Andy Burnham has pledged his government will be “relentless” in curbing the number of people arriving in the UK on small boats. The prime minister said progress had been made and the government was “changing the whole approach”, with enforcement officers tackling people-smuggling gangs doubled on both sides of the Channel. “People want to see…
In 2024, John Carpenter had a dream that sounds like one of his movies: it involved a portal to the underworld beneath a disused church, monstrous demons and people being turned inside out. “I woke up and thought: wow! What an elaborate story,” he says. “I rarely have cinematic dreams, but this was one of…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is pulling back the curtain on a 22,000 square-foot replica town on its Huntsville, Alabama campus that it built to train law enforcement in simulating and investigating real-world cyberattacks. The aim is to teach investigators in a secure environment beyond the classroom by getting hands-on with some of the latest…
Asylum application, immigration and emigration figures for European countries are the latest available data from Eurostat for: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania, Norway, Switzerland and Croatia. Source: www.bbc.com
With spring in full swing, it’s time to go shopping for plants. While adding to or creating a garden has obvious green credentials, some plants are more sustainable than others. The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. Whether it’s hidden peat, throwaway plants,…
Mayor Heddlesten has long sideburns and a mustache that curls around the corners of his mouth. The day we met, he was wearing his patriotic glasses, emblazoned with the American flag. Audio clip of Weinberger: Are your eyeglasses, is it the red, white, and blue? Are they — oh, wow. They’re magnetic. Audio clip of…
SMALL TOWN GIRLS: A Writer’s Memoir, By Jayne Anne Phillips Most fiction writers have given so much of their own experiences to their characters that, after long careers, they are rarely inspired to become late-life autobiographers. Over the years, however, many are likely to have published a variety of nonfiction pieces — personal essays, talks,…
When a ship comes under fire in the Strait of Hormuz, one of the first places its distress call is likely to be heard is thousands of miles away, on a military base outside Portsmouth, on the south coast of Britain. “The most distressing events are ones where you are being called up by the…
Reporting Highlights Big Promises: Two men promised a $1.1 million 3D printer could fix Cairo, Illinois’ housing crisis. More than a year later, the one duplex it printed still isn’t finished. “Here We Go Again”: There have been no new homes built in Cairo, Illinois, in at least 30 years. Residents have grown wary of…
Shorouk Express “The twice-yearly task of publishing a large and sensitive document is out of scale with virtually all of the rest of its publication activities,” said the investigation, which was hastily carried out by peer Sarah Hogg and OBR board member and City bigwig Susan Rice. It called for “completely new arrangements” to be…
