57 m. ago easyJet pilot says area two hours from UK is 'worst for turbulence'

Turbulence is a common occurrence during flights and can be unsettling for nervous flyers

Politics

59 m. ago The film fans who remade Jurassic Park : how an Australian town got behind a $3,000 ‘mockbuster’

Jurassic Park: Castlemaine Redux is a shot-for-shot labour of love made with amateur actors, beanbag dinosaurs and an army of volunteers. Three years later it is finished – and ‘bigger than Ben-Hur’Get our weekend culture and lifestyle emailThis morning’s location: a field outside Castlemaine, Victoria. The air is thick with flies, attracted to the cow dung but ignoring the nearby dinosaur poo, sturdily constructed from papier-mache.“Oh god,” Sam Neill groans – though these words aren’t actually uttered by Neill but local builder Ian Flavell, who has taken on Neill’s role as palaeontologist Alan Grant – and drops to his knees in front of an ailing triceratops.Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading...

Politics

67 m. ago When can Falkirk win the Championship? Every key date and TV game as Bairns edge towards Premiership promotion

Falkirk are about to return to the top flight, but when can they make it official?

Politics

78 m. ago Brendan Rodgers goes against Celtic chiefs’ league stance as boss admits he wants a bigger top flight

The Irishman has had his say on the league set-up after a 10-team top flight came up for discussion.

Economics

80 m. ago New £199 flights to Turkey take off from Scotland for summer 2025

Airline SunExpress launched their route to Antalya on April 4 with Dalaman flights hot on its heels

Economics

3 h. ago Virgin plane passengers stuck at military base with 'no food' after mid

Virgin Atlantic Flight VS358 to Mumbai was forced to land at a military base in Turkey after a woman was taken seriously ill mid-flight - but the 200 passengers onboard were left stranded

Events

3 h. ago Harvard faculty organize amid anxiety that the college will capitulate to Trump

Elite schools like Harvard weigh the costs of standing up to Trump as some, such as Princeton, signal it won’t concedeThe day after the Trump administration announced a review of $9bn in federal contracts and grants with Harvard due to what it claimed was the university’s failure to combat antisemitism on campus, the university’s president, Alan Garber, sent an email to the Harvard community titled: Our resolve.“When we saw the Garber statement’s subject line, everybody thought: ‘Oh, great, Harvard’s going to stand up!” said Jane Sujen Bock, a board member of the Coalition for a Diverse Harvard, a group of alumni founded in 2016 amid a legal battle over affirmative action. Continue reading...

Politics

3 h. ago Harvard faculty organize amid anxiety university will capitulate to Trump

Harvard weighs costs of standing up to president as other elite schools, such as Princeton, signal they won’t concedeThe day after the Trump administration announced a review of $9bn in federal contracts and grants with Harvard due to what it claimed was the university’s failure to combat antisemitism on campus, the university’s president, Alan Garber, sent an email to the Harvard community titled: Our resolve.“When we saw the Garber statement’s subject line, everybody thought: ‘Oh, great, Harvard’s going to stand up!” said Jane Sujen Bock, a board member of the Coalition for a Diverse Harvard, a group of alumni founded in 2016 amid a legal battle over affirmative action. Continue reading...

Politics

4 h. ago David Lammy says he regrets Trump has embraced protectionism, something not seen in US ‘for nearly a century’ – UK politics live

David Lammy, foreign secretary, says UK is ‘a nation that believes in open trade’ and says government is negotiating with US over economic agreementAn anti-abortion campaigner at the centre of a free speech controversy involving the US government has been found guilty of breaching a “buffer zone” outside a Bournemouth abortion clinic, PA Media reports. PA says:Livia Tossici-Bolt was convicted at Poole magistrates’ court of two charges of breaching the Public Spaces Protection Order on two days in March 2023.The case involved the 64-year-old from Bournemouth holding a sign saying “Here to talk, if you want”.But I think our approach should be to slightly stand back and think, what does Britain want, and can it get from the rest of the world, and what can we contribute?And in that regard, it’s important to realise that the rest of the G7, except the US, collectively are the same size as the United States. And I would have thought a very sensible thing to be doing is having a serious co...

Politics

4 h. ago ‘People scream in shock’: the US woman with the world’s longest tongue

Chanel Tapper holds Guinness World Records title with her 3.8in tongue that is longer than a medium-sized lightbulbParty tricks are second nature to Chanel Tapper, who has long wielded the Guinness World Records title for woman with the globe’s longest tongue.The California native can easily use the 3.8in (9.75cm) organ to remove Jenga blocks from a stack. She can flip red plastic cups with it; touch the tip of her nose as well as under her chin; and raise a spoon by curling it around the utensil. Continue reading...

Events

4 h. ago Where is our Tiananmen square ‘Tank Man’ who can stand up to Trump? | Corey Robin

The reason we don’t see that person is because we’re asking the wrong questionEveryone’s waiting for that one person to stand up to Donald Trump. Not just that one person. There are a lot of such people. You can read about them in every newspaper. But that one person with real power who’s willing to risk something costly in defiance. That one university president who’ll say, fuck you and your money. That one Democrat who’ll say, fuck you and your threat to my re-election or that of my party. Everyone’s looking for our Tank Man, staring down a column of tanks, all by himself, in Tiananmen Square.Why don’t we see that person? Where is our Tank Man? (And, no, I don’t think Cory Booker doing a marathon-length filibuster counts.)When you’re thinking of becoming a hero, you feel like a slob. You feel, do you really have a right to do that?Corey Robin is the author of The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Donald Trump and a contributing editor at Jacobin. This piece origi...

Politics

5 h. ago Jet2 passengers urged to carry out check "at least 12 hours before your flight"

Jet2 is the third largest airline in the UK, and the largest travel operator, meaning millions of people will be jetting off with the company this year alone

Transport

5 h. ago Popular European destination to strike grounding 80 UK flights and stranding thousands

Greece's air traffic controllers are due to strike next week, which would see the cancellation of between 70 and 80 flights from the UK impacting thousands of passengers

Events

5 h. ago Passengers on Heathrow flight 'abandoned' at remote airfield due to visa issue after emergency landing

The Virgin Atlantic service was diverted to a remote military base in Turkey, allegedly leaving passengers including pregnant women ‘with no food’

Society

5 h. ago Ryanair launches flights from Glasgow to one of the sunniest places in Europe

The island has mild winters and hot summers

Politics

5 h. ago Grand National 2025 drone ban at Aintree introduced to stop gamblers cheating

A temporary flight restriction zone is being enforced by police above the Merseyside course from 7am Thursday until 7pm on Saturday amid fears drones could give gamblers an advantage

Events

6 h. ago Leading the charge: how a drive for electric vehicles is cleaning up Nepal

With air pollution causing a fifth of deaths in Nepal, growing EV use could add nearly three years to Kathmandu residents’ livesIn a rundown hangar in the heart of Kathmandu, the remains of a dozen electric trolley buses stand abandoned and corroding. Caked in dust and bird-droppings and lined with rubbish, they are a reminder of a bold experiment, launched 50 years ago, to electrify the city’s public transport system. Down the side of one is written, “Keep me alive”.Today, that plea is being heard. More than 70% of four-wheeled passenger vehicles – largely cars and minibuses – imported into Nepal last year were electric, one of the highest rates in the world. The figure reflects a remarkable growth in the use of electric vehicles (EVs), which saw the country import more than 13,000 between July 2023 and 2024, up from about 250 in 2020-21. Continue reading...

Politics

8 h. ago Expert issues £200 warning over very common household item you should NEVER put in the washing machine

Scott Flint, a professional US-based appliance repair technician, cautioned on Family Handyman that fabric bath mats could pose serious risks for washing machines.

Events

9 h. ago Incredible city 3 hours from UK with its own beach and 20C temperatures in April

Dubrovnik in Croatia is the perfect destination for a city break. Just a short flight away, visitors are bound to go back in time with the beauty and charm of this Mediterranean hidden gem.

Politics

9 h. ago Reason why flight attendants feet are flat on the floor for take off and landing

Air stewardess Henny Lim shared a video on social media platform TikTok explaining why flight attendants sit with their hands tucked under their legs for take off and landing.

Politics