
Andrei Markin | Russian Figurative Painter
Andrei Markin | Russian Figurative Painter Artist statement I was born in a family of artists, so I knew the smell of paints since my childhood. My first models More...

DWP hands £500 cost of living payments to UK households | Personal Finance | Finance
UK households struggling to afford energy bills this winter are being handed cost of living payments of up to £500. The cash is available as part of the government’s Household Support Fund which is shared More...

The European city that’s making public transport free – but there’s a catch for tourists | Travel News | Travel
A beautiful European city steeped in history is all set to make public transport free for hundreds of thousands of people from January 1. Tourists, however, won’t be able to benefit from this, as public More...

EU buys blender for a African school – even though it has no electricity | World | News
Hapless eurocrats have been accused of squandering taxpayers’ money after buying a blender for a school in African even though it has no electricity, and funding a “conflict prevention” radio station which More...

Emma Raducanu pulls out of first 2025 event as Brit suffers new injury setback | Tennis | Sport
Emma Raducanu has pulled out of her first event of the season at the ASB Classic in Auckland after suffering a back problem. And the British No.2 now plans to fly to Melbourne and prepare for the Australian More...

The 14 most iconic mobile phones of all time
The mobile phone defined the technological boom of the late 1990s and early 2000s. We flipped, beeped and text our way into the new millennium with removable fascias via the introduction of grainy cameras and More...

Tony Blair’s ‘spectacular mistake’ on migration revealed | Politics | News
Tony Blair threw open Britain’s borders to millions of migrants to inflate economic figures, shocking Government records have revealed. The former Prime Minister in 2004 granted eastern Europeans unrestricted More...

Inside Bill Bailey’s eclectic home life with parrots, iguanas, and a n | Music | Entertainment
Bill Bailey had just finished a long set at the Craigmore Centre in Drumnadrochit, a village on the breathtakingly beautiful northern banks of Loch Ness. The venue was packed, and he’d gone down like a knocked-out More...

New Year traditions from around the world | Travel News | Travel
Travel experts at Riviera Travel – the UK’s leading river cruise and tour operator – revealed eight New Year traditions from around the world. Symbolic rituals span from fireworks, offerings to the More...

One of the best games of the decade reduced to under £15 | Gaming | Entertainment
One of the biggest selling games of the decade is currently available for just over a tenner as part of the New Year sales. With more than 30 million sales since launching in 2023, Hogwarts Legacy is second More...