1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (806+ words) My special skills included driving a small car filled with helium balloons, memorising children's names " and tolerating parents' behaviour From the age of 16 to 22, I was a children's entertainer. Most often a fairy, sometimes a witch, ballerina, princess or mermaid…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (413+ words) I found Chilly literally frozen to the spot beneath a Detroit dock, warmed her up and took her home. She's now part of the family Earlier this year, I was walking along the marina in the Jefferson Chalmers neighbourhood in…...

3+ hour, 55+ min ago  (229+ words) Push for states to assign presidential electors to winner of popular vote gains momentum in bid to reach 270 threshold A national majority vote for president is one step closer to reality after Virginia governor Abigail Spanberger signed the National Popular…...

1+ hour, 43+ min ago  (223+ words) The former children's laureate missed the announcement of the award in Bologna due to post-Brexit passport rule changes Michael Rosen, the poet and author known for books such as We're Going on a Bear Hunt and Chocolate Cake, has won…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (1078+ words) Undercover reporter gets a taste of the sprawling fraud industry in which cryptocurrencies play a crucial role Five firms including Autotrader and Just Eat investigated over fake review failings The holiday flat near(ish) the Roman ruins of Pompeii was…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (571+ words) If you still scoff at the stuff from a jar, you may be missing out on a new generation of instant coffee The best instant coffees in 2025: we tested 24 varieties from powders to pastes Instant coffee is having a moment....

1+ hour, 13+ min ago  (163+ words) A magnitude 5. 7 earthquake struck a rural part of Nevada east of the state's capital of Carson City on Monday. The temblor hit just before 6. 30pm, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. It was centered 12. 9 miles (21km) east of the town of Silver…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (1069+ words) From schools in Ghana to workplaces in Britain, underpinned by the colonial roots of "respectability, conversations around natural hairstyle persist Last month a Jamaican woman said her teenage son had been pulled from lessons because school staff had deemed his…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (991+ words) Democratic city does not control its police force " and reform attempts have been thwarted by Republicans Quinton Lucas said he thinks his city's police department "is a colonial system. "I think it is anti-Black. I think it is anti-immigrant. I…...

16+ hour, 20+ min ago  (410+ words) Brian Hooker told police that Lynette Hooker fell overboard and that strong currents carried her away Police in the Bahamas have released without charges a Michigan man who said his wife disappeared after falling overboard from a small boat in…...