About 15,000 people were expected to gather for the annual bonfire night celebrations in Gravesend, Kent, on 2 November to see a display set off from a barge on the river. However, council officials said on Friday that they had been advised to put back the event until the beluga whale, who was first sighted in […]

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Marine pollution hasn’t gone away. There was a high level of media coverage calling for much more action to help remove PCBs from the environment. Benny the Beluga has been a pleasant distraction from the grim reality of our politics but he as affected by PCBs as other species higher in the food chain. PCB—still […]

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