Posts by Susan Darwin
Championship 2025-26 season preview: Club-by-club guide to the new campaign
Andy Bayes, BBC Radio Lancashire Head coach: Valerien Ismael Last season: Seventh Key ins: Sidnei Tavares (Moreirense, undisclosed), Dion De Neve and Ryan Alebiosu (KV Kortrijk, both undisclosed), Sean McLoughlin (Hull, undisclosed), Axel Henriksson (GAIS, undisclosed), Lewis Miller (Hibernian, undisclosed) Key outs: Callum Brittain (Middlesbrough, undisclosed), Joe Rankin-Costello (Charlton, undisclosed), Tyrhys Dolan (Espanyol, free), Andi…
Read MoreThink the Cybertruck looks weird? Check out its wedge-shaped predecessors
The car looked like nothing else on the road. Its sharp lines, flat planes, and pointy edges made it a head-turning sight, but also a head-scratching business decision. Would anyone actually buy such a weird geometric car? If this sounds like the kind of question one might ask when seeing a Tesla Cybertruck for the…
Read MoreWhy Trump-Putin talks unlikely to bring rapid end to Ukraine war
Vitaliy Shevchenko BBC Monitoring Russia editor Getty Images “I’m here to get [the war] over with,” Trump said on Wednesday The war in Ukraine, sparked by Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, has cost both Moscow and Kyiv tens of thousands of civilian lives. In the east of Ukraine, Russia presses on in a grinding…
Read MoreFirefly Aerospace IPO: Stock price will be closely watched today as SpaceX rival makes Nasdaq debut
A commercial spaceflight company that specializes in small- to medium-lift launch vehicles is hoping to have a giant-sized first day of trading today. Firefly Aerospace is expected to debut on the Nasdaq today as the company’s initial public offering gains liftoff. Here’s what you need to know about Firefly Aerospace’s IPO and how the feud…
Read MoreSouth Africa pig farm murders: Adrian de Wet walks free as he turns state witness
South Africa’s state prosecutor has officially withdrawn charges against one of the farm workers accused of killing two black woman and feeding their bodies to pigs. Adrian de Wet was one of three men facing murder charges after Maria Makgato, 45, and Lucia Ndlovu, 34, were killed while allegedly looking for food on a pig…
Read MoreJames Maddison: Tottenham out for significant period with torn ACL
Thomas Frank has had time to brace himself for Son Heung-min’s departure – but the long-term unavailability of Maddison is extremely unwelcome, to say the least. Son’s farewell match in South Korea earlier this week was marred by the latest knee injury suffered by Maddison. The anguished expression on his face said it all, and…
Read MoreMolly Baz helped turn this former McDonald’s in Portland into a vegan fast food paradise
In an industrial pocket of North Portland, Oregon just a few minutes off I-5, there’s an old McDonald’s that was given a surprising second life. The familiar architecture is now home to Face Plant, a vegan burger joint that opened earlier this year and aims to “become the best fast food worldwide,” according to founder…
Read MoreFrance v England: Ellie Kildunne returns for final Women’s Rugby World Cup warm-up
World player of the year Ellie Kildunne has been named in a near full-strength team as England take on France in Saturday’s final warm-up game before the start of the Women’s Rugby World Cup later this month. Kildunne missed England’s 43-42 Six Nations win over the same opponents in April with a leg injury. Elsewhere,…
Read MoreChinese EV company BYD is seeing surging European sales—while Tesla continues to tank
On August 5, new automotive industry data revealed how EV brands are faring in the U.K. and Germany, and the update marks yet another chapter in the saga of Tesla’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year. According to the reports, Tesla’s European sales slumped in July, as sales of its top competitor, the Chinese…
Read MoreFirst migrants detained under ‘one in, one out’ deal with France
Migrants who arrived in the UK after crossing the English Channel have been detained under the new “one in, one out” deal. The first detentions came as people arrived in Dover on Wednesday, the first day the pilot scheme came into force. Pictures showed the migrants wearing life jackets disembarking from Border Force boats. The…
Read MoreBank of England expected to cut interest rates
UK interest rates are widely expected to be cut on Thursday, taking the cost of borrowing to its lowest level for more than two years. Financial markets predict that the Bank of England will reduce interest rates to 4% from 4.25% in its fifth cut since last August, taking it to the lowest since March…
Read MoreAmerica’s choice: lead the AI revolution or watch from the sidelines
As artificial intelligence reshapes every industry, America stands at a crossroads. We can either double down on our greatest competitive advantage, attracting the world’s brightest minds, or watch our AI leadership slowly migrate to countries that have figured out what we haven’t: immigration policy is technology policy. After over a decade leading AI initiatives at…
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