Coastguards go on strike in Northern Ireland

Coastguards in Northern Ireland have gone on strike for the bank holiday weekend, and beachgoers are being warned to take caution as there will not be anyone to rescue them if they get into trouble. The strike is being called over a pay dispute. "People have been warned to...

Worried About Your Brain? Take Some Shakespeare

To stimulate your brain and fire it up, try Shakespeare, or so a study proves."n Shakespeare what is apparently a small matter is actually often a big deal made seemingly small only because it is happening at pace. The moment of a decision in Macbeth, of a death in Lear: they...

Scientists Find Oldest Living Animal, Then Kill It

"British marine biologists have found what may be the oldest living animal — that is, until they killed it."

Scientists Find Oldest Living Animal, Then Kill It

British marine biologists have found what may be the oldest living animal — that is, until they killed it. The team from Bangor University in Wales was dredging the waters north of Iceland as part of routine research when the unfortunate specimen, belonging to the clam...

Ming the clam is 'oldest animal'

"A clam dredged up off the coast of Iceland is thought to have been the longest-lived animal discovered. Scientists said the mollusc, an ocean quahog clam, was aged between 405 and 410 years and could offer insights into the secrets of longevity. Researchers from Bangor...

Blooming plant goes through roof

"A rare Mexican plant which flowers once in its lifetime has blossomed, smashing a glasshouse roof in the process. Scientists at Bangor University waited 28 years to see the Century plant, from which tequila can be made, bloom. A curator, who had planted the seed as a student...

Medieval women 'had girl power'

"A new study by an academic says that "girl power" was alive and kicking around 600 years ago. Dr Sue Niebrzydowski at Bangor university said medieval women enjoyed a golden era with a greater life expectancy than men. "We found women running priories, commissioning books,...

Racecourse Launch At Ex-Mine Site

"A £20m project to build the first National Hunt Racecourse in the UK for 80 years has been officially launched in Carmarthenshire. Construction of the racecourse on the site of a former open-cast mine at Trimsaran is already underway. The first racing on the Ffos Las course...

Thomas Cook Welsh Rule 'Unlawful'

"Travel agent Thomas Cook's request for Welsh speakers to discuss work in English "probably" breaks the law, says the Commission for Racial Equality. Its staff in Bangor, Gwynedd, were told that all work-related discussions with colleagues must be in English. Thomas Cook said...