Holiday booking blitz Britons race to secure trips to popular spots like Costa Del Sol and Menorca
Reservations on rental cottages in the UK are 63 per cent higher than last year as others take the more cautious approach of planning a staycation amid tightening border restrictions in the UK. Read more...
Are pilotless planes the future for domestic flights?
British passengers could be flying on aircraft piloted by autonomous systems within the next decade according to an ambitious new scheme being developed by a UK aircraft manufacturer. Read more...
Was That a Dropped Call From ET?
A spooky radio signal showed up after a radio telescope was aimed at the next star over from our sun. Read more...
Chicago artist fills in the city's potholes with mosaics
Artist Jim Bachor has been filling holes in the road in Chicago by creating mosaics which use the colours of the flag of the city and feature a fake serial number to highlight the severity of the pothole problem. Read more...
Most of the world's 58,000 biggest dams are crumbling, report warns
In the study, researchers from the UN University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) looked at the age and state of the largest dams around the world. Read more...
Continuing Job Losses Put Spotlight on Economic Relief
Relentless unemployment claims show the pandemics grip on the labor market. Help from the recent stimulus bill may lapse before an upturn arrives. Read more...
Countries around the world consider tougher restrictions on UK after Covid strain announcement
EU leaders are said to be drawing up a blue-print which could see travel banned from the UK to all of the union's member states. The Netherlands is set to tighten restrictions from tonight. Read more...
At the Inauguration, Amanda Gorman Wove History and the Future Into a Stirring Melody
Gormans reading of her poem The Hill We Climb on Wednesday combined the personal and political. Read more...
Legally blind man regains sight following the first successful artificial cornea treatment
Jamal Furani, 78, lost his sight 10 years ago, but following an artificial cornea transplant the Israeli man is able to see again. This is the world's first successful cornea transplant. Read more...
TOWIE stars organising tribute to Mick Norcross as 'gift to family'
Numerous TOWIE stars are setting up a virtual tribute for the former Sugar Hut owner, it was reported on Friday. Read more...
Your Cat Isnt Just Getting High Off Catnip
A new study hints that plants like catnip and silver vine may also protect your feline friend from mosquitoes. Read more...
Covid 'denier' is charged with public order offencefor filming inside hospital
Debbie Hicks wandered around Gloucester Royal Hospital last month saying it was 'shut down' and 'dead' and was arrested by two officers who visited her home in Stroud 24 hours later. Read more...
US military spies paid for Americans' cell phone data without warrant
American military spies from the Defense Intelligence Agency have been buying US citizens' location data collected by smartphone apps without a warrant, according to an unclassified memo. Read more...
Adorable moment an Australian farmer finds a possum in her kitchen cupboard and offers a biscuit
A farmer has found an adorable house guest in her kitchen cupboard, and kindly offered the visitor a classic Aussie biscuit, which was accepted graciously, on her farm in the Australian bush. Read more...
Watch Malcolm X Debate Sam Cooke in One Night in Miami
The director Regina King discusses a sequence from her period drama featuring Kingsley Ben-Adir, Leslie Odom Jr., Eli Goree and Aldis Hodge. Read more...
TONY HETHERINGTON I'm going off the rails trying to pay 7 fare
I used Trainline to buy a 7 Merseyrail ticket from Ormskirk to Liverpool Central Station, but when I arrived in Liverpool, staff would not accept it as valid. An officer issued me with a 20 penalty notice... Read more...
Adoption Used to Be Hush-Hush. This Book Amplifies the Human Toll.
In American Baby, Gabrielle Glaser unravels family secrets and considers the motivations that wove them into American life in the first place. Read more...
The Dame hams it up in sumptuous remake of Noel Coward's classic BRIAN VINER reviews Blithe Spirit
Blithe Spirit is about spiritualism and I fear that were Coward's own ghost to see Edward Hall's remake, his silk cravat might levitate from his neck and tighten around Hall's. Read more...
In pursuit of extra driving distance
Living Golf presenter Shane O'Donoghue experiences a custom club fitting in his pursuit of extra driving distance. Read more...
Shuttle lands at California air base
NASA officials Sunday waved off the first opportunity for space shuttle Endeavour to return to Earth, citing poor weather conditions. Read more...
Trump Pardons Hillel Nahmad, Madison Avenue Art Dealer
The New York dealer, scion of a powerful art world family, pleaded guilty to running an illegal gambling ring in 2013. Read more...