The UK’s largest St George’s Cross has been unfurled on the Council House in Nottingham ahead of St George’s Day – but is it big enough? The flag measures 60ft by 26ft (18m by 8m) and covers most of the building, attached
Water companies discharged raw sewage into the nation’s waterways 464,000 times last year – a 54% rise on 2022. A total of 464,056 sewage spills from monitored storm overflows were reported in England in 2023, the Environment Agency said. This is up
She said that it took some time to process the news as well as explain everything to her and Prince William’s children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. The Princess of Wales can be seen wringing her hands as she thanked
A nationwide contest called “America’s Field Trip” is now open to students across the U.S. — including elementary school, middle school and high school students — and it offers the chance to win field trips to a number of iconic and historic
British lawmakers are seeking answers about the nation’s nuclear deterrent program after a failed missile test was reported last month. An unarmed missile reportedly crashed into the sea near the submarine from which it was launched. The Ministry of Defense confirmed that
The Czech Parliament’s lower house approved an amendment to the country’s gun law, tightening requirements for owning a weapon. The decision comes more than a month after a shooter killed 14 people and wounded many in downtown Prague. The amendment now moves
Met Office forecasters have weighed in on the possibility of snow developing in the first fortnight of 2024. Weather maps have suggested Britons should gear up for a brisk January, with temperatures expected to dwindle in the low single figures, between 0C
Citizens of the African nation of Chad voted in favor of a new constitution Sunday, which critics say could help solidify junta leader Mahamat Idriss Deby’s power. Reuters reported that 64% of the voters turned out to weigh in on the referendum
A tiny island which is home to under 700 people will enter 2024 with a view of writing its name into the history books. SaxaVord Spaceport, on the island of Unst, which is part of the Scottish Shetland Islands, has been awarded a
The ewe was rescued on Saturday after being stranded for two years 250ft down on the foot cliffs on the Cromarty Firth in the Scottish Highlands. But plans to move her to tourist attraction Dalscone Farm park near Dumfries triggered welfare campaigners.