RAF probes sex attack

The RAF is investigating an “offensive video” in which troops reportedly appeared to sexually assault an airman in an initiation ritual.

A spokeswoman said that the RAF Police Special Investigation Branch is looking into the incident.

A naked airman was allegedly held down by drunken troops before they allegedly assaulted him.

An RAF spokeswoman said: “It would be inappropriate to comment further while investigations are ongoing.”

THE US city of Philadelphia is dimming its lights to try to prevent migrating birds from slamming into skyscrapers and crashing onto pavements.

Bird Safe Philly announced the Lights Out Philly initiative, a voluntary programme in which as many external and internal lights in buildings are turned off or dimmed at night during the spring and autumn.

The coalition, which includes Audubon Mid-Atlantic, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, the Delaware Valley Ornithological Club and two local Audubon chapters, formed after the city’s largest mass-collision event in 70 years was reported last October.

Hundreds of dead birds were found around the city.

Birds navigate during migration using celestial cues and when they cannot see stars on a cloudy night they get confused by bright city lights, according to experts.

Scientists estimate between 365 million and one billion birds are killed by collisions with buildings or other outdoor structures in the US every year.