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HS2 trains will not run for another DECADE as cost balloons to £102.7billion
HS2 trains will not run for another decade, as the cost has ballooned up to £102.7billion, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander announced today.Speaking in the Commons, Ms Alexander revealed the expected final bill reached the hefty sum, yet the high-speed rail will not open until at least 2039. "It gives me no pleasure to say the expected cost of completing HS2 is now between £87.7billion and £102.7billion, priced in 2025," she told MPs.The first services between Old Oak Common in London and Bir...
Children’s reading should prioritise pleasure over learning, says laureate
Frank Cottrell-Boyce tells MPs to focus on early-years reading, with more support for parents and nursery workersThe children’s laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce has urged the government to prioritise pleasure over learning in children’s reading.Giving evidence to MPs on the education committee, which is investigating the crisis in reading for pleasure among children, the screenwriter and novelist said conversations about children’s reading too often revert to attainment in school. Continue reading....
Sustainability-focused clothing brand to reportedly be bought by Shein
U.S. clothing brand Everlane is reportedly being sold to the Chinese company Shein, which has faced controversy over its business practices. Puck Fashion correspondent Lauren Sherman, who first reported the deal, discusses what to know and the potential impact on consumers.
Bullet Train To Siliguri: Gamechanger For Chicken's Neck
West Bengal is set to benefit from the first high-speed rail service in eastern India linking Siliguri to Varanasi, which is expected to improve inter-regional mobility. Once completed, it would just take three hours to travel from Varanasi to Siliguri.
Westchester woman, 56, falls down manhole and dies moments after parking her Mercedes outside Cartier store on NYC's Fifth Avenue
Westchester woman, 56, falls down manhole and dies moments after parking her Mercedes outside Cartier store on NYC's Fifth AvenueBy JAMES CIRRONE, US NEWS REPORTER Published: 15:17, 19 May 2026 | Updated: 15:22, 19 May 2026 e-mail View comments
Moment gang of thugs launch fatal attack on father as they beat him to death with baseball bats and hockey sticks in park in broad daylight - as six are jailed over his murder
Shamus Hussain (pictured), 39, was savagely assaulted and stabbed twice in a park in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, on the evening of July 12 last year following an argument.
Clint Eastwood cannon from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly traced to Spanish museum
Enthusiasts track down weapon used to fell fleeing Eli Wallach amid preparations for 60th anniversary of film’s releaseSix decades after Clint Eastwood nonchalantly used a cigar to light a cannon’s fuse in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly to fell a fleeing Eli Wallach, the Manchester-made weapon has been rediscovered in a museum in south-east Spain.The artillery piece was tracked down by the Sad Hill Cultural Association, a group of volunteers dedicated to restoring the graveyard near Burgos, nort...
Jackson Pollock painting sells for record $181m at Christie’s in New York
Abstract expressionist’s Number 7A, 1948, becomes the fourth most expensive work ever sold at auctionA Jackson Pollock painting has sold for a record $181.2m (£135.3m) at Christie’s in New York.The sale on Monday made Number 7A, 1948 the fourth most expensive work ever sold at auction, according to ARTnews. Continue reading...
Off the rails! HS2 'fiasco' set to cost £100BILLION, might not open till 2039... and the trains are being slowed down
Off the rails! HS2 'fiasco' set to cost £100BILLION, might not open till 2039... and the trains are being slowed downBy JAMES TAPSFIELD, UK POLITICAL EDITOR Published: 15:02, 19 May 2026 | Updated: 15:05, 19 May 2026 e-mail View comments
Disturbing true story behind German shepherd 'abandoned' on street tied to rock, as dog is reunited with its owner
Disturbing true story behind German shepherd 'abandoned' on street tied to rock, as dog is reunited with its ownerBy ANNA WRIGHT Published: 15:03, 19 May 2026 | Updated: 15:03, 19 May 2026 e-mail View comments
Multiple steel firms crash into administration with 93 job losses in huge blow to British manufacturing
Two Scottish engineering firms have entered administration with the loss of 93 jobs after worsening financial pressures forced both businesses to cease trading.AIM Engineering & Fabrication Group and Hescott Engineering Company, sister firms based in Falkirk and Larbert, appointed administrators on Friday after directors concluded their financial positions had become unsustainable.Interpath Advisory partners Alistair McAlinden and James Dewar were appointed joint administrators for both business...
Friends who lost a combined 36st set up the UK's first weight loss festival to bring slimmers together with 'no shame' - complete with bigger toilets, reinforced furniture and consultations for surgery in Turkey
Friends who lost a combined 36st set up the UK's first weight loss festival to bring slimmers together with 'no shame' - complete with bigger toilets, reinforced furniture and consultations for surgery in TurkeyBarifest ran from May 15 to 17 in Bath and cost between £60 to £229 to attendREAD MORE: How to lose a stone in 16 days WITHOUT weight-loss jabs: I was mortified to put on 23lb in my 50s. Here’s the exact diet I used to lose it – and it will help you tooBy RUTH STAINER, REPORTER Updated: 1...
Boyfriend of teacher accused of abusing and murdering baby they were adopting never hurt or sexually assaulted him, court hears
Boyfriend of teacher accused of abusing and murdering baby they were adopting never hurt or sexually assaulted him, court hearsLISTEN: The Trial - The Tragic Life Of Preston Davey is available now wherever you get your podcasts By LIZ HULL, NORTHERN CORRESPONDENT Published: 14:44, 19 May 2026 | Updated: 14:44, 19 May 2026 e-mail
US extends sanctions waiver on Russian oil: Why it matters
The US has extended its waiver on sanctioned Russian oil until June 17.
NYC's socialist mayor outrages mom-and-pop bodegas as he unveils location of first city-run grocery store
NYC's socialist mayor outrages mom-and-pop bodegas as he unveils location of first city-run grocery storeBy ELIOT FORCE, US NEWS REPORTER Published: 14:37, 19 May 2026 | Updated: 14:37, 19 May 2026 e-mail View comments
Government plan for millions of 'virtual' hospital appointments to tackle NHS backlog risks missed cancer cases, experts warn
Government plan for millions of 'virtual' hospital appointments to tackle NHS backlog risks missed cancer cases, experts warnREAD MORE: Prostate cancer screening DOES save lives, landmark report findsBy ZOE HARDY, HEALTH REPORTER Published: 14:14, 19 May 2026 | Updated: 14:34, 19 May 2026 e-mail 23 View comments
Dowry's New Packaging: Experts On How Mindset Still Persists
Urban marriages today often involve detailed scrutiny of education, income, family background and even social media presence. Yet experts say financial expectations surrounding marriage frequently remain embedded in socially acceptable language.
WATCH: Heidi Alexander announces new HS2 cost of up to £102.7billion and further delay
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander says the HS2 could cost up to £102.7billion and may not open until 2039.Addressing MPs in the House of Commons, Ms Alexander said: "It gives me no pleasure to say the expected cost of completing two is now between £87.7billion and £102.7billion, priced in 2025. "Two thirds of this increase is down to past misunderstanding of the work required underestimation and inefficiency issues within the control of HS2 limited some of its suppliers and previous Governmen...
‘Star Wars’ and ‘Powerpuff Girls’ voice actor Tom Kane dies at 64
Tom Kane, who voiced characters in the “Star Wars” franchise and Professor Utonium in Cartoon Network’s “The Powerpuff Girls,” died Monday from complications of a stroke he suffered in 2020.
Elite Aussie all-girls school brings in police after student accused of making disturbing threat in group chat
Elite Aussie all-girls school brings in police after student accused of making disturbing threat in group chatA student at SCEGGS is being investigatedThey allegedly asked how to build a pipe bombREAD MORE: Principal pleads not guilty to assaulting a senior staff member By ASHLEY NICKEL, NEWS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA Published: 14:26, 19 May 2026 | Updated: 14:26, 19 May 2026 e-mail