Jessi and Augusto introduce two animals who were rescued from neglect and abuse. They need some tlc and medical care to get to a happy and healthy place. Animal Wonders is happy to be able to help them.

Jack, Luke and Saul are The AutistiX, the UK’s premier autistic rock group. The boys are a tight-knit friendship group, expressing themselves through rock and roll in a way that they struggle to off the stage. Can they impress the crowds...

Anna White was 15 when she had her appendix removed at the Royal Albert Edward infirmary in Wigan, Greater Manchester. The surgery appeared to go well, but in recovery she suffered a cardiac arrest and stopped breathing. The lack of...

Far away from pomp and ritual, John Harris and John Domokos spend time in three places where the themes of the Elizabethan age played out: Milton Keynes, inner-city Birmingham, and a former Yorkshire pit village. What emerges is a much...

Pastor Mick Fleming has devoted all of his time in this lockdown to supporting the poorest communities in Burnley. But his life hasn’t always been this way. He tells us how he swapped a life of crime ​for delivering food parcels​ seven...

Rough N Rowdy offers local hopefuls, most with limited skills and little training, the chance to win $1,000 and make a name for themselves in the boxing ring. The event is being broadcast by Barstool Sports, whose CEO, Dave Portnoy,...

Greece’s population is falling fast, with low birth rates and economic instability hitting its island communities hardest. An unconventional new organisation, Hope Genesis, is attempting to inject life back into these remote areas...

‘I’m British. Island mentality innit.’ A bailiff clears out the house of an unsuspecting couple, but is angered by their surprise. Why should he care – British values have always put individualism at the cost of everything else haven’t...

Peter Krykant, who operates a van in Glasgow where people can safely take illegal drugs, is running for Holyrood as part of a campaign calling for the Scottish government to establish legal sites. A former heroin addict, he is pushing...

Shocked by a series of stabbings in his area of east London, Courtney Barrett set up his own knife amnesty in an effort to get blades off the streets. As he collects 25 knives from members of the public outside Leytonstone tube station,...

When Jared turned 20 in November, it was only his second birthday since the age of 11 that he spent out of detention, hundreds of kilometres from his home. Here he tells Guardian Australia reporter Melissa Davey his story and speaks of...

Mark Starr died on the streets of Glasgow earlier this year; his family found out five weeks later on social media. As part of the Guardian’s empty doorway series we retraced his final steps alongside his brother Tony. Did Mark have...

Online videos of soothing sounds known as ASMR (autonomous sensory meridian response) are increasingly popular. Fans enjoy the relaxing effects of these ‘head orgasms’. Here, the makers of ASMR YouTube channels including WhisperAudios,...

Bicycle helmets are compulsory in countries such as Australia and New Zealand, among others, but as the Guardian's Peter Walker explains this does not help save lives. Despite a series of helmet promotion campaigns in the UK, a growing...

Queenstown, on the remote west coast of Tasmania, is known for two things: copper mining and the harsh gravel oval that is home to the local Australian rules football team. A series of deaths at the Mount Lyell mine brought operations to...

US states are using algorithms to figure out whether people are eligible for public benefits and how much care they should receive. But it isn't without its problems. For example, in Arkansas a combination of design decisions and...

One morning in June 2020, graffiti reading RIP SENI appeared emblazoned across a public artwork outside the Bethlem royal hospital, a psychiatric hospital in south London. The spray-painted letters drew attention to Olaseni Lewis, a...

There are an estimated 150 million street children around the world. We speak to young people from Pakistan, Burundi and Brazil about the role sport has had in getting them off the streets

Jessi Shares Zapper, the Alexandrine Parakeet's rescue story and adventures so far at Animal Wonders. Zapper never stops vocalizing (and it can get loud), so headphone wearers BE WARNED!!

Meet Tickles the hedgehog! She's adorable and grumpy and loves to push things off edges. She also poops... a lot.

While Romeo is settling in at Animal Wonders, see how and why he found his way here and learn all that went into the decision to take him in.

Meet Tali the Argentine Black and White Tegu! She just joined the crew at Animal Wonders and she's already settled in and we're becoming great friends. Check out her new home and get to know her!

Learn what a macaw is, where they come from, and how to care for them in captivity.

How does an educational outreach and rescue organization keep going day after day? By having fun! And also raising funds. Jessi shares the most recent adventure in fundraising at Animal Wonders' annual event, Bowling For Animals. How...