Gardening could be the hobby that helps you live to 100
Alamy Community gardens like the one in Davie Village, Vancouver, Canada, enable urban residents to experience the benefits of farming fresh food (Credit: Alamy) Many of the world’s centenarians share one common hobby: gardening. Could you extend your life and drop your stress by taking up the pursuit, too? Dan Buettner has studied five places […]
Uefa Women’s U19 Championship: Northern Ireland 1-1 Scotland
It was an entertaining match at a sunny Mourneview Park with the Scots carving out the best chances in the first half. Hanson beat two defenders before blazing just over before NI keeper Lauren Perry superbly tipped a powerful shot from Claire Adams onto the bar. Amy Gallacher screwed her shot wide of the NI […]
Humza Yousaf’s first FMQs hit by series of disruptions
Climate change protests disrupt Humza Yousaf’s first session of first minister’s questions Eleven protesters who disrupted Humza Yousaf’s First Minister’s Questions (FMQs) debut face a six-month ban from parliament’s public gallery. Mr Yousaf’s first FMQs session was hit by a series of disruptions from climate activists. The public gallery in the Holyrood chamber was eventually […]
How the White Helmets and James Le Mesurier got pulled into a deadly battle for truth
Mayday Rescue A White Helmet rescues a child from a bombed building The British man behind the Syrian civil defence group, the White Helmets, found himself at the centre of a battle to control the narrative of the Syrian war. Russian and Syrian propagandists accused his teams of faking evidence of atrocities – and convinced […]
Burnout is rising in the land of work-life balance
Benoît Derrier Sweden is famous for championing a balanced lifestyle, but the number of young people being signed off work with severe stress is mushrooming. This is the first story in our Nordic Way series, that examines life in Scandinavia and beyond. If you’re aware of global stereotypes about Sweden, working life in the Nordic […]
GB cycling coach Shane Sutton predicts ‘great’ Rio Olympics
In 2009, Britain followed the 2008 Beijing Olympics, external with nine medals at the World Championships in Poland,, external but only two were gold. This time around, their 16-strong squad included six senior world debutants and eight riders aged 20 or younger. Becky James, 21, was the star of the show, winning the sprint and […]
US under pressure over evacuation deadline
AFP Afghan refugees have been arriving in the US The US is being pressed by allies to delay its withdrawal from Afghanistan to allow more time for evacuating those who want to flee the country, now that it is run by Taliban militants. US troops controlling Kabul airport – the only one in the country […]
How internet that’s beamed from space could create new jobs
Getty Images Four billion people lack internet access. Satellite internet could change that. But will the jobs created be good ones? It’s lunchtime in Mumbai. Millions of workers are looking forward to a meal. For some, that means being handed their lunchbox by a dabbawala – a delivery, usually via bicycle, that has been a […]
Track World Cup: Ed Clancy – I’m not the next Chris Hoy
However, in 18-year-old Elinor Barker, Britain has an able replacement. Barker, who has the world junior road time-trial and European junior individual pursuit titles on her CV, is unlikely to be overawed, having also won team pursuit silver for Wales in the first World Cup event in Colombia in October. Fellow Welsh rider Becky James, […]
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie voted best Women’s Prize for Fiction winner
PA Media Adichie said the prize “first brought a wide readership to my work” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel Half of a Yellow Sun has been voted the best book to have won the Women’s Prize for Fiction in its 25-year history. The Nigerian-born author, who won the prize in 2007, was chosen in a public […]