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Read More Volunteer group raises £9,000 to convert drone with petrol tank and nozzle Volunteer group raises £9,000 to convert drone with petrol tank and nozzle

Read MoreKatie Melua’s jazz and folk-influenced sound may be new for some American audiences, but she’s spent the last 15 years as one of Great Britain’s top artists. Her first seven studio albums were certified platinum in the U.K., 56 times. Her latest effort, “Album No. 8,” was released in the fall. She speaks to…

Read More 6 April 1963 – 17 February 2020 The composer pays tribute to a brilliant polymath with singular musical vision, who was also a warm and wise friend Diego Maradona remembered by Angus Macqueen I’ll start by saying that DJing, remixing and producing were just something that Andrew did. I always looked at him…

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Read MoreNot since World War II has a single phenomenon dominated the news worldwide as the COVID-19 pandemic has in 2020Not since World War II has a single phenomenon dominated the news worldwide as the COVID-19 pandemic has in 2020

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Read More (Capitol)Entirely self-produced at home during ‘rockdown’, the former Beatle’s latest offering possesses the same playful spirit as his 1970 solo debut The song that closes Paul McCartney’s latest solo album transcribes the to-do list of a man living a simpler life. Foxes are scaring the hens and lambs, so on Winter Bird/When Winter…

Read More The Russian nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) Vladimir Monomakh has launched four Bulava intercontinental-range ballistic missiles for the first time, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Saturday. “Today, the strategic missile submarine Vladimir Monomakh of the Pacific Fleet fired a salvo of four Bulava ballistic missiles as part of planned combat training activities,” the…

Read More Detectives follow up reports of men being coerced into naked challenges for chance to win £5,000 Police are appealing for information as part of an investigation into a fake nude gameshow. A 28-year-old man reported that he had been approached by a man claiming to be in the entertainment industry. Continue reading…Detectives follow…

Read More Last month, the Ethiopian government launched an offensive against a rebellious regional government. The ensuing conflict has killed hundreds and almost 50,000 Ethiopians have crossed into Sudan. (Image credit: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images) Last month, the Ethiopian government launched an offensive against a rebellious regional government. The ensuing conflict has killed hundreds…

Read More Flying visits to Northern Ireland kept me connected. FaceTime, Zoom and my niece’s drawings arriving by post are no substitute I have never missed Christmas at home, though I have lived elsewhere for more than 20 years. This year, I will break that run. The festive travel window means that I could fly…

Read More A lot of things are different when you’re in the midst of a global pandemic. A case in point: How federal regulators scrutinize and authorize new vaccines. A lot of things are different when you’re in the midst of a global pandemic. A case in point: How federal regulators scrutinize and authorize new…

Read More The Russian Air Force scrambled MiG-31 jet fighter to intercept a U.S. Air Force RC-135 spy plane over the Bering Sea on Friday, the Defense Ministry’s National Defense Control Center said. The U.S. Air Force RC-135 aircraft flew airspace around over the neutral waters of the Bering Sea approaching the Russian state border…

Read More Hing is a staple of Indian cuisine, but until now it’s been imported into India. Finally Indian farmers will be growing the herb. Hing is a staple of Indian cuisine, but until now it’s been imported into India. Finally Indian farmers will be growing the herb.

Read More NPR’s Scott Simon talks with Victor and Penny Griffiths, who this week became one of the first couples in the world to get the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine. NPR’s Scott Simon talks with Victor and Penny Griffiths, who this week became one of the first couples in the world to get the Pfizer coronavirus…

Read More Australian MP George Christensen called on Donald Trump to pardon WikiLeaks founder and fellow Australian citizen Julian Assange while he still can, as it seems to be the US president’s last month in the Oval Office. Christensen – a member of the Liberal National Party who represents Dawson, Queensland – launched a petition…

Read More The Australian mathematician Samuel Blake describes how he and and two other cryptologists finally solved an encrypted message written by the unnamed serial killer 51 years ago. The FBI confirmed the code, cracked with help from a supercomputer called Spartan, is accurate, but they said it did not help with identification Zodiac: cipher…

Read More The prize-winning writer on her new memoir Not a Novel, growing up near the Berlin Wall and her support for refugees The writing of Jenny Erpenbeck has a tendency to sneak up on you rather than trumpet its arrival. The first page of her new book Not a Novel starts with an understated…

Read More The sweetness of clementine curd mellows the hit of fiery ginger in this tasty winter dessert We get through a ridiculous amount of ginger in my house. Whether it’s fresh, crystallised or stem ginger in syrup, it’s such a familiar comfort and makes many appearances in both my sweet and savoury cooking at…

Read More The grand prix season ends in Abu Dhabi this weekend. The sport needs to rethink its partnerships with oppressive regimes For Formula One fans around the world, the news that world champion Lewis Hamilton has recovered from coronavirus and will be fit to race in Abu Dhabi this weekend will be met with…

Read More Less than 48 hours left to reach deal, as UK prepares to deploy naval ships to patrol waters Trade talks between the UK and the EU are continuing with less than 48 hours to go until the deadline imposed by both parties to reach a deal. With both sides warning on Friday that…

Read More Unilateral sanctions kill, sicken and starve people in the nations that are targeted and make humanitarian work increasingly difficult and risky, a UN rapporteur has said, in a damning assessment. The Covid-19 pandemic could have brought humanity together in cooperation to combat the deadly disease. Instead, 2020 has seen an expansion of the…

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Read More David Walliams, Whoopi Goldberg, Bruce Springsteen … when celebrity authors make big money from children’s books, do young readers and other writers pay the price? Need help this Christmas? Six children’s authors kids will love What do David Walliams, Lil Nas X, Ricky Gervais, Dermot O’Leary, Geri Halliwell, Bruce Springsteen, Miranda Hart, Greg…

Read More Letter says Coronavirus Act powers will be used to force English secondaries to stay open for all pupils Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The government is using its emergency powers under the Coronavirus Act to threaten to use legal action against headteachers in England who want to allow their…

Read More The Child Poverty Action Group helped a Dundee primary make life better for deprived families Please donate to our appeal here It was the “special occasions” at her children’s school that Anna (name changed) struggled with. She and her partner both work but, with four children, stumping up the cash for Halloween costumes,…

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Read More At 94, what has the world’s most-travelled naturalist learned? He talks garden birds in lockdown, the eerie silence of Chernobyl – and tackling the climate crisis Before the stay-at-home orders of 2020 kept him in one place for months on end, David Attenborough had never sat in his garden and listened to the…

Read More The electoral college will confirm Joe Biden’s victory on Monday but Donald Trump’s fact-phobic hold on the Republican party holds firm Nearly four decades after the publication of A Very British Coup, a popular novel by member of parliament Chris Mullin, America is in the throes of a very Trumpian coup – desperate,…

Read More Residents of Brisbane and the Gold and Sunshine coasts warned to prepare for a month’s worth of rain in less than a day South-east Queenslanders have been urged to prepare their homes and rethink travel with a month’s worth of rain tipped to fall in less than a day. Up to 150mm of…

Read More They’re loyal, diligent – and have unbeatable noses. Could dogs play a key part in the fight against the pandemic? A single-storey building in a lonely rural business park, a few miles from Milton Keynes on a grey autumn day. It looks like a location for a bleak thriller: where a kidnap victim…

Read MoreRuhollah Zam ran a site that Iran accuses of inciting the nationwide protests of 2017-18.Ruhollah Zam ran a site that Iran accuses of inciting the nationwide protests of 2017-18.

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Read More Dad was an alcoholic, and violent and destructive with it. But when I was nine, he painstakingly created a thing of beauty, which I have kept to this day My father was an alcoholic; and when you grow up with an alcoholic, you get used to them pissing in places they shouldn’t. In…

Read More Owner of The Olive Branch says scrapped Christmas parties have hit business, but it is likely to survive Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The owner of the pub crowned the best in the UK in a new consumer guide has warned that it is facing “the worst December” in…