News Muncher - searching for magpie

3 weeks ago

Can UK's beloved fish and chips survive rising costs and closures?

Freshly cooked, piping hot fish and chips, sprinkled with salt and soused with vinegar, wrapped in paper and eaten out-of-doors on a cold and wintry day. In the book Development of Fish and Chips: The Powerhouse of the Victorian Working Class, author Nick Schuima writes, “By the 1860s, fish and chips as street food had transformed London’s working class… sustained …

Wales London British Fish Fried Chips Chippy

1 month, 2 weeks ago

A visit to Seychelles’ Silhouette Island, home to the rarest bat in the world

The Hindu

On his lazy morning stroll, Jonathan hears the familiar footsteps of Rico Payet, who is bringing him some leaves to chew. Jonathan, an Aldabra giant tortoise basks in the sun at Hilton Seychelles Labriz Resort and Spa at Silhouette Island. Today, they have been relocated across various islands in Seychelles to boost their chances of survival.” The whole of Silhouette …

Rico Island Seychelles Silhouette Island Silhouette

1 month, 2 weeks ago

BBC releases THREE gripping new dramas this month ripe for binge-watching - here's everything we know so far

Daily Mail

BBC viewers are in for a treat as the broadcaster has released not one but THREE gripping new dramas for this month to binge watch. BBC viewers are in for a treat as the broadcaster has released not one but THREE gripping new dramas for this month to binge watch - among them Moonflower Murders Moonflower Murders is a sequel …

Bbc Crown Murders Mackenzie Horowitz This Month Gripping Drama

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Daisy Ridley on the Star Wars backlash: ‘I literally couldn’t sleep’

The Telegraph

It was after shooting her new film Magpie that Daisy Ridley began feeling terrible. The 32-year-old British actress who experienced a near vertical rise to fame when she won a starring role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens a decade ago was “shattered” when the film wrapped, she tells me. She was experiencing some dramatic symptoms, though – weight loss, …

Ridley

2 months, 3 weeks ago

We just want to rescue Molly the Magpie from a catastrophic end. Instead people are threatening to KILL us

Daily Mail

EXCLUSIVE Wildlife rescue volunteers say they have received death threats for trying to stop Molly the Magpie from being kept with a Queensland couple's pet Staffordshire terriers. Molly and her canine companions, Peggy and Ruby, live together with Juliette Wells and Reece Mortensen in their Gold Coast home and have become social media stars The volunteer said magpies were not …

Wildlife Rescue Volunteer Supreme Court Threats Death Threats End

3 months ago

Vomiting muttonbirds, swooping magpies, plovers faking injuries among birds' defences when nesting

ABC

Spring has sprung and for many Australians that means keeping an eye on the skies for the ever-looming threat of aerial bombardment. Professor of animal behaviour at the University of New England Paul McDonald said many seabird hatchlings, particularly muttonbirds, would vomit on potential threats, including humans. Leave them be While there are many ways birds can protect their nests …

Birds Bird Mcdonald Nest Dr Mcdonald Paul Mcdonald Muttonbirds

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Newcastle 2-1 Tottenham PLAYER RATINGS: Which Magpie 'continues to go from strength-to-strength'? But who 'needs to do more in big games'? And which Spurs star was 'unusually quiet'?

Daily Mail

Newcastle weren't at their best but picked up the three points against Tottenham Alexander Isak netted a late tap-in at St James' Park to hand Newcastle a huge 2-1 victory over top-four rivals Tottenham on Sunday. Alexander Isak scored the crucial winning goal as Newcastle beat Tottenham 2-1 on Sunday Harvey Barnes struck for Newcastle in the 37th minute, giving …

Second Goal Spurs Half Minute Murphy Newcastle

3 months, 3 weeks ago

I find it difficult to tell what are right and wrong choices: Roshan Mathew

Hindustan Times

New Delhi, Actor Roshan Mathew says it's difficult to determine the "right" or "wrong" choices in his career as traditional metrics like box office success aren't always the best indicators. I find it difficult to tell what are right and wrong choices: Roshan Mathew A film might perform well commercially, but that doesn't necessarily mean it was the right choice …

Malayalam Hindi Film Mathew Right Choices Roshan Mathew Wrong Choices Roshan

4 months, 3 weeks ago

北京最聪明的鸟是东方喜鹊吗？

China Daily

A collector shows a magpie-themed stamp at a post office in Suzhou, East China's Jiangsu province, Aug 28, 2017. Once considered a subspecies of the Eurasian magpie, Terry Townshend, a birding expert and founder of Birding Beijing, says the bird has recently been given full species status by taxonomic authorities. Oriental Magpies have black and white plumage with slightly blue …

Birds Bird Beijing Magpie Magpies Oriental Magpies Xǐ Què

5 months, 1 week ago

Peggy the Staffy and Molly the magpie to get their own TV show

Daily Mail

The unlikely friendship between Molly the magpie and Peggy the Staffordshire terrier is expected to gain a huge new international audience with the announcement of a new animated series about the pair. The series will feature animated characters of Molly, Peggy and Ruby and additional characters, including Sarg the Jack Russell terrier. Fans of Molly the magpie will be treated …

Friendship Series Animated Molly Peggy

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Fears for Molly the magpie after 'owners' makes ominous post

Daily Mail

Fans of Molly the magpie have raised their concerns for the bird's health following an ominous social media post from the animal's owners. Molly the magpie's owners posted a Photoshopped picture showing the bird and its canine friend looking into each other's eyes on the Peggy and Molly Instagram account on Sunday. Molly's owners elaborated on the post in the …

Owners Post Molly Peggy

8 months, 1 week ago

The footage melting hearts across Australia: Molly the Magpie settles back into hishome after being separated from his family for 45 days

Daily Mail

Molly the Magpie has cherished his first day back at home, with heartwarming footage showing him being reunited with his human family and Staffordshire Terrier friends. Molly, the Inst-famous magpie, is back with his Staffy friends and human carers 45 days after he was seized by wildlife authorities Video showed Molly charging around the house with his wings out, having …

Friends Instagram Molly Ruby Peggy Facebook 45 Days

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Dame Prue Leith, 84, makes catwalk debut wearing garments made using waste from King’s Sandringham estate

The Independent

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about …

Fashion Our Weekly Guide Latest Trends Prue Vin Dame Prue Leith Dame Prue

8 months, 4 weeks ago

Authorities seize Instagram-famous magpie, ending friendship with English staffy

ABC

In short: A wildlife carer says it took the Department of Environment too long to remove a magpie from potential harm. A veteran wildlife carer says authorities endangered the life of a magpie by failing to act on its unlikely pairing with an English staffy. The department said the magpie was "taken from the wild and kept unlawfully with no …

Department Wild Molly Peggy Desi Magpie Juliette Wells

9 months, 2 weeks ago

Daisy Ridley reveals what it was REALLY like to work with her husband Tom Bateman on set of upcoming movie Magpie

Daily Mail

Daisy Ridley has revealed what it was like to work with her husband Tom Bateman in the upcoming movie Magpie. Daisy Ridley, 31, has revealed what it was like to work with her husband Tom Bateman, 34, in the upcoming movie Magpie The actress, who keeps her relationship with Tom Bateman tightly under wraps, confirmed their marriage in January after …

Social Media Actress Movie Her Husband Tom Rey Ridley

11 months ago

More people turn to 'magpie investing' by snapping up items like classic cars, whisky... and Pokémon cards

Daily Mail

One in 10 adults now invest in luxury products in the hope of making attractive returns in the future, data shows, but experts warn it's a risky strategy. Of the 1,000 magpie investors surveyed, they claim to have committed more than £40,000 each in luxury items, and almost half of respondents said they plan to make further investments over the …

Wine Luxury Investment Investments Index Investors Cent

11 months, 1 week ago

Mohit Raina, Roshan Mathew to star in SonyLIV’s ‘Kan Khajura’

The Hindu

SonyLIV has unveiled the cast for its new series Kan Khajura, the Hindi adaptation of the globally acclaimed Israeli crime drama Magpie. The lineup of Kan Khajura includes Mohit Raina, Roshan Mathew, Sarah Jane Dias, Mahesh Shetty, Ninad Kamat, Trinetra Haldar, Heeba Shah, and Usha Nadkarni. On joining the cast of Kan Khajura, Mohit Raina said in a statement, “Being …

Israeli Roshan Mathew Sonyliv Raina Roshan Mathew Mohit Raina Raina Roshan Kan Khajura

11 months, 1 week ago

Mohit Raina, Roshan Mathew, Sarah Jane Dias to star in 'Kan Khajura'

Hindustan Times

According to the makers, the upcoming show is the Hindi adaptation of the globally acclaimed Israeli crime thriller drama "Magpie". Mahadev" and web series "Mumbai Diaries", said being part of a thriller is always exciting yet demanding for any actor. Mahesh Shetty, Ninad Kamat, Trinetra Haldar, Heeba Shah, and Usha Nadkarni also round out the cast of "Kan Khajura". "Kan …

Kan Khajura

1 year ago

Behind the sumptuous, monstrous craft of ‘Poor Things’

Associated Press

NEW YORK — “Poor Things” is a Frankenstein-esque fantasia about a young woman reanimated by a demented surgeon, but the behind-the-scenes work that went into crafting the movie’s wildly warped world may be the film’s greatest act of mad science. “Poor Things,” based on Scottish novelist Alasdair Gray’s 1992 book, conjures an elaborately demented world as seen through the childlike …

London Film Price Poor Things Paris Set

1 year ago

Winters bring life to kabootarbaazi in Old Delhi bylanes

The Hindu

Between November and February, hundreds of pigeons are launched off terraces in the narrow lanes of Old Delhi daily from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., racing against each other to far-off places and returning to their exact locations. This traditional winter sport of pigeon racing, or kabootarbaazi, historically found patronage in the courts of Mughal emperors, but eventually spread across …

Mughal Pigeon Pigeons

1 year, 2 months ago

Doctors extract rakhis, nails from Punjab man’s stomach: Why do people swallow weird items?

Firstpost

Doctors in a hospital in Moga were stunned when they extracted several bizarre items, including earphones, screws and more, from a 40-year-old man’s stomach. On Thursday, doctors at the Medicity Hospital in Moga carried out a three-hour surgery on the man and extracted the weird items from his stomach. Other bizarre items ingested While the Punjab man has garnered headlines, …

Disorder Man Case Doctors Punjab Items Stomach

1 year, 3 months ago

Laura Kuenssberg interview: ‘I’m happy to set the record straight – the ratings are in rude health’

The Telegraph

In person, Kuenssberg is sinewy, smiley and surprisingly Scottish. I’m here to do my job, to hold politicians to account, to poke holes in their arguments and I think the work doesn’t require it… I don’t seek the spotlight beyond the actual job.” I point out that Sir Trevor Phillips, 69, her rival on Sky on a Sunday morning, recently …

Job Kuenssberg

1 year, 3 months ago

Many native bird species have suffered terribly since European settlement. Here are some that have thrived

ABC

When it comes to native Australian fauna, birds have been among the catastrophic losers since European settlement. Backyard appeal Nature writer Tanya Loos said "unnatural" spaces — such as suburban backyards – were as appealing to certain native birds as they are to Australian families. "That's why the best thing to prevent noisy miners from taking over – not just …

Birds Bird Species Native Chris Supplied Australian

1 year, 3 months ago

Frieda Hughes: On being an Australian poet watching the World Cup final with England fans

The Independent

Two friends up from London watched with bated breath As the Lionesses lost the World Cup to Spain; twenty-two women Tore up the pitch in search of a football, fighting for supremacy between penalties On an Australian Sunday. The ferret, freed to play, Skittered and bounced off the skirting boards; He backed himself into a corner, his brown-stockinged rubber-legged body …

Literary Festival

Filters

Search results for magpie

Can UK's beloved fish and chips survive rising costs and closures?

A visit to Seychelles’ Silhouette Island, home to the rarest bat in the world

BBC releases THREE gripping new dramas this month ripe for binge-watching - here's everything we know so far

Daisy Ridley on the Star Wars backlash: ‘I literally couldn’t sleep’

We just want to rescue Molly the Magpie from a catastrophic end. Instead people are threatening to KILL us

Vomiting muttonbirds, swooping magpies, plovers faking injuries among birds' defences when nesting

Newcastle 2-1 Tottenham PLAYER RATINGS: Which Magpie 'continues to go from strength-to-strength'? But who 'needs to do more in big games'? And which Spurs star was 'unusually quiet'?

I find it difficult to tell what are right and wrong choices: Roshan Mathew

北京最聪明的鸟是东方喜鹊吗？

Peggy the Staffy and Molly the magpie to get their own TV show

Fears for Molly the magpie after 'owners' makes ominous post

The footage melting hearts across Australia: Molly the Magpie settles back into hishome after being separated from his family for 45 days

Dame Prue Leith, 84, makes catwalk debut wearing garments made using waste from King’s Sandringham estate

Authorities seize Instagram-famous magpie, ending friendship with English staffy

Daisy Ridley reveals what it was REALLY like to work with her husband Tom Bateman on set of upcoming movie Magpie

More people turn to 'magpie investing' by snapping up items like classic cars, whisky... and Pokémon cards

Mohit Raina, Roshan Mathew to star in SonyLIV’s ‘Kan Khajura’

Mohit Raina, Roshan Mathew, Sarah Jane Dias to star in 'Kan Khajura'

Behind the sumptuous, monstrous craft of ‘Poor Things’

Winters bring life to kabootarbaazi in Old Delhi bylanes

Doctors extract rakhis, nails from Punjab man’s stomach: Why do people swallow weird items?

Laura Kuenssberg interview: ‘I’m happy to set the record straight – the ratings are in rude health’

Many native bird species have suffered terribly since European settlement. Here are some that have thrived

Frieda Hughes: On being an Australian poet watching the World Cup final with England fans