Watford Gap: M1 services that hosted Stones and Beatles faces demolition UK’s oldest service station, which Jimi Hendrix mistook for a nightclub, to be replaced by EV-friendly development The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2023
School employee accused of chasing and hitting 3-year-old autistic boy Mother Taneshia Lindsay says her nonverbal son was doing nothing wrong prior to hallway attack The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2023
New coin in honour of JRR Tolkien to be released by the Royal Mint John Ronald Reuel Tolkien wrote 'The Hobbit' in 1937, followed by the high-fantasy fiction 'The Lord of the Rings' in 1954-55-- the rest, as they say, is history. The stories were not only hugely popular back then, but they are also widely read and appreciated even today. JRR Tolkien passed… The Times of India · Aug 19, 2023
J.R.R. Tolkien to be featured on a new coin by the Royal Mint Born in South Africa on January 3, 1892, author John Ronald Reuel Tolkien's 'The Hobbit' was published in 1937 followed by the first 'The Lord of the Rings' book in 1954. And the rest as they say is history. Now, over 50 years after his death, JRR Tolkien's works are… The Times of India · Jan 3, 2023
Far-right hate group Patriotic Alternative host event at Scots hotel leaving guests disgusted The Scotland branch of Patriotic Alternative held their conference at Stirling Highland Hotel before having a demonstration at Stirling Castle. Daily Record · Oct 10, 2022
NSW pill killer jailed over SA murder A Supreme Court judge has set a 25-year non-parole period for a NSW woman twice found guilty of murdering her SA partner with a cocktail of drugs. AAP · Sep 16, 2022
Wendie-Sue Dent again sentenced to 25 years' jail for murder of partner David Lawrence Wendie-Sue Dent has been sentenced to life in prison with a non-parole period of 25 years for murdering her partner David Lawrence to take his home and money. ABC News · Sep 16, 2022
Lawyers for Wendie-Sue Dent seek permission to appeal David Lawrence murder conviction Wendie-Sue Dent was found guilty in June for a second time of poisoning her partner. She will be sentenced on Friday, but her lawyers are seeking to appeal her conviction again. ABC News · Sep 14, 2022
UK to learn who will succeed Boris Johnson as PM Foreign Secretary Liz Truss or former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak will be announced the new leader of the United Kingdom. Al Jazeera · Sep 5, 2022
Britain to learn who will succeed Johnson as prime minister Britain finally learns who its next prime minister will be after two months of political uncertainty during which energy prices skyrocketed and tens of thousands of workers went on strike The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2022
Chris Jordan opens up about "relentless" racist abuse after England's T20 World Cup exit After England were beaten by New Zealand in a dramatic T20 World Cup semi-final match, Chris Jordan was targeted with racist abuse on social media Daily Mirror · Jul 22, 2022
NSW woman guilty over SA poisoning A Supreme Court judge has handed down a guilty verdict in the case of a NSW woman accused of the poisoning murder of her partner at their Adelaide home. AAP · Jun 30, 2022
NSW woman Wendie-Sue Dent found guilty of poisoning partner in murder retrial New South Wales woman Wendie-Sue Dent has again been found guilty of the poisoning murder of her Adelaide partner in 2015. ABC News · Jun 30, 2022
Encountering DMT Entities: Are They Real? This article was originally published on Psychedelic Spotlight and appears here with permission. DMT is a powerful hallucinogen famous for producing experiences of encounters with entities, but how many people actually see them? Benzinga · Jun 23, 2022
Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 10, 2022 Boris Johnson’s Weakness Brings International Complications When British Prime Minister Boris Johnson survived a no-confidence vote this week, at least one other world leader shared his relief. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said it was "great news" that "we have not lost a very important ally." It was a welcome boost for a British leader who divides…
The Independent UK · Jun 10, 2022 Boris Johnson's weakness brings international complications When British Prime Minister Boris Johnson survived a no-confidence vote this week, at least one other world leader shared his relief
The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2022 ‘Cricket needs a more modern president’: Lawrence takes on Gloucestershire role David ‘Syd’ Lawrence was the first British-born black man to play for England, and now aims to break down more barriers as president of Gloucestershire CCC
The Guardian - UK · Mar 16, 2022 ‘By 10, I knew all about the impact of a nuclear blast’: growing up in the shadow of the bomb From CND marches, to books, films and music, fear of the bomb was everywhere in the 1980s. Now, for many, the war in Ukraine has brought back that sense of dread
Orlando Sentinel · Mar 10, 2022 What are NFTs, and what do they mean for the world of art? ORLANDO, Fla. — For centuries, collectible art has come in the form of canvases and prints that can range from hundreds of dollars to hundreds of millions of dollars, pieces that might live in a museum or on the walls of someone’s home.