McLaren’s Lando Norris set the pace in practice at the United States Grand Prix, split from team-mate and title rival Oscar Piastri by Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg. Norris, trailing the Australian by 22 points with six races to go, headed Piastri by 0.279 seconds at the start of a sprint weekend at the Circuit of the…

The Dixiebeats on stage in the barn – credit, Smithills Open Farm, SWNS A farmer has treated her herd of dairy cows to a live jazz band in the hope the music will boost milk production. The Dixiebeats performed to both the Jersey and Holstein cows at Smithills Open Farm in Bolton, the UK, last…

The prime minister has said blocking fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv from attending a football match in Birmingham is the “wrong decision”. Aston Villa said on Thursday that the city’s Safety Advisory group – responsible for issuing safety certificates – had advised that fans of the Israeli club would not be permitted to attend the…

165 years ago today, the Open Championship, also known as the British Open, was first played in Scotland, at the Prestwick Golf Club in Ayrshire. The oldest golf tournament in the world, and one of the four prestigious majors, it rotates between a select group of coastal UK golf courses. READ more about its history… (1860)…

West Midlands Police said the upcoming game has been classified as “high risk” following a “thorough assessment”. A spokesperson said: “This decision is based on current intelligence and previous incidents, including violent clashes and hate crime offences that occurred during the 2024 Europa League match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv in Amsterdam. “Based on…

Everglades Oysters / Instagram From the restaurant scene in Miami to the fan-powered boats of the Everglades, people are really excited about oysters. Can you imagine—the bivalve so associated with cold waters in places like Brittany, Sydney, Galway, or California, being grown in the muddy, tropical Everglades? If your first instinct was to swear never…

Sean SeddonBBC News and Kate WhannelBBC News AFP/Getty Images Christopher Cash (left) and Christopher Berry (right) were both accused of spying for China The government’s deputy national security adviser warned in 2023 that China was carrying out “large scale espionage” against the UK, when asked to provide evidence in the now-collapsed case against two men…

credit Haif Aljomard / SWNS A new technology utilizing coffee and plastic waste is designed to capture carbon dioxide from industrial processes before it’s released into the atmosphere, and has been patented by scientists. The highly novel and detailed method with promising potential to reduce environmental pollution utilizes a blend of spent coffee grounds, polyethylene…

A company linked to Baroness Michelle Mone has failed to meet a deadline to repay £122m for breaching a Covid-19 personal protective equipment (PPE) contract. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) won a legal case earlier this month against PPE Medpro, a consortium led by Lady Mone’s husband Doug Barrowman, over claims the…

The MycoToilet – credit, Joseph Dahmen Scientists have used the root system of mushrooms to create a composting toilet that is odor absorbing, while creating over 2,000 liters of fertilizer and soil a year. Separating solids from from liquids and processing each in different ways using fungal mycelia, the toilet can currently be found in…