For a country of 1.2 billion people stretching across a landmass of almost two million square miles, India's transport system is, to put it politely, antiquated. Take a trip on the Shatabdi Express from Bangalore to Chennai and you'll be chugging along for five hours on a good day, and if you want to arrive at the same destination from Mumbai you'll be sat on a train for just under a day! But that could all be changing. Under new Hyperlink...

Money is a funny thing in education. Much like the emergency services, the big money rarely reaches the most useful areas. The government has now had the wizard idea of making raising standards even harder by slashing school budgets; since the largest chunk of any school’s budget is staffing, this means it’ll be the staffers who feel the pinch – by which, of course, we don’t mean senior management, as they look after themselves very nicely, thank-you. Some support staff...

The family of an elderly dementia sufferer who died covered in twenty cuts and bruises today called for an inquiry – claiming carers failed to record the injuries. Blind Pamela Matthews, 85, was left with deep gashes, carpet burns and extensive bruising after a month-long stay at £825-a-week Woodbine Manor. Her family began noticing small marks on her arms and buttocks a week after she moved there and say staff started dressing her in long-sleeved clothes. Daughter Celia Matthews, 63,...

Our new favourite Twitter account is President Supervillain! https://twitter.com/PresVillain/status/834470392890785792 Comic writer and editor D.M. Higgins has used President Trump's own words to great comic effect by sticking them in the speech bubbles of classic sinister comic supervillians. https://twitter.com/PresVillain/status/833365274078363649 And within just a fortnight the Twitter account has amassed a cosmic 29.7K followers! https://twitter.com/PresVillain/status/832311031124856832 It's pretty sinister how easily The Donald's words transfer into comic book villains' mouths - whether demented rants at press conferences and rallies: https://twitter.com/PresVillain/status/832333550716387328 or malevolent policy threats that have slipped...

Rolls-Royce has unveiled a new single seat electric sports car for children to drive around hospital. Engineers at the iconic British firm spent more than 400 hours of their spare time developing the all-new Rolls-Royce SRH. The one-off motor has been hand built for child patients at St Richard's Hospital Paediatric Day Surgery Unit in Chichester, West Sussex. It will allow youngsters to drive themselves to the operating theatre in an attempt to reduce their anxiety and stress. Rolls-Royce normally...

Watch 2 Minutes Of Harry Potter Magic Remixed By Eclectic Method. Turntables magician and audiovisual remixer Eclectic Method has turned his sorcery on our favourite wand waving wizard and his friends. Harry Potter and his friends grow up in just over two minutes of this house music tune - made from sounds from all eight movies. We're not sure what we love more watching the cast grow up over a decade, or the magic movie musical remix conjured up from sounds from...

Space transport services company SpaceX is to launch its first commercial flight to the moon next year. The company has announced it has been approached to fly two private citizens on a trip around the moon late next year, with the punters paying a significant deposit to land a moon mission. The Falcon Heavy rocket, which was developed with SpaceX funding, is due to launch its first test flight this summer and, if successful, will be the most powerful vehicle to reach...

Controversial author Sam Jane Brown has predicted the coming of "One World Religion" that will be imposed upon humanity by the United Nations. In her religious-themed mystery "Forgotten Word" the story alludes to a series of suspicious events that have taken place under the auspices of the UN in recent years — many of which strongly suggest that the global diplomatic body actually harbors sinister plans to eradicate traditional Christianity and replace it with a new, amoral faith based on the...

First aid experts have warned of the dangers of flipping pancakes ahead of Pancake Day - with tips including "dialling 999 or 112 for emergency medical help" in cases of serious injury. St John Ambulance issued tips for people ahead of one of the most perilous nights of the year, including moving away from the hot area if you get burnt. With millions of Brits across the country making their annual attempt to look culinarily proficient, the plaster dispensers have set out...