Trees in a park in Leicester are being felled because they have become infected with a harmful fungal spore that turns them black. Leicester City Council said 17 maple trees in Victoria Park were to ...

Now, we finally have an update, thanks to the San Francisco Chronicle: The new venture from Alice Waters appears to be called Bar Panisse, and may soon be ready to open (the Chronicle and SFGATE are ...

The signs of changing seasons throughout Santa Cruz County are subtle. We do not have blazing autumn forests or sudden blizzards to mark time. Instead, the Monterey Bay tells its own story through ...

The film explores the unique ecosystems of Midway and Wake Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Midway is a small, natural bird sanctuary home to various bird species, including the Albatross, which engage ...

This is the amusing moment an automatic doorway opened up with a burst of 1990's childhood memories. The creaky door to a doctor's practitioners in Birmingham, England sounded like the 1990's children ...

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And two other theme parks with lands inspired by children's TV characters AN award-winning theme park in Devon is home to a little-known Sooty-theme land where kids can watch live shows of their ...

Sooty, the Mayor of Ahuriri, gazes upon his loyal subjects on Ahuriri Beach. A black and white cat has worked his way up from the mean streets of a Napier suburb to become its honorary mayor and ...

Sooty, an app that helps users easily install, manage and switch between digital SIMs, is now available for download at Google Play and the Apple App Store. Sooty says it is simplifying travel ...

Vianen in Utrecht is hosting this year’s official arrival of Sinterklaas in the Netherlands on Saturday, the kick-off for three weeks of festivities ahead of the main December 5 present-giving event.