the 1.8-metre (6ft) long reptile had not been in contact with any other snakes for at least nine years.

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Β© Photograph: City of Portsmouth College/PA

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Β© Photograph: City of Portsmouth College/PA

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