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BBC News
11 hours ago
- Business
- BBC News
Bat find stops march of Warhammer development
Games Workshop, the fantasy war miniatures firm, is facing a major new real world challenge - a its successful Warhammer series features clawed monsters and armoured soldiers, its plans are being held up a 4cm (1.6 ins) pipistrelle flying animal has been found on the site of a planned car park nears its Nottingham company said it was "carefully looking after" the guest but did not reveal how long it was expected to stay. The pipistrelle is the UK's smallest and most common bat, weighing about 5g (0.17 oz) but capable of eating about 3,000 insects a is protected in the UK under the Wildlife and Countryside Workshop's annual report revealed profits in the year to 1 June rose 29% to £ also admitted to two ongoing issues, firstly the imposition of tariffs on imports to the US and "the cute looking pipistrelle bat that is delaying our work on our new temporary car park". "We are carefully looking after the bat and we hope the uncertainty around tariffs is resolved soon," it said. The company said it had spent £2.1m on land at Willow Road to be used as a short-term car parking but with an option to develop it for production Workshop has been approached for comment on the extent of the delay and any cost implications.
The Guardian
4 days ago
- General
- The Guardian
Country diary: Some bats need a little help to get through the night
I remove a crumpled leaf from the lawn, but it moves as I touch it, soft and solid, not dry and brittle. I yelp. It's a bat. I grab a gardening glove and pick it up, noting the huge, gossamer-thin ears, each nearly as long as its body. A brown long-eared bat, mouth open, tiny little teeth showing. It makes a buzzing noise at me. The bat needs safety, so I find a cardboard box and try to drip a little water into its mouth. I leave it for half an hour in the shade, and when I come back, there is no movement. I think it's dead, but then the glazed open eye blinks – it's hanging on to life. Last summer, I erected a microphone on a two-metre pole attached to a device that records the frequencies emitted by bats. I share my garden with noctules, long-eared bats and pipistrelles in surprising numbers. I phone the Bat Conservation Trust helpline to seek advice. They're pleased that I wore gloves due to the risk of rabies. I'm given the number of some local volunteers, and soon Jane is on her way, returning from picking up a pipistrelle 40 miles away. She arrives and also wonders if the bat is alive – but it is, and thirsty too, rousing to accept water from a pipette. Jane says it is a female and likely pregnant. She finds a wound on her body, probably from a cat, and a tiny hole in the wing, which shouldn't be problematic for future flight. Jane will give her oral antibiotics, food and hydration – a chance to recover. She explains that lots of bats have needed help this year, possibly because the extended dryness is forcing them to fly lower to the ground to find insects, making them more vulnerable to predators. I get deeply attached to creatures I rescue, so I'm thrilled when my pregnant bat makes it through the night. A week later, Jane gets in touch to say that, sadly, the bat has died. In response, I decide to improve my garden for bats: simple measures like avoiding pesticides, making sure it is unlit, and growing night‑flowering plants such as evening primrose and night‑scented stock to bring nocturnal pollinators for bats to eat. 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
CTV News
24-07-2025
- Sport
- CTV News
MLB superstar uses bat made by former London Majors
MLB superstar uses bat made by former London Majors Vladimir Guerrero Jr. used a bat made by Windsor-area and former London Majors players at batting practice. CTV London's Brent Lale reports.
ABC News
04-07-2025
- Health
- ABC News
How can we prevent infection of the deadly lyssavirus?
A man in NSW has become the first ever NSW resident known to have died from Lyssavirus. The man in his 50s became ill after contracting the disease passed on by a bat. Dr Alison Peel is a veterinarian and wildlife disease ecologist at the University of Sydney explains how to prevent transmission of the virus.
CTV News
03-07-2025
- Health
- CTV News
Australian man dies from ‘extremely rare' bat bite virus
Sydney, Australia -- An Australian man has died from an 'extremely rare' rabies-like infection transmitted by a bat bite, health officials said Thursday. The man in his 50s was bitten by a bat carrying Australian bat lyssavirus several months ago, the health service in New South Wales said. 'We express our sincere condolences to the man's family and friends for their tragic loss,' NSW Health said in a statement. 'While it is extremely rare to see a case of Australian bat lyssavirus, there is no effective treatment for it.' The man from northern New South Wales, who has not been identified, was this week listed as being in a 'critical condition' in hospital. Officials said he was treated following the bite and they were investigating to see whether other exposures or factors played a role in his illness. The virus -- a close relative to rabies, which does not exist in Australia -- is transmitted when bat saliva enters the human body through a bite or scratch. First symptoms can take days or years to appear. Early signs of the disease are flu-like -- a headache, fever and fatigue, the health service said. The victim's condition rapidly deteriorates, leading to paralysis, delirium, convulsions and death. There were only three previous cases of human infection by Australian bat lyssavirus since it was first identified in 1996 -- all of them fatal. 'Coma and death' People should avoid touching or handling bats, as any bat in Australia could carry lyssavirus, the New South Wales health service said. Only wildlife handlers who are trained, protected, and vaccinated should interact with the flying mammals, it warned. 'If you or someone you know is bitten or scratched by a bat, you need to wash the wound thoroughly for 15 minutes right away with soap and water and apply an antiseptic with anti-virus action,' it said. 'Patients then require treatment with rabies immunoglobulin and rabies vaccine.' The virus has been found in species of flying foxes and insect-eating microbats, NSW Health said. The species of bat involved in the latest fatality has not been identified. 'Australian bat lyssavirus is very closely related to rabies and will cause death in susceptible people if they become infected and are not treated quickly,' said James Gilkerson, infectious diseases expert at the University of Melbourne. The virus was first identified in May 1996 by scientists at the national science agency CSIRO, who examined brain tissue from a flying fox that had been showing 'nervous signs' in New South Wales. Later that year, a bat handler in Queensland became ill. 'The initial numbness and weakness suffered in her arm progressed to coma and death,' the science agency said in an online document on the virus. 'Two further cases in Queensland -- a woman in 1998 and an eight year old boy in 2013 -- resulted in death after being bitten or scratched by a bat,' it said. There are subtle differences between the lyssavirus in flying foxes and insectivorous bats, the science agency has found. Infected bats can transmit the virus to people, other bats and other mammals.
