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“Dreaming Whilst Black”, a new BBC comedy “about a man who quits his corporate career to try to cut it as a filmmaker”, is itself the product of creator and star Adjani Salmon’s decision to leave a steady job to pursue his dream, said Dan Einav in the Financial Times.…

A thin stretch of the eastern Pacific Ocean has been getting colder for the past 30 years, defying the broad global trend and baffling scientists.

When liberals in California decided to effectively decriminalise thefts under $950, by downgrading such crimes to mere misdemeanours, the effects were “tediously predictable”, said Zoe Strimpel in The Daily Telegraph. Shoplifting soared – and San Francisco became so lawless, “some of America’s biggest chains” left the city’s downtown. 

A farmer from Kansas planted 1.2 million sunflowers as a surprise anniversary present for his wife. Lee Wilson, who met his partner Renee at high school, told reporters that he’d asked himself “What’s a guy get his gal on their 50th?”, then decided to sow an 80-acre field four miles…

“Just stop worrying” has been voted the most frustrating and futile advice in a survey of 2,000 British adults. Some 42% of those polled said it was the worst or most pointless suggestion they had been given. Other annoying pieces of advice cited in the poll included “revenge is sweet”,…

If you clung on to your childhood collection of Beanie Babies in the vague hope that, some day, they might be worth a fortune, then your story is about to hit the big screen. 

Analysts are considering the political and legal implications for Donald Trump as he faces criminal charges for efforts to overturn 2020 election.

Hospital admissions for life-threatening allergic reactions have increased from 12,361 in 2002-03 to 25,721 in the past year, latest NHS figures show.

Rishi Sunak’s announcement that he will allow more drilling in the North Sea has led to new questions over the future of UK energy policy.

The UK is headed for yet another by-election in the constituency of Rutherglen and Hamilton West, viewed as a bellwether for the strength of Scottish Labour’s recovery – and an indicator of who may win the next general election.

A ruling that members of the public have the right to wild-camp in Dartmoor National Park has been welcomed by “right-to-roam” activists who claim that swathes of England’s countryside are unfairly off limits.