69 h. ago Expert claims 'alien mothership' 3I/ATLAS could drop 'technological device' in our solar system sooner than we thought

Harvard professor Avi Loeb insists the mysterious object flying through the solar system is part of a mission launched billions of years ago and not, as most other boffins believe, a comet

Science

69 h. ago Expert claims 'alien mothership' 3I/ATLAS could drop 'technological device' in our solar system

Harvard professor Avi Loeb insists the mysterious object flying through the solar system is part of a mission launched billions of years ago and not, as most other boffins believe, a comet

Science

4 d. ago Why 'it's the Brexit, stupid' should be the political slogan of our times

As Chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares the Budget, she’s missing an estimated £40 billion a year in tax revenues because the UK left the European Union

Politics

5 d. ago BBC missed out on £1.1 billion in unpaid licence fee payments last year, report reveals

The publishing of the report comes after a number of scandals at the BBC in recent months

Economics

7 d. ago British kids comic Beano lampoons Trump and Musk with barking hair and JD Vance as Labubu

A special edition of the classic comic sees the trio of US president, tech billionaire and UK PM, blast off on a hilariously doomed space mission

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8 d. ago Study shows customers are missing out on billions in lost bank interest

Traditional banks are short-changing UK SMEs on savings rates, but Allica’s Business Rewards Account helps businesses earn more on their money

Economics

4 w. ago Bill Gates says climate crisis won’t cause ‘humanity’s demise’ in call to shift focus to ‘improving lives’

Billionaire’s statement comes a day after UN said humanity missed 1.5C climate target and warned of devastationBill Gates has called for a “strategic pivot” in the effort against the climate crisis, writing that the world should shift away from trying to limit rising temperatures to instead focusing on efforts to prevent disease and poverty.Writing on his Gates Notes website, the billionaire Microsoft co-founder criticized what he described as a “doomsday view of climate change” which is focusing “too much on near-term emissions goals”. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago ‘You just believe’: why Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers highlighting their mood-lifting watches is a travel back to 1971 for the definitive Roald Dahl adaptationThere are some days when the only thing that can lift your mood is seeing a man in a top hat play the flute to summon a jodhpur-wearing Oompa-Loompa. Luckily, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory has plenty of that and a lot more besides. I don’t care if you’ve just received a terminal diagnosis or found out your wife’s been having an affair with Chris Martin, you stick this film on and you’ll smile.The last time I watched it, before rewatching for this article, was with my wife and infant son in the week after his birth. He was too busy crapping himself to understand what was going on so the film was obviously just for us. Why would two thirtysomethings choose to watch a children’s film from the 1970s? Perhaps we were nostalgic for our own lost childhoods of watching it every Christmas and bank holiday, perhaps we were excited for the near ...

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