Author: MEGAN SPECIA
As Pandemic Threatens Britain’s Mental Health, These ‘Fishermen’ Fight Back
A charity called the Bearded Fishermen has begun a nightly suicide-prevention patrol around a town in England, looking for people in crisis.
Scotland Is 1st Nation to Make Period Products Free
The Scottish Parliament voted unanimously to pass a measure that makes free period products available to anyone who needs them, the first country to do so.
Two Darwin Notebooks, Missing for Decades, Were Most Likely Stolen
Cambridge University Library, which long thought it had misplaced the cultural treasures, has now made a public appeal for information on their whereabouts. The local police have notified Interpol.
Abolitionist Is Earliest Black Londoner Honored With Blue Plaque
Ottobah Cugoano, who became a writer and campaigner after surviving slavery in the West Indies, has been honored by a heritage program that long focused on white men.
Dublin Zoo Pleaded for Pandemic Help. Supporters Gave $1.2 Million in Hours.
The zoo, a popular tourist spot that’s regarded as a national treasure, warned that it might have to close permanently as Ireland endures its second coronavirus lockdown.
U.K. Diplomat Is Praised in China After Saving Drowning Woman
Relations between Britain and China are tense, but Stephen Ellison, the British consul general in Chongqing, was hailed as a hero for rescuing a woman who had fallen into a river.