63 h. ago Future of $2trillion megacity The Line hangs by thread as Saudi rulers scale back plans for scandal

THE future of a $2trillion vanity project is hanging by a thread as Saudi leaders question the cost of building the bizarrely shaped desert city. The Line was first planned as a 100-mile string of skyscrapers, standing at over 1600ft tall and housing 1.5million people. The megaproject was just one part of the new port...

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5 d. ago Alex Honnold live updates: Netflix confirms contingency plan if free solo climber falls in attempt to scale Taipei skyscraper

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1 week ago Lifts approved for some London stations – but others lose out as DfT scales back plans

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The appointment supports the company's expansion plans as it scales operations and enhances service delivery across the UK.

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2 w. ago The UK is watering down plans for mandatory digital ID cards after a backlash

The British government has scaled back plans for mandatory digital ID cards, initially proposed as a way of helping control immigration

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2 w. ago My favourite family photo: ‘I was six, with mumps and diarrhoea – and having the time of my life’

When I went to Saudi Arabia in the 1980s to see my Dad it felt like visiting another planet. But beyond the scale and shininess of the country was the feeling of my family finally being togetherIn the 1980s, the British construction industry was hit hard by recession. At the same time, Saudi Arabia had the opposite problem; lots of money and a desire to build infrastructure, but not enough skilled workers. As a result, thousands of British labourers found it was the only place where they could earn a wage. My dad – freshly out of work with a young family to support – was one of them. We travelled out to see him twice, once to Riyadh and once to Jeddah.Objectively, the Riyadh trip was better. Dad lived on a worker’s compound, and there was a pool and a restaurant and loads of room to run around. Jeddah, less so – but that’s where this photo was taken. Dad shared a tiny flat on the city’s noisy Palestine Street with one of his colleagues. I caught mumps basically upon landing and (acc...

Culture

last month Clive Myrie reveals wife's 'seriously bad' health battle over Christmas

BBC presenter Clive Myrie has revealed how his Christmas plans were dramatically scaled back after his wife Catherine was struck by a “seriously bad” lung infection

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