Beach death man 'popular and gifted'
Tributes are paid to a "popular and gifted" man who died after getting into difficulties on a Gower beach.
Tributes are paid to a "popular and gifted" man who died after getting into difficulties on a Gower beach.
A review is under way into the help given to drug addicts and alcoholics, which could potentially see them lose their sickness benefits if they refuse treatment.
Nearly one out of every four vehicles in the U.S. was built before the year 2000, according to new data from IHS Automotive.
High-street baker Greggs announces strong results with particularly good performance in healthy options and breakfast menu
A few years ago, William Helmreich, a sociology professor at CUNY, wrote a book called “The New York Nobody Knows.” Helmreich had spent four years walking every block in the five boroughs—that’s a hundred and twenty thousand blocks and six thousand miles. He had produced a street-level biography of the whole city. I read it and found it fascinating. Eventually, I met Helmreich, and we walked around the Bronx together. Three things were immediately clear: he loved New York, he loved people, and the people of New York loved him. Читать дальше...
In a new finding, scientists have shown that when plants encounter stress they use signals normally found in animals. This is all the more startling because plants do not have nervous systems or brains like animals.
Tom McCarthy, Andrew O'Hagan, Sunjeev Sahota and Anne Enright among the 13 nominees
A new technology centre, run by a company which has supplied parts for the Battersea Power Station development, has been opened in Kent.
The question of serving beer at Nebraska basketball games has come around again as a consulting firm studies fiscal figures. Mayor Chris Beutler says the study, which will be finished in late …
A 105-year-old Hudson River tunnel underscores how funding for capital improvements has been starved for years.
For Maksim "Maks" Chmerkovskiy, the journey to success has been less about pursuing passions than simply refusing to fail.
Many advisors steer clients to municipal bonds as safe, tax-smart investments, but they can carry some unforeseen risks.
For the second week in a row, mortgage activity barely budged, despite a small drop in interest rates.
Yes, you care about children working in vile conditions. But you won't turn down a bargain
Yes, you care about children working in vile conditions. But you won't turn down a bargain
On International World Tiger Day, we discover how tiger reserves and wildlife sanctuaries in the country are now attracting tourists more than ever before.
Low cost housing will be possible with rationalization of taxes as tax collection from real estate has increased tenfold and consolidation of land prices which have increased by 4 times in last 5 years, mentioned Niranjan Hiranandani, Managing Director, Hiranandani Group of Companies while speaking at CII’s 7th edition of Real Estate Conclave 2015 held in Mumbai.
Wages are climbing at their slowest pace this century, yet few Australians seem concerned.
Organisers of the 2016 Rio Olympics are facing a serious challenge to clean polluted waters for sailing and windsurfing events.
Literary hackers use passages from classics to fool antivirus software
Literary hackers use passages from classics to fool antivirus software