Interview with UK author Nicholas Leigh
Whether you’re planning an exotic break or a UK staycation, no holiday would be complete without a great book to escape with. We caught up with the British novelist Nicholas Leigh whose fast-paced books will carry you through the summer and beyond.
Who are the shadowy ERG party within a party that just hijacked May’s Brexit?
Last night in parliament, irony died, and perhaps with it the chance of any Brexit deal being accepted by enough of Theresa May’s threadbare majority. In a bizarre turn of events, the Prime Minister, weakened by nine resignations in eight days orchestrated by shadowy Tory 'government within a government' the ERG (plus one resignation of a key ally over sending filthy texts to constituents) was forced to “cave in” and not only accept ERG amendments that made her Brexit White...
Artificial Intelligence will create as many jobs as it displaces
A new report out today has revealed Artificial Intelligence (AI) will create as many jobs as it displaces by boosting economic growth in the UK. In absolute terms, around 7 million existing jobs could be displaced, but around 7.2 million could be created, giving the UK a small net jobs boost of around 0.2 million. While the overall net effect of AI on UK jobs may be broadly neutral, this varies significantly across industry sectors. The most positive effect of AI is...
Children who are cruel to animals up to five times more likely to have suffered abuse themselves
The anti-social behaviour could be a warning sign of domestic problems at home, say scientists.
Remains of flatbread dated to 14,400 years ago…4,000 years before humans began farming
Neolithic hunter/gatherers baked the early bread at a site in the desert in Jordan.
Seaweed off Antarctica has surfed up to 12,500 miles across the Southern Ocean
And the discovery shows how climate change will alter the ecology of Earth's most remote continent, say scientists.
Watch – Public warned to stay out of water after shark spotted in Cornish harbour
It was filmed in St Ives in Cornwall
How much national humiliation is Britain willing to accept?
In a classic episode of Yes, Minister the hapless minister Jim Hacker and adroit civil servant Sir Humphrey Appleby desperately try to stop a visiting African president from making a controversial speech in front of the Queen. The fictional country's leader successfully extorts money from the British government in exchange for not mentioning the 'Celtic peoples' and their struggle for freedom. A small national embarrassment is avoided, the Queen is not insulted and both countries ultimately benefit. What would Hacker...
Nazi-obsessed teenager, previously convicted of making a pipe bomb, pleaded guilty to terrorism-related offence
Jack Coulson, 19, pleaded guilty to possessing a document likely to be useful to a person committing terrorism today (Mon)