RMS Titanic Inc The ship is now missing a large section of her railing It was the image that made Titanic’s wreck instantly recognisable – the ship’s bow looming out of the darkness of the Atlantic depths. But a new expedition has revealed the effects of slow decay, with a large section of railing now … Read more
Reuters The UAE, of which is Dubai is the largest city, has been accused of arming paramilitaries in Sudan suspected of genocide When fans saw rapper Macklemore had cancelled an upcoming gig, some of them assumed it was in solidarity with Gaza. But it wasn’t. The gig was in Dubai and he’d cancelled over the … Read more
Guy Hedgecoe Kike España says with so many tourists Málaga feels like a theme park Kike España gazes across Málaga’s Plaza de la Merced. It’s late morning and it’s still a peaceful spot at this time of day – jacaranda trees fill the square, an obelisk monument sits at its centre and on the far … Read more
On 1 September 1974 two men made the fastest ever journey between New York and London. The astonishing trip – at three times the speed of sound – took less than two hours and set a record that still stands 50 years later. Even the mighty Concorde, which set the record for the fastest commercial … Read more
Spoiler alert: this recap is for people watching Sherwood on BBC One. Please don’t read it unless you have watched series two, episode three. Siblings in crime – and a surprise comeback The community reeled from news of the Skegness slaughter. “The execution of two citizens under our protection,” a rattled police bigwig called it. … Read more
It was a magnificent day for ParalympicsGB in Paris – their most successful of the 21st century, with 12 gold medals to slide into the team tracksuit pocket. Even if it has not gone to plan for all Britain’s former champions this Games, it did for Hannah Cockroft, who collected her fourth consecutive T34 100m … Read more
There were three gold medals for Britain on a triumphant day at the velodrome, starting with a gold and silver in the men’s B 1,000m time trial and finishing with a happy redemption gold for Kadeena Cox in the C1-5 750m team sprint. Cox, who crashed out of her C4-5 500m time trial final on … Read more
Hyderabad: A division bench of the Telangana High Court took on file a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the inaction of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in considering the concerns over illegal leasing of lands by the ministry of tourism. The two-judge panel comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Sreenivas Rao was hearing a PIL … Read more
Tens of thousands of Israelis took to the streets on Sunday night and a general strike was called for the country amid an eruption of public outrage over the government’s handling of the war in Gaza after the deaths of six hostages being held deep underground by Hamas. The discovery of the hostages’ bodies in … Read more
New Delhi: Calling the pendency of court cases a big challenge, President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday said that efforts need to be made to change the “culture of adjournments” in courts to ensure swift justice. Addressing the valedictory event of the two-day National Conference of the District Judiciary organised by the Supreme Court, the President … Read more