A list of hilarious names of Reading’s bin lorries have been released by the council, after Ricky Gervais spotted his namesake in the town.School children were given the opportunity to choose names which will be printed on the trucks.
So you might see …
One of the most well known UK pop stars, Sam Fender, will be performing his biggest London gig to date this week. The singer-songwriter will headline at Finsbury Park this Friday (July 15).
If you are one of the lucky ticket-holders, you’ll probably wa…
Dozens of people have died in four days of gang battles in a violent neighbourhood of Haiti’s capital, authorities said.It comes as a wave of increasing violence sweeps the country.
Jean Hislain Frederick, deputy mayor in the Cite Soleil district of Po…
Uber Eats has today revealed the regional winners for its inaugural UK & Ireland Restaurant of the Year Awards, judged by Prue Leith, restaurateur and TV host, and Rachel Ama, vegan chef. The first-ever awards from the food delivery app will see th…
A pair of building site thieves were caught driving away with a truck full of valuable steelwork parts. Levi Walker and Joseph Walker had just helped themselves to the metal from a site in Sileby Road, Barrow-upon-Soar, on the night of Sunday April 24,…
Raider of the lost coins: Detectorist, 30, inspired by Indiana Jones finds £65,000 Roman hoard after studying satellite imagery near his Suffolk homeGeorge Ridgeway, 30, found huge coin hoard after studying satellite imagery The 725 Iron Age and R…
Lego and Hasbro have united for the first time to bring the iconic Transformers Autobot, Optimus Prime, to life in Lego form – complete with alt mode. The new Lego Transformers Optimus Prime set has more than 1,500 detailed Lego pieces and once assembl…
Two men have been charged with the theft of steel after £20,000 worth of the metal was taken from a Leicestershire building site. Levi Walker, 26, of Hungarton Lane, Keyham, and Joseph Walker, 21, of Greengate Lane, Birstall, have been charged with tak…
By Jonathan Stempel
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Warren Buffett needed just two weeks to put together Berkshire Hathaway Inc’s $11.6 billion takeover of Alleghany Corp, its largest acquisition in six years, even as he balked at paying the insurer’s banking fee…
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine should serve as a “giant wake-up call” to the West, former U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron said April 1 at an MSC Wiley Lecture Series talk at Texas A&M University’s Rudder Auditorium.
“Ask yourselves, ‘Why do unarmed…