• You Can Buy This 100-year-old Convent for a Promise–That You Preserve its History

    Convent in Gravelbourg c. 1926 – Credit Town of Gravelbourg This is the convent of Gravelbourg, a small town in Canada that boasts a long-time motto: “a touch of Europe on the prairie.” For over a decade this stately building—a true stunner in the middle of very little else—has been useless and vacant, but the…

  • Harlequins Women 52-22 Loughborough Lightning: Ellie Kildunne returns in PWR thriller

    Harlequins: Kildunne; Torley, Pena, Parry, Wilcock; Tuima, Packer; Turani, Powell, Hanlon, McIntosh, Fleming, Wythe, Svoboda, Konkel Replacements: Phillips, Sims, Delgado, Shirley, Brooks, Burgess, Cromack, Shillaker Sin-bin: Svoboda [64] Loughborough Lightning: Green; Mataitoga, Kelter, Morrall, Westcombe-Evans; Nelson, Brebner-Holden; Young, Calladine, Sagapolu, Boyd, Ives Campion, Hibbert-Jones, Kabeya, Lutui Replacements: Treder, Williams, Belisle, Brody, Waudby, Maude, Brown, Scantlebury…

  • Quarter Century of Collecting Seeds From Around the World Safeguards Them From Extinction

    – Jeff Eden © RBG Kew After 25 years of diligent work, an English botanic gardens is ready to face whatever reality climate change may throw at us, safe in the knowledge that a large chunk of the world’s plant diversity lies safely tucked away underground for future generations. By the numbers, the Millennium Seed…

  • Retail sales hit highest level since 2022

    Retail sales volumes have risen for the fourth month in a row, driven by consumers buying gold online and new tech gadgets. Monthly sales rose by 0.5% in September 2025, new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show, defying an expected decrease of -0.2%. “Although food stores saw very little growth, good weather…

  • Good News on This Day in History – October 24

    Happy 40th birthday to Wayne Rooney, former Manchester United talisman and captain of the England national team. Part of a golden generation that helped to cement the English Premier League as the best in the world, Rooney made 559 appearances for Manchester United, scoring 253 goals from a variety of forward positions. Rooney is the…

  • Rapper Ghetts charged after fatal hit-and-run in Ilford

    The rapper Ghetts has been charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving after a fatal crash in north-east London. The musician, whose real name is Justin Clarke-Samuel, allegedly failed to stop after hitting a 20-year-old man in Redbridge Lane East, Ilford, on Saturday, 18 October, the Met Police said. Mr Clarke-Samuel, 41, appeared at…

  • Woman Rescues Cat That Survived in Derelict Bathroom for Two Years: ‘Rescuing starts with noticing’

    credit – Chiku Singh / SWNS A British woman recently rescued an abandoned housecat who had been living for 2 years in a derelict bathroom, and is arranging to fly the “gentle” animal back to the UK. Hobbyist animal rescuer Chiku Singh was sent a picture of the long-haired cat by a stranger and drove…

  • ‘Prolific’ cowboy builder Mark Killick guilty of £1.25m fraud

    Martin Jones,West investigations, Sarah Turnnidge and Bea Swallow,Bristol Avon and Somerset Police Mark Killick has three previous convictions for fraud dating back to 2008 A prolific rogue trader who lured customers in with his “charm and charisma” has been found guilty of a £1.25m fraud. Mark Killick, who also operated under the names Marc Cole…

  • Good News in History, October 23

    Happy 49th Birthday to Ryan Reynolds, the always-handsome and hilarious Canadian actor who first starred in the sitcom Two Guys and a Girl in 1998, then rose to fame in a range of films like The Proposal and Green Lantern. His biggest financial and critical success came when he played the smack-talking superhero Deadpool in two…

  • US to announce ‘substantial’ Russia sanctions

    The US government will impose a “substantial pickup” in sanctions against Russia as the fighting in Ukraine continues, according to US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Bessent’s comments came just before Nato Secretary-General Mark Rutte was due at the White House, in which he said he hopes to discuss “how to deliver” Trump’s “vision of peace”…