49 h. ago 'Out of control' teen who beat Scots dad to death in garden attack jailed

The 15-year-old set upon Scott Mitchell and called him a pervert.

Events

4 d. ago Brits urged to act immediately if they find one common sticky weed in flower bed

Brits are being told to act immediately after a common weed is set to overtake the garden spaces during the summer time, and you just need a towel and your bare hands.

Politics

7 d. ago I was one of those men who couldn’t stop talking. Here’s how I learned to shut up and listen

After realising how much I interrupted other people, I decided I needed to make a drastic change. Here’s how starting to listen changed my relationships – and made me happierI like to talk as much as the next man – and men like to talk. A now-famous study by the University of California, Santa Barbara, noted that, in a series of recorded public conversations between men and women, 48 interruptions occurred, 46 of which came from men. The 2024 Women in the Workplace survey by McKinsey found that nearly 40% of women experienced being interrupted or spoken over “more than others” at work, against 20% of men.Men in public spaces, according to research, talk more than women, talk over women, and talk down to women, contributing to the rise of gender neologisms such as manologuing, bropropriating and mansplaining. So, aware that men tend to dominate and disrupt, aware that the world at large feels unbearably loud, aware that I, too, often add to that noise, I decided to learn to keep my m...

Politics

1 week ago Man Utd make drastic change behind the scenes 'after years of poor transfers'

Sir Jim Ratcliffe wants Manchester United to become the world's best when it comes to recruitment and has tasked Christopher Vivell with leading a new scouting network

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2 w. ago Drug mule, 31, who had £120k of cannabis in suitcases told airport security 'I've got weed' after flying in from Thailand

A drug mule who had £120,000 of cannabis in suitcases fessed up to airport security as he touched down from Thailand last week.

Events

3 w. ago Gardeners told to use homemade weed fertiliser to grow 'bigger and juicier' tomatoes

Weeds can be a nightmare for gardeners, but one expert has revealed how you can turn them into a natural fertiliser that will help your tomato plants to grow healthy and produce larger fruits

Politics

3 w. ago 6 plants banned in the UK and what to do if you spot them in your garden

If you notice any of your garden plants growing out of control, make sure to check that they aren't any one of these six plants which can wreck ecosystems and damage your home

Events

3 w. ago UK households told to keep weeds and put them in specific garden location

If you've just spent hours yanking out pesky weeds from your garden, don't throw them out just yet - there's a fantastic way you can re-use them to help your garden

Society

3 w. ago Gardeners urged to make drastic change to houseplants in June 'add one thing'

Experts at Gardeners' World are urging people to do this one task to ensure their houseplants survive the summer temperatures and remain as vibrant into autumn

Politics

last month David Coote's new life after refereeing ban with drastic career change caught on camera

David Coote was sacked by the PGMOL in December and a surprised resident within his local area was shocked to see him working in a completely different job

Events

last month Electric Spark by Frances Wilson review – the mercurial Muriel Spark

A canny biography of the early career of this strange, brilliant novelistMuriel Spark, born Muriel Sarah Camberg, was nothing if not protean. Her gravestone declares her a poet; posterity knows her as the author of 22 short, indelibly strange and subversive novels. In life, she was by turns an editor, critic, biographer, playwright, Jewish Gentile, Catholic convert, divorcee, abandoning mother, spy. As Frances Wilson observes in this canny biography, she looks in every photograph as if she is played by a different actor, so drastic are the changes in her face and style. From precocious Edinburgh schoolgirl to unhappy Rhodesian wife, spirited London bohemian to poised Roman socialite, Spark made an art of unsettling transformations. She was the queen of narrative control, not least the narrative of her own life.She was also the enemy of biographers, a pursuer of lawsuits who managed to delay the publication of her own authorised biography by seven years (“a hatchet job; full of insul...

Politics

last month Gardeners with out of control weeds told to make drastic change

If weeds are plaguing your garden and you're having trouble pulling them out, garden experts advise that this one simple method is the 'next best thing' to get rid of them

Politics