Greenpeace activists today unveiled a model of the Noah’s Ark they built on Turkey’s Mount Ararat – the site the original Biblical Ark is said to have landed after the great flood – and appealed to world leaders to take immediate action against climate change.

AVIAN flu extended its grip on Europe yesterday, as Poland reported that two dead swans had the virulent H5N1 strain of the virus and Austria confirmed that several cats had been infected.