//The reciprocal air strikes come as tensions in the Middle East are high with several overlapping crises. Israel is fighting the Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza and exchanging fire with... ...
//The headteacher of a school facing legal action over a ban on prayer rituals has defended the policy, arguing that it was vital in order to “maintain a successful learning environment where... ...
//Sir Keir Starmer has watered down promises to introduce a law giving MPs a vote before military intervention and to stop selling weapons to Saudi Arabia. The Labour leader insisted on Sunday that... ...
Driving today my husband narrowly missed hitting a toddler who, out with his family and riding his little bike, suddenly veered off the pavement straight into the path of the car - a big 4x4. My... ...
Just for interest.... unless anyone has any ideas? https://news.sky.com/story/scientists-make-huge-discovery-that-challenges-our-understanding-of-the-universe-13046272 ...
A friend was told by the optician that he has cataracts which will stop him driving before long. He asked what the procedure is and was told that, under local anaesthetic, the surgeon 'cuts the... ...
//The US company behind a proposed Las Vegas-style "Sphere" venue in east London has withdrawn its plans. Madison Square Garden Entertainment (MSG) said it could not participate in a process that... ...
//Pope Francis called on Monday for a global ban on parenting via surrogacy, calling the practice "deplorable" and a grave violation of the dignity of the woman and the child. Francis' remarks... ...
Graham Norton says that as a seven year old, in an effort to get off school, he told his mum he had a terrible pain in his stomach. Mum promptly dragged him to the doctor's surgery - from whence... ...
We tried this the other night. Very nice indeed. https://www.franksredhot.com/en-gb/recipes/georgia-style-sweet-and-spicy-chicken Anyone else tried it? ...
9pm BBC One on Wednesday, with the first three episodes then available to watch on iPlayer. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67758541 I'm looking forward to this. It took a while to... ...
Before Christmas we started watching a thriller type series - I think it was on Netflix - but now can't remember what it was called. It was about a couple who rented a spectacular but remote... ...
//New legislation will put an end to the export of live animals for slaughter and fattening from Great Britain. The Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill – which has been introduced in... ...
I don't usually have trouble posting links but this morning I tried to post one several times with no success. I tried again - this time putting a couple of spaces beneath it - and it worked. ... ...
//Wham!'s Last Christmas has been crowned this year's Christmas number one, 39 years after it was first released. It's the first time George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley's song has been number one... ...
//The diversion adds about 6,000 nautical miles to a typical journey from Asia to Europe, potentially adding three or four weeks to product delivery times. The Houthi rebels, who are aligned with... ...