Emil Kalibradov via Unsplash Last month in Arizona a young man profited unexpectedly from choosing honesty over greed after finding a lost wallet. 14-year-old Cody Chalmers found the wallet while riding his bike in Chandler on May 2nd, finding 300$ cash and credit cards inside. But even though he was in the middle of saving…
A man on trial with his partner over the death of their newborn baby has described the prosecution case against him as “like a script from a movie”. Mark Gordon said in his closing speech that the prosecution had “just made things up” during his retrial with Constance Marten at the Old Bailey in London.…
– credit Curated Lifestyle for Unsplash + The UK government has announced that 500,000 additional children will receive a free school lunch following a major expansion in the program that provides it. Previously, the free meal was available only to students who come from the lowest of low-income households. Following the expansion, most low and…
Activists say Israeli troops have boarded a yacht trying to bring humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. “Connection has been lost” on the Madleen, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) campaign group said on the Telegram app. It posted a photo showing people in life jackets sitting with their hands up. The report could not be…
Arabella Duffy’s miniature strawberry short cake– SWNS Meet the 12-year-old who has turned her hobby into a career and has earned thousands selling her miniature doll houses and accessories. Arabella Duffy started making tiny food out of polymer and clay two years ago and spends up to six hours on each creation, whether a cookie,…
Unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk offers US president Donald Trump the chance to live in his house for a week to experience the reality of the war in Ukraine. Source link
76 years ago today, Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell was published for the first time in the UK. This groundbreaking and best-selling novel has become a hallowed literary example of political and dystopian fiction. It birthed the incredibly useful term “Orwellian” as an adjective for government without limit, and many terms used throughout the novel…
Sarah Rainsford BBC correspondent BBC Sonny Olumati was born in Italy – but still has no citizenship at 39 Sonny Olumati was born in Rome and has lived in Italy all his life but the country he calls home does not recognise him as its own. To Italy, Sonny is Nigerian, like his passport, and…
Iconic Gardens By the Bay in Singapore by Scott Antcliffe – City life category Winner in the National Geographic Photography Competition (cropped) / SWNS Winners of the 12th annual National Geographic Traveller (UK) Photography Competition were revealed, highlighting the best in travel photography. Open to both amateur and professional photographers from across the UK and…
The NHS app will become the default method of communication for millions more patients in England and save the health service £200m over the next three years, the government has said. More test results, screening invitations and appointment reminders will be sent directly to smartphones as part of a £50m investment in the app, in…
