Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Just Eat have agree to “strengthen” security checks following reports some asylum seekers are working illegally as couriers. The food delivery companies agreed to increase facial verification and fraud checks in a bid to stop people with no right to work in the UK from using someone else’s account to earn…
– credit Luciano Magaldi Sardella via SWNS A southern Italian hamlet referred to as a ghost town is now attracting thousands of tourists by commissioning artists to paint more than 140 murals on the sites of shops and homes. It seems fitting that the birthplace of so many of the world’s great artists should leverage…
While Boulter, Fearnley, Raducanu and Xu start their tournaments on the main show courts, there will be 10 other Britons in action around the grounds, with play beginning at 11:00 BST. Cameron Norrie, a semi-finalist three years ago, plays second on court 18 as he faces a tricky opponent in Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut. Sonay…
Emam mosque in Esfahan by Chiara Herlemann / SWNS A woman who went to Iran as a tourist just weeks before the country descended into war says it was not the culture she expected. Chiara Herlemann, who is originally from Germany, travelled across the Middle Eastern country for ten days at the end of May.…
Mark Savage Music Correspondent Reporting fromGlastonbury Festival EPA Rod Stewart is the first artist to have both headlined the Pyramid Stage and played the legend slot At the age of 80, Rod Stewart has earned the right to do things his way. And if that means turning Glastonbury into a Vegas nightclub for 90 minutes,…
Credit: The Vet With Pets via FB A stranded puffin has been rescued after being found more than a hundred miles away from its natural coastal habitat. The seabird was blown off course before landing in a garden in landlocked Hereford, England, where it was found by a concerned homeowner who took it to a…
Aleem Maqbool, religion editor & Steve Swann File on 4 Investigates BBC It seemed like a harmless encounter. It was the summer of 2021, and Jay Hulme, a volunteer at St Nicholas Church in Leicester, was on the door, welcoming people. That’s when Venessa walked in. “There was something awkward about her,” he recalls. “But…
Credit: ©WWF Four years ago, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) launched their Forests Forward program, partnering with big businesses to reduce deforestation and improve woodland management. A new report shows that their 26 global partners are positively impacting 15,000-sq-mi of forest—roughly equivalent to the size of Switzerland (4 million hectares or 10 million acres). Forests…
British men’s number one Jack Draper says he can cope with the responsibility of leading the home nation’s hopes at the first Wimbledon since Sir Andy Murray retired. Draper, who is ranked fourth in the world, has emerged as a genuine Wimbledon contender following a stunning rise over the past 12 months. The left-handed Englishman…
That old stereotype of mailman-running-from-dog has been turned upside-down by a Texas letter carrier and a pooch named Floyd. Ian Burke first met the dog while delivering mail in Denton three years ago. Floyd, a German Shepherd and Border Collie mix, came charging up behind him and introduced himself as only an energetic puppy can.…
