Colombian ‘miracle’ children found alive 40 days after Amazon jungle plane crash

Colombian ‘miracle’ children found alive 40 days after Amazon jungle plane crash

The Indigenous children – one of whom was just 11 months old – are thought to have eaten food dropped by rescuers and used their own ancestral knowledge

Mat Youkee in Bogotá and agencies

Malnourished and covered in insect bites, four Indigenous children were rescued alive from the Colombian Amazon on Friday afternoon, 40 days after the plane they were travelling in crashed into the jungle.

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‘I feel like a kid again’: CJ Ujah returns to the track and targets redemption in Paris

‘I feel like a kid again’: CJ Ujah returns to the track and targets redemption in Paris

Exclusive by Ben Bloom

Having served a 22-month ban for failing a drugs test, the sprinter wants to make up for lost time after making a low-key return

Hidden in plain sight among the teenagers and pensioners who have paid their £14 entry fee to compete at the Lee Valley Sprint Night is a Team GB star who has not stepped onto the track since failing a drugs test at the Tokyo Olympics; a contrite athlete seeking a new beginning.

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