6 d. ago ‘No reason not to be all in’: is Saturday Night Live ready to meet a major political moment?

The return of the long-running series lands at a difficult time for late-night comedy – and free speechPaul Simon sang The Boxer. New York mayor Rudy Giuliani appeared with firefighters. When producer Lorne Michaels asked: “Can we be funny?”, Giuliani replied: “Why start now?”It was September 2001 and, just 18 days after the worst terrorist attack in US history, Saturday Night Live’s blend of satire, silliness and live music was back on the air. “In bad times, people turn to the show,” Michaels told Rolling Stone magazine 20 years later. Continue reading...

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1 week ago The best (and worst!) places to live in England REVEALED... according to data on crime, house prices, transport links and even broadband speeds

According to our eight metrics, which also consider transport links, deprivation, air quality, income and access to green spaces, the best neighbourhood in England scores 85.2 out of 100.

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2 w. ago ‘It’s the best feeling’: how Copenhagen gave cyclists a green wave

Traffic lights are synchronised so a rush-hour cyclist at 20km/h can catch green lights all the way“Hitting a green wave? It’s the best feeling, especially when you’re in a hurry,” says actor Samuel Traum, unlocking his bike by a Copenhagen intersection thronged by two-wheeled commuters. “The opposite, a red wave, is the worst.”For those of us who do not live in cycle-friendly Copenhagen, the green wave that Traum describes is a system started by the city authorities 16 years ago: in order to encourage bike travel, they synchronised traffic lights on several key roads so that a rush-hour cyclist travelling at about 20km/h (12.4mph) could catch green lights all the way. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago From a skateboarding pig to the world’s longest custom banana car – new Guinness World Records book revealed

IT’S the quickest bacon roll ever — with a new world record set for the fastest pig on a skateboard. Norbert did ten metres in a boarly believable 11.32 seconds — ensuring his spot in the 2026 Guinness World Records book. Hailing from the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, the 150lb hog has become a hit...

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3 w. ago The UK's best and worst cities in which to live, including big climber with great work

One city has climbed 25 spots, but others have tumbled down the rankings

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3 w. ago London's ROTTEN 'banana': The worst places to live in the capital

London's ROTTEN 'banana': The worst places to live in the capital - based on house prices and crime  MSN

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3 w. ago London's ROTTEN 'banana' revealed: The worst places to live in the capital

A viral post last week posited the existence of the 'London banana' - a belt sweeping through the west of the capital where 'you'll have a great time'.

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