11 h. ago Scottish pupil named a Time magazine girl of the year for solar

Rebecca Young, 13, named one of 10 girls of the year for her invention intended to help rough sleepers in winterA Scottish schoolgirl has been named a “girl of the year” by Time magazine after she invented a solar-powered thermal blanket to help rough sleepers keep warm.Rebecca Young, 13, came up with her design after seeing homeless people struggling in subzero temperatures on the streets of her home city, Glasgow, in winter. She said her message to young people was: “If you see a problem you think you can fix, you can do something about it.” Continue reading...

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13 h. ago LA28 to break longstanding tradition with corporate venue names at Games

LA28 to allow corporate names on competition venuesComcast, Honda first naming partners in Games historyMove marks break from Olympics’ clean venue traditionFor the first time in Olympic and Paralympic history, competition venues will carry corporate names, breaking from the longstanding “clean venue” tradition.That policy, also enforced at other mega-events like the Fifa World Cup, requires stadiums and arenas to strip or cover all non-official sponsor branding, including naming rights signage. The aim is to protect the exclusivity of global partners who pay millions for official status. In past events, Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium became “Arsenal Stadium” for Uefa matches, and New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium will be known as “New York New Jersey Stadium” during the 2026 World Cup. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Scot, 12, named on Time’s first Girls of the Year list after homelessness design

Rebecca Young, from Glasgow, designed a solar-powered backpack with an electric blanket inside to help homeless people.

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7 d. ago Jim Goodwin tells Dundee United heroes 'It's still only half time' as boss namechecks 2 stars in Rapid showing

The United boss took his side to Vienna and claimed a 2-2 draw ahead of next weeks Conference League return

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7 d. ago ‘We’ve got a lot less competitive’: Stanley Donwood on creating Radiohead’s iconic artwork

The artist has been collaborating with the rock group’s frontman Thom Yorke on their distinctive visuals since the mid-90s. As a retrospective opens in Oxford, he looks back on three decades with the bandIn the early 90s, Stanley Donwood was “at a loose end after university”, hitching around Britain and making a little money as a busking fire-breather. Fetching up in Oxford, he spotted a poster for a gig by a band called On a Friday. He recognised the name: a friend he’d met while studying at Exeter University’s fine art department called Thom Yorke was the lead singer.So he called Yorke up. An initial plan for Donwood to do his fire-breathing routine as the band’s support act was scuppered by the venue’s nervous manager, but the pair kept in touch. Some time later, after On a Friday had changed their name to Radiohead, Yorke called with a proposition. “They’d done really well with Creep, which I hadn’t heard, it wasn’t my thing at all; I liked bleepy-bleepy, thumpy-thump ...

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8 d. ago The Most Common Baby Name In Every London Borough, According to 2025 Statistics

The Most Common Baby Name In Every London Borough, According to 2025 Statistics  Time Out Worldwide

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9 d. ago UN plastic pollution talks must result in ambitious treaty, leading expert says

Professor Richard Thompson, a marine litter expert, says delegates must act decisively to ‘look next generation in the eye’Delegates at the UN plastic pollution treaty talks in Geneva must secure an ambitious global agreement so they can look future generations in the eye, one of the world’s leading marine litter experts has said.Prof Richard Thompson, who was named one of Time’s 100 most influential people this year for his groundbreaking work on plastic pollution, said decisive action was needed to protect human health and the planet. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Love Island Toni and Angel's real names exposed as duo battle for £50k prize

Love Island's 2025 finale episode is set to air at 9pm on 4 August, but many fans may not know that two contestants have been going by different names this entire time...

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1 week ago 'Keep your doors closed!' Experts urge Brits to stay indoors as amber warning for Storm Floris is issued with winds of 85mph feared for Scotland

The sixth named storm of the 2024-25 season has arrived in time for August and will batter Britain tomorrow.

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3 w. ago Airport worker names exact time to swap seats and it's not when on the plane

A former Heathrow Airport employee has revealed an easy trick to getting your seats changed at the very last minute, avoiding the extra fees - but there's a catch

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3 w. ago Oleksandr Usyk's next opponent named as Frank Warren confirms 'it's time'

Tyson Fury, Derek Chisora and Anthony Joshua were all name-dropped

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3 w. ago Coronation Street star says Carl Webster up against 'dangerous people' as secret 'exposed'

Carl only appeared in Weatherfield for the first time in April, having only ever been mentioned by name in the ITV soap

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4 w. ago Renfrewshire dance pupil and local dance school recognised in Scottish Parliament motion

Local MSP Paul O’Kane has paid tribute to "Renfrewshire’s dancing queens".

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4 w. ago The Open 2025: Colin Montgomerie and the 8 best players to never win the Claret Jug

The Claret Jug has eluded plenty of golf's biggest names, including UK favourite Colin Montgomerie, a pair of Masters champions and a five-time major winner with 52 PGA tour triumphs to his name

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4 w. ago Trump defector tells me why Ghislaine Maxwell must now testify. It's time to name names... or else they're ALL going down: KENNEDY

About 48 hours after news that putrid pedo Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell wants to spill her foul guts to Congress, some very powerful Republicans are saying: Bring it on!

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