A lost whale that swam 800 miles up the Amazon River died after a failed attempt to capture it and transport it back to the ocean.

An 18-foot-long minke whale that ran aground on a sandbar in the Amazon jungle got dislodged and disappeared in the Tapajos River, some 1,000 miles from the ocean, Brazilian media reported today.

The discovery of traces of radioactive waste in supermarket salmon justifies Ireland’s legal bid to close down Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant, it was claimed tonight.