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The Guardian
2 days ago
- The Guardian
Country diary: This hardy survivor is brightening up the moors
From high on the Allendale moors, I can see right to the Scottish border and the soft blue outline of the Cheviot Hills. Below me, the West Allen Valley holds deeper colours, the land green and bounded with stone walls or dotted with small woods. Shadows thrown by the early evening light pick out every feature: streams, cleughs, barns and farms, mining spoil and ruins – a record of the land. The wind is warm, buffeting the cottongrass that stretches across the boggy ground and along the roadside ditch. It's a boom year for this beautiful plant, perhaps due to the dry spring putting the plants under stress. A sedge rather than a grass, Eriophorum angustifolium flourishes in its harsh moorland environment, sending out underground rhizomes where few other plants will grow; a line of snow poles shows what the winters are like. The plant's ability to survive here gives it the alternative name of bog cotton. Today, the wind sets every fluffy seedhead in bobbing motion, dancing with light like the choppy scintillations of waves. The discreet greenish flowers could be easily missed. It's those downy cottonwool plumes that enable wind dispersal that have been used to stuff pillows and make candle wicks, and dress wounds during the first world war. Plug plants of cottongrass are being planted by the North Pennines National Landscape to restore degraded blanket bog. Binding the surface of the peat together with their wandering roots, they prevent further erosion. In other benefits, the female black grouse that I occasionally see up here feed on the flower heads, giving them a source of protein and energy before laying eggs in spring. The larvae of large heath butterflies feed on a similar species, the hare's tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum. For a brief time, the moor is transformed in white and I come up here to revel in the spectacle and feel the peace. Swallows swoop to pick up insects off the road. A hare lopes through the tussocks as a lark delivers a stream of notes above. Then a curlew lifts off, beats its wings before gliding, its ecstatic bubbling song ending in a drawn-out plaintive note. Under the Changing Skies: The Best of the Guardian's Country Diary, 2018-2024 is published by Guardian Faber; order at and get a 15% discount
Yahoo
11-05-2025
- Yahoo
Man is abducted from Cheviot Hills home, released in Glendale, police say
Five people broke into a home in West Los Angeles, tied up the occupants and kidnapped a man, later releasing him near a gas station in Glendale, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. At about 1:30 a.m. Saturday, police were alerted to a home invasion in the 9800 block of Vicar Street in the Cheviot Hills neighborhood. Four, possibly five, men wearing masks and all black were reported to have broken in, and they had at least one firearm, said Los Angeles Police Officer Drake Madison. The assailants abducted a man wearing blue boxer shorts, also stealing an iPhone, iPad and Apple watch, Madison said. The other victims in the house were tied up, according to Madison. He noted that LAPD officers, after arriving at the house, called an ambulance for a 35-year-old pregnant woman suffering from an anxiety attack. The man who was abducted was let go 22 miles away, next to a gas station in the 2100 block of Verdugo Boulevard, near where the 210 Freeway intersects with the 2 Freeway on the border of Glendale and the unincorporated area of Montrose. There were no reports that an ambulance was called for the man, Madison said. The abductors were last seen in a black pickup truck. Detectives have been canvassing the neighborhood and going through any surveillance videos for leads. Anyone with information is asked to call the Los Angeles Police Department. Those wishing to remain anonymous can call Los Angeles Regional Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477 or go to Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
CBS News
11-05-2025
- CBS News
Man kidnapped during home invasion in upscale Los Angeles neighborhood
A man was kidnapped from his home in Cheviot Hills during a robbery early Saturday morning, police say. It happened at around 1:30 a.m. in the 9800 block of Vicar Street, according to Los Angeles police. They say that five armed suspects wearing masks broke into the home and possibly took the homeowner with them when they fled. The man was found unharmed more than two hours later at a Circle K station in the 2100 block of Verdugo Boulevard in Glendale, about 20 miles away from his home, police said. It's unclear what the suspects took from the home before fleeing. No arrests have been reported by police. Neighbors told CBS News Los Angeles that the family living in the home only moved in about a week ago.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Yahoo
Man kidnapped from West L.A. home, dumped at gas station 22 miles away
A man who was kidnapped from his residence in West Los Angeles during a reported home invasion was rescued after the suspects let him out at a gas station in Montrose, according to police. Los Angeles Police Department Officer Eisenman confirmed to KTLA that units were dispatched to the 9800 block of Vicar Street in the Cheviot Hills neighborhood around 3:25 a.m. Saturday to investigate a home invasion. Officer Eisenman could not confirm whether any valuables were taken but did say that a man was kidnapped from the home by four Hispanic male suspects who may have been armed. Man, 46, sought by authorities and family after not being seen for over a week A crime broadcast was put out regarding the kidnapping; however, the victim was dropped off at a gas station located in the 2100 block of Verdugo Boulevard in Montrose, over 22 miles away from Cheviot Hills. The unidentified victim sought assistance from the gas station clerk and was able to call 911. He was not injured in the incident. The suspects are still outstanding, and detectives are actively investigating the case and searching for surveillance video. No further details were released. Sofia Pop Perez contributed to this report. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
