Coal mining created community and culture. Can clean energy do the same?
Getty Images Despite the dangers, companionship was fostered in coal mines (Credit: Getty Images) It was dirty and dangerous, but coal mining also cultivated pride, companionship, and art, writes Richard Smyth. Could communities living alongside wind turbines or solar panels embrace their own forms of industrial culture? The age of coal may be drawing to […]
Northampton Saints fans to create synchronised light show
CUE Audio CUE Audio have produced light displays for other clubs in the UK, including Aston Villa Premiership champions Northampton Saints have called on fans to use their mobile phones to create a synchronised light show to welcome players on to the pitch. The club said Friday’s game would be the first time such a […]
All five One Direction albums return to the Top 40
Getty Images Liam Payne and Harry Styles perform with One Direction in 2013 A week after Liam Payne’s death in Argentina, all five of One Direction’s albums have returned to the UK charts. The band’s third album, Midnight Memories, leads the field, re-entering the chart at number 13, with sales and streams increasing 517% week-on-week, […]
Villagers begin campaign to buy last remaining pub in Ickleton
Ickleton Lion Ickleton Lionhearted is trying to raise the funds needed to buy the Lion and open it as a community-owned pub Villagers are trying to raise £450,000 to save their last remaining pub. The Ickleton Lion, Cambridgeshire, opened as a public house in 1728 but has closed and was put up for sale by […]
The people who work inside the eye of a hurricane
Getty Images (Credit: Getty Images) The centre of a hurricane is the focus of its power. But for scientists and early-responders, it can also offer life-saving opportunities. It may seem calm, but the eye of a hurricane is essentially an enormous trap. Inside this arena of relative rest, ferocious winds fall away, thunderclouds are replaced […]
What’s next for the Menendez brothers?
Menendez brothers: Murder case that has divided America takes new turn Erik and Lyle Menendez, two brothers convicted of murdering their parents more than three decades ago, are likely to move one step closer to being released from prison. The brothers are currently serving life in prison without the possibility of parole in California. But […]
Who was Dawn Sturgess and how was she poisoned?
Family handout An independent inquiry into the death of Dawn Sturgess, who was poisoned by the nerve agent Novichok in Salisbury in 2018, has opened. It will hear evidence about links between her death and the attempted murder of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia earlier that year. The UK security […]
Firms say £19 a year rise is not enough
Getty Images A proposed average 21% hike in bills in England and Wales won’t be enough to address problems including sewage leaks, water firms have warned. The firms are in a standoff with regulator Ofwat over proposed bill rises. Ofwat has said it wants firms to limit rises for households to an average of £19 […]
Murderer Jeffrey Gafoor has parole hearing
South Wales Police/PA Media Lynette White was murdered in a flat in Cardiff’s docklands in 1988 A murderer at the centre of one of Wales’ most notorious killings will make his case to be freed from prison later. Lynette White was stabbed more than 50 times and had her throat slit in a Cardiff docklands […]
Paul Mescal was cast in Gladiator II after ’30-minute Zoom call’
PA Media Mescal has previously starred in Aftersun, All of Us Strangers and Normal People Paul Mescal has revealed he was cast in Gladiator II after a 30-minute Zoom call with director Ridley Scott. The Irish actor is set to star alongside Denzel Washington in the sequel to 2000’s Gladiator, released next month. Speaking to […]