The owners of Lumo train services are applying for a major expansion (Picture: PA; Metro.co.uk) Proposals for new fast train services linking Greater Manchester to London have been unveiled. FirstGroup is applying to expand its all-electric Lumo services to add six return journeys a day between Rochdale and London Euston via Manchester Victoria. The services […]
Extremist asylum seeker jailed for life after stabbing pensioner to death
Ahmed Alid, 45, stabbed his sleeping housemate before killing a pensioner who was walking outside the building (Picture: PA/North News) An asylum seeker who murdered a pensioner in the street in ‘revenge’ for the Israel-Hamas conflict has been jailed for life. Ahmed Alid, 45, stabbed Terence Carney, 70, six times in Hartlepool town centre on October 15 […]
Denver’s airport turned off filter status lights at all water bottle filling stations. Here’s why — and what’s changing.
Denver International Airport officials confirmed what some hawk-eyed H2O fans had already noticed — the filter status indicators on more than 100 water bottle-filling stations across DIA don’t work. That’s because DIA shut off the indicators about a year ago. The airport’s senior maintenance official said this week that the decision was made because the […]
Abcarian: The adult film star with a well-deserved place in American history
Last week, after Stormy Daniels spent nearly eight hours over two days testifying in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York, the time seemed right to crack open her memoir, “Full Disclosure.” I had missed the book when it was published in 2018, but now that she has been a star witness […]
Elias: A Kamala Harris 2026 run for California governor could make sense
For most of the early and teen years of this century, Kamala Harris was one of the weakest of vote-getters in Democratic-dominated California, even while she held three electoral offices in succession. Her marginal vote-getting performances have been mostly glossed over since she became President Biden’s backup as vice president. Related Articles Local News | […]
More than a third of Colorado’s largest towns and cities lost population last year, but a handful boomed
Before the pandemic, Colorado recorded some of the strongest population growth in the country, with many newcomers settling in metro Denver and up and down the northern Front Range. But the latest Census numbers, released Thursday, show 13 of the state’s largest towns and cities, defined as those with a population of 20,000 or more, […]
This rooftop bar is so cool, we can’t believe more people don’t know about it
The sun is back in London (Picture: Llama Inn) The sun has finally started shining! And if like every other Londoner you’re on the hunt for the nearest available rooftop for an Aperol Spritz, we’ve got you covered. Welcome to the Slice The Slice is your weekly guide to what’s happening in London, so if […]
Pep Guardiola provides Kevin De Bruyne injury update ahead of Man City vs West Ham
Kevin De Bruyne was forced off during Man City’s win at Tottenham (Picture: Getty Images) Pep Guardiola could not confirm whether Kevin De Bruyne will be fit for Manchester City’s crunch game with West Ham on Sunday. The Belgian suffered an ankle injury in the 2-0 win at Tottenham on Tuesday night, forced off in […]
Baby girl found abandoned in shopping cart at California CVS store
A pregnant woman left a seven-to-nine-month-old baby girl in a shopping cart at a CVS store in Lomita on Tuesday, then walked out and took a cab, leaving the baby behind, authorities said. Around 5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 14, deputies responded to a CVS on Pacific Coast Highway and Eshelman Avenue after several employees […]
5 arrested, including 3 minors, in Polo Ralph Lauren store theft at California mall
Five people, including three minors, were arrested after suspects with white masks entered a Polo Ralph Lauren store last week at the Ontario Mills shopping mall and stole $5,000 worth of merchandise, the Ontario Police Department said. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | Dropped cellphone leads to felony charges against four in $54,000 East […]
Colorado’s stars give Avalanche hope after big Game 5 performance
DALLAS — If anyone turned off the television midway through Game 4 and avoided the events of last night, they’d likely assume the Colorado Avalanche’s season was over. It certainly looked bleak, given the news prior to the game Monday night and the Avs’ performance as the Dallas Stars dominated in a way that neither […]
Sony to launch new PSP which can run PS4 games claims source
Is Sony developing a follow-up to the PS Vita? (Sony Interactive Entertainment) PlayStation might be preparing to release a new PSP console, in what could be a rival to the Switch 2 and Steam Deck. While the PlayStation Portable (PSP) couldn’t match the Nintendo DS in terms of overall sales, Sony’s first jump into the […]