New Zealand has been rocked by a 6.6 magnitude earthquake off its east coast just days after a string of quakes in the same region sparked tsunami fears and mass evacuations. A series of tremors were recorded on Tuesday morning – four days after two powerful earthquakes triggered evacuations along a 100-mile stretch of the … Read more
Just imagine Angela Merkel’s teenage years in the German Democratic Republic. The Berlin Wall was dividing the city, and dozens of her fellow citizens were shot dead when they tried to climb it and escape. Across East Germany, every second German was informing on neighbours and work colleagues to the Stasi secret police. Soviet KGB … Read more
People know it as ‘the finest country racecourse in the land’. And when you’re up in the stands at Uttoxeter, with a backdrop of gentle hills and woodland, it’s easy to see why. But this pretty East Staffordshire market town is far from being a one-trick pony. Market Place is the town’s unspoilt, cobbled centre. … Read more
Brazen badger is caught on CCTV using catflap to steal food from couple’s home after wife wakes up to find the ‘smelly’ animal at her bedside Zoe and Bruce Henderson set up CCTV at their home in Saltdean, East Sussex They noticed that something had been stealing their pet cat’s food in the kitchen After … Read more
The North Pacific is home to an enormous swirl of plastic waste twice the size of Texas known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, but how the trash made its way to the region has been a mystery among scientists – until now. Researchers from the US and Germany set out to uncover pathways that … Read more
England’s missing case of the Brazilian coronavirus variant was someone from one of 379 households in the South East who took a home swab test in mid-February, Matt Hancock said today. The Health Secretary said the Department of Health is getting closer to finding the mysterious person who tested positive but didn’t give their contact … Read more
‘Everyone in my life is begging me to have kids’: Fleur East, 33, talks about the ‘pressure to having children’ while maintaining her career By Natasha Hooper For Mailonline Published: 01:48 GMT, 2 March 2021 | Updated: 01:49 GMT, 2 March 2021 Fleur East has opened up about the pressure to have children and give … Read more
Prince Philip has today been transferred to Britain’s oldest hospital which is among the best in the world for cardiac care. St Bartholomew’s Hospital, close to St Paul’s Cathedral in the City of London, is Britain’s oldest hospital and will celebrate its 900th anniversary in 2023. Barts Heart Centre, based in the hospital’s state-of-the-art King … Read more
Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) has signed an agreement to set up a joint venture with US firm Lockheed Martin to enhance the kingdom’s defense and manufacturing capabilities, the state-owned Saudi company said on Sunday. SAMI, which is owned by the Saudi state’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), will own 51 percent of the venture. ‘The … Read more
The end of an era: Last ever shipment of coal from Newcastle leaves the Tyne as centuries of North East history closes The ship Longwave loaded its final 12,000-ton cargo from Tyneside yesterday By 1913 the Great North Coal Field produced 55million tons of the fuel a year The huge scale of the industry led … Read more