Outrageous Homes review – OTT TV that will make you very happy indeed
Either I’ve toughened up or, like the paint on a statement wall, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen has calmed down since he was last on our screens. In the old days, when he and Linda Barker were mostly destroying the nation’s living rooms…
The Stormtrooper Scandal review – inside the Star Wars art sale that wrecked lives
Here’s a tricky ethical conundrum – how much can you command yourself to care about the suffering of a monumental dickhead? Do you say a breezy “Not at all!” and move on with your day? Do you say “I have…
India beat Afghanistan by 47 runs: T20 World Cup Super Eights – as it happened
T20 World Cup. Yadav hit five fours and three sixes and shared in a crucial fifth-wicket partnership of 60 with Hardik Pandya as India posted 181 for eight at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados. Afghanistan’s reply never recovered from…
Animal homosexual behaviour under-reported by scientists, survey shows
George Murray Levick, an explorer with the Scott Antarctic expedition, spent the summer of 1911-12 taking detailed notes on the breeding cycle of Adélie penguins. Male penguins, he was surprised to discover, frequently had sex with other males, but this…
Salt and Archer can make difference as England clash with South Africa
Jos Buttler has looked to make a virtue of staying level during this men’s T20 World Cup, stressing the importance of not getting too down when, during what was supposed to be a cruisy first round, England came within one further…
Record high temperatures sweep US north-east as tropical storm hits Texas
The United States continues to suffer extreme weather as a heatwave baked millions across the upper midwest and north-east and a tropical storm soaked Texas and northern Mexico. The National Weather Service said the heatwave was expected to peak in…
‘A little bit weird’: England cross paths with Eddie Jones in Japan Test
As Eddie Jones surveyed the 40-odd reporters and six camera crews crammed into a windowless room on the fifth floor of a Tokyo tower block it almost felt like the old days. The last time he was in charge of…
Power bills could rise by $1,000 a year under Coalition plan to boost gas until nuclear is ready, analysts say
Australians’ annual household power bills could increase by hundreds of dollars, and up to $1,000, under a Coalition plan to slow the rollout of large-scale renewable energy and use more gas-fired electricity before nuclear plants are ready, analysts say. As…
Katie Archibald to miss Paris Olympics after breaking leg in garden accident
The two-time Olympic champion Katie Archibald will miss Paris 2024 after suffering a double leg break in a freak accident. The 30-year-old Scottish cyclist fractured a tibia and fibula, and dislocated an ankle, tripping over a garden step. She also…
‘Extraordinary’ Joseph Coelho novel wins Carnegie medal for children’s writing
Joseph Coelho has won the Yoto Carnegie medal for children’s books, marking the first time the prize has been awarded to a Black British writer. The current children’s laureate won the prize, which is judged solely by librarians, for his…