Tripadvisor is a great resource to help plan holidays and days out, and now data compiled from the travel review website has revealed the UK’s “top hidden gem”. The data, gathered by the travel experts at Bounce who analysed Tripadvisor reviews, found that a tiny museum tucked away in Birmingham is considered to be the...
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NFL: Praise Olatoke swapping athletics for shot at American football
American football has grown exponentially in the UK over the past decade. Yet still, there are probably not many kids kicking about the playgrounds of Glasgow’s schools telling their pals they are going to play in the NFL one day. Olatoke, on the other hand, told anyone who would listen. “You could ask my friends...
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London population tops 10.1 million as it bounces back from Covid slump
A combination of new migration and the return of people who left London during the Covid-19 pandemic has boosted the UK capital’s population, which is “now likely to be well above” its pre-pandemic high of 10.1 million people, a report from Centre for Cities shows. The think tank notes that London’s population fell during the...
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Virgin Media O2 successfully trials smart poles powered by its fixed network to boost mobile coverage across the UK – Virgin Media O2
Virgin Media O2 has successfully deployed 4G and 5G smart poles on top of its existing fibre network in a UK first Smart poles with 4G and 5G mobile cells don’t require planning permission, can be installed in a matter of hours and are powered by Virgin Media O2’s fibre network using innovative ‘digital electricity’...
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Forest likely to learn PSR outcome this week
Nottingham Forest manager Nuno Espirito Santo is likely to discover the club’s punishment this week Nottingham Forest are likely to discover the result of a hearing into their Premier League profit and sustainability rules breach this week. They face a possible points deduction after being charged in January, along with Everton, for PSR breaches in...
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NFL free-agency: Kirk Cousins, Chris Jones and Derrick Henry among biggest 2024 deals
A battering ram of a running back, Derrick Henry has been the NFL’s best since coming into the league in 2016, being named 2020’s Offensive Player of the Year. But Tennessee are in the midst of a rebuild and running backs are thought to be in decline once they turn 30, as Henry did in...
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Putin’s transformation into the new Stalin is now complete
Putin has always had an admiration for Stalin and under his rule, statues of the tyrant have been reappearing at a gathering pace. There are now more than a hundred of them across Russia. Although Stalingrad, now Volgograd, has yet to revert to its wartime name, last year a statue was erected to commemorate the...
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Dozens of dead wild animals dumped outside Hampshire shop
Police are investigating a series of gruesome wildlife killings in Hampshire after about 50 hares, a kestrel and a barn owl were dumped outside a village shop. Staff were “distraught” after discovering the animals’ bodies early last Friday morning at the Broughton Community Shop. Blood had been smeared on the shop windows and the two...
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Beautiful UK market town that’s one of the best for independent shopping
A beautiful little market town that’s one of the best places in the UK to pick up your shopping in independent stores is also one of the best locations to live. Pretty Petworth, in West Sussex, came sixth in the ranking based on the variety of business types it boasts, its number of visitors, and shop...
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Kim Jong-un daughter called a ‘top leader’ boosting succession status
North Korea has described Kim Jong-un’s teenage daughter as a top leader for the first time in a move that bolsters her status as the dictator’s successor. She was described as a “great person of guidance”, a term usually reserved for senior leaders, in an official report of a visit to a greenhouse farm. “The...
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Canada’s top court criticised after referring to female rape victim as ‘person with a vagina’
The case involved Christopher James Kruk, a 41-year-old from Maple Ridge, a city in British Columbia, who was convicted of sexual assault in March 2020. The woman testified at the trial that she woke up in Kruk’s home in May 2017 to find him having sex with her and attempted, unsuccessfully, to push him off....
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Carlos Alcaraz: Spaniard says Jannik Sinner is best tennis player in world right now
Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner meet for a spot in the BNP Paribas Open final at Indian Wells on Saturday with the Spaniard calling the newest Grand Slam champion the best in the business right now. Alcaraz may have struggled to find any consistently since winning first title since Wimbledon last July but he looked...