This huge 20-foot high agave plant has bloomed for the first time in 30 years at exactly the time there is no-one to see it, as the botanical park in Tenerife where it is based is locked down and closed to visitors. Even worse, now that it has bloomed, the…
Story By: Anastasia Smirnova, Sub-Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News A birthday message from beyond the grave has been found on top of a mountain after it was left there by a now-deceased climber for his daughter nearly 30 years ago. The note, dated 8th August 1990, was discovered by climber Mila Eremeeva on…
Story By: Alex Cope, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News This is the murderer who has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for burning his ex-girlfriend alive - injuring their baby son at the same time - because he had “the devil inside him”. Carlos Pena Flores, 39, has been sentenced to…
Story By: John Feng, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Asia Wire Report A man who suffered continual seizures for 30 years has been cured after doctors found a wriggling four-inch tapeworm - pictured here - inside his brain. The 59-year-old patient named as Mr Zhang said the episodes were so frequent he was having a…
