PA Media The deals were given the go-ahead by Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner Devolution deals for Hull and East Yorkshire and for Lincolnshire have been agreed by the government. If approved by Parliament, mayors will be elected in May... Read more
It is official – this really was a poor summer in the UK and Ireland. According to Met Office figures it was the coolest in almost a decade – though still above the 1961-1990 average, showing the recent warming trend.... Read more
At one Canadian airport, removing laptops and liquids from your carry-on at security is a thing of the past, thanks to a fresh use of half-century-old technology.
This month, Vancouver became the first flight hub in the country... Read more
‘Some teachers thought a girl wasn’t up to it,” says a veteran female teacher with a weary roll of the eye. It’s some time in the 1990s, and a posh boarding school in northern India has just appointed a girl... Read more
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A baggage handler, doubling as a luggage guru, has dished out an essential bit of guidance for Brits preparing for getaways: avoid packing four specific items. Particularly those heading to spots in the European Union must heed advice about excluding... Read more
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Federico Viticci of MacStories assembled an impressively thorough list of such desires earlier this year, ranging from a fix for the iPad’s surprisingly rudimentary file management capabilities to an improvement for its “fractured mess” of multitasking shortfalls: iPadOS’s multitasking …... Read more
For over a year, Pierre Poilievre and his team have been putting out a remarkably disciplined message: we are not the Liberals. Campaigns are about contrast, and in its dark appraisal of the country’s current state, the Conservative Party has... Read more
Mary Fowler and her Matildas never did get to play in Paris at the Olympics after their group-stage flop in the south of France. But a month after she had rather hoped to be shining there, the Australian star finally... Read more
Nicole Kidman is today known as one of the most beautiful and successful actresses of the last three decades, with an Oscar, Golden Globes and two Emmys. But as a teenager the mother-of-four has now revealed that she was often... Read more
Light can get away with an impossibly fast journey due to quantum fuzziness Михаил Руденко/Getty Images/iStockphoto In the quantum realm, seemingly impossible things are happening every day. Thanks to quantum effects, a particle of light can exit a cloud of... Read more
My sister-in-law introduced us to this authentic wild rice recipe years ago, and it quickly became one of our favourites. It combines the earthy, nutty flavours of wild rice with a fresh mix of vegetables and a savoury hit of... Read more
Tottenham needed two late goals from Djed Spence and Brennan Johnson to beat second-tier Coventry 2-1 and avoid a shock League Cup exit on Wednesday. Spurs were headed to a third consecutive defeat when Brandon Thomas-Asante fired the Championship side... Read more