Peak-hour traffic delays in Sydney with queues up to nine kilometres long after fallen wires shut down one of the city’s busiest motorways Pacific Highway was closed in both directions near Kissing Point in Turramurra Queues of commuters stretched 5km by 6.30am and 9km half an hour later There is also a gap between two … Read more
Italians face dying a year earlier due to the pandemic while the Covid lockdown in Spain has seen births plummet to record lows. Average life expectancy in Italy fell by a year to 82.3 years, the country’s national statistics office revealed on Wednesday. In Spain just 23,226 babies were born in December, a fifth less than … Read more
Facebook has asked a court to dismiss state and federal antitrust lawsuits that accuse it of abusing its market power in social networking to crush smaller competitors. The social media giant said Wednesday that the complaints ‘do not credibly claim’ that its conduct harmed either consumers or market competition. The antitrust suits, filed in December … Read more
Man, 31, is charged with murder of 16-year-old schoolgirl ‘who was stabbed to death at family takeaway in South Wales’ Chun Xu, 31, charged with murder of 16-year-old Wenjing Lin in Treorchy, Wales He has also been charged with the attempted murder of a 38-year-old man Police were called to flat above the Blue Sky … Read more
The Government has unveiled a dramatic trailer for an official documentary about Britain’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout, called: ‘A Beacon of Hope: The UK Vaccine Story’. Set to intense music, the 50-second advert features clips from interviews with leading UK scientists Jonathan Van-Tam, Sir Patrick Vallance and Chris Whitty. Professor Van-Tam describes Britain as having been … Read more
A family who had a meteorite land outside their Cotswolds home said they thought someone had emptied a barbeque onto their drive when they saw the rocks. Hannah Wilcock, 25, and her parents Rob and Cathryn were astounded to learn that the ‘lumps of coal’ they had heard thud onto their drive on the night of February … Read more
Empty plot of land overlooking sea on Cornish coast goes on the market for £795,000 – with plans already approved for luxury four-bed cliff top home The empty plot, less than half-an-acre, is on sale for £795,000 with planning permission to build a home Estate agents say the build will cost about £450,000 but once … Read more
Empty plot of land overlooking sea on Cornish coast goes on the market for £795,000 – with plans already approved for luxury four-bed cliff top home The empty plot, less than half-an-acre, is on sale for £795,000 with planning permission to build a home Estate agents say the build will cost about £450,000 but once … Read more
Run your own island boozer! The only pub on Scotland’s ‘sunshine isle’ of Colonsay in the Inner Hebrides is up for sale for £650,000 The Colonsay Hotel in the Inner Hebrides has been listed for sale at £650,000 Jane Howard, who currently owns the hotel, says it was booked up last year She bought the … Read more
A World War II veteran was able to hold hands with his daughter for the first time in nearly a year as a married couple in their 80s were reunited when care homes reopened to visitors again. Eric Bradshaw, 95, said he ‘could not put into words’ how it felt being close to his daughter … Read more