An English town installed a six-metre swing bridge whose deck contains the equivalent of 140 recycled plastic bottles per square metre and can be manually opened for passing boats

Mahala Ashley Dickerson broke several barriers during her six-decade legal career. Born in Alabama in 1912, she became the state’s first Black female lawyer in 1948 before moving to Alaska. In 1958, she became Alaska’s first Black homesteader and later its first Black lawyer. Her career included major discrimination cases, legal honours and an autobiography.

In the Mendhar sector, two personnel from the Army Bomb Disposal Squad sustained injuries while trying to defuse a dangerous landmine. A nearby team later located and safely destroyed rusty mortar shells in the Mankote sector. The initial discovery of the landmine was made by an Army patrol, which promptly notified the bomb disposal unit.

Director Jude Anthany Joseph clarified the dog’s name Messi in ‘Thudakkam’ was not chosen by the team. The Labrador already responded to Messi when filming began, which led to its adoption. The screenplay had initially named the dog Harry, but it did not react to that name. Working with animals requires adapting to their natural…