A dangerous driver has left a pedestrian paralysed and two others injured after a crash at a car meet in Flintshire. Kiera Ridler was travelling at around 65mph on a 30mph road when she collided with another car, before her vehicle veered off the road and hit pedestrian Christopher Rakestraw. Mr Rakestraw’s injuries were so … Read more
Aston Martin has announced it will produce an “extreme” street-legal version of its Valor sports car, called the Aston Martin Valiant, personally commissioned by F1 legend Fernando Alonso. Alonso made an immediate impact at Aston Martin after joining the team ahead of the 2023 F1 season, achieving a total of eight podium finishes in his … Read more
It’s the curse of radio reporters. When you hear something that’s mysterious, unexpected, or new, you want to get that sound. It doesn’t matter what time of day. It doesn’t matter what else you do. You want to capture it. What if you never hear it again? What if it is important? You gotta get … Read more
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s science newsletter Wonder Theory. To receive it in your inbox, Register for free here. CNN — About 67 million years ago, two dinosaurs faced off in a confrontation in what is now Montana before being buried together in a single grave. It is unclear which … Read more
Is making extra money by listing your spare room on Airbnb as easy as it seems? Reporter Megan Harwood-Baynes tried it – here’s her guide. By means of Megan Harwood-Baynes, Digital Investigations Reporter @megbaynes Tuesday June 18, 2024 07:55, UK It’s 9pm on a Tuesday and a stranger from Shanghai is cooking in my kitchen. … Read more
It’s 9pm on a Tuesday and a stranger from Shanghai is cooking in my kitchen. I don’t speak Chinese, and she doesn’t speak much English, so we both had to mimic when she asked me where I kept the knives and salt. I had only met this woman 24 hours earlier, but she is staying … Read more
As reported earlier this month by Unbound Gravel, GPS sports watch manufacturer COROS is entering the cycling market with its “Dura” Solar GPS cycling computer, boasting an astonishing battery life of over 120 hours. Founded in 2016, COROS is relatively new to the sports technology industry but has quickly gained a devoted following among endurance … Read more
Monday June 10, 2024 11:42 am Part Facebook Share on Facebook X Share on Twitter LinkedIn Share on LinkedIn WhatsApp Share on WhatsApp E-mail Share via email Asda has its head office in Leeds. Private equity is set to take control of another British supermarket chain after half of the billionaire Issa brothers agreed to … Read more
An Ice Age bird that weighed twice as much as an ostrich became adapted to water, says a team of researchers who recently studied fossils of creatures that went extinct about 45,000 years ago. Based on bones from Genyornis newtoni The animal, found in South Australia’s Lake Callabonna, weighed about 230 kilos, making it five … Read more
A fascinating new species of arachnid from the late Carboniferous is introduced in a new … [+] article published in the Journal of Paleontology. Selden & Dunlop (2024) Many people harbor the false belief that most of the world’s animals have already been discovered. But that is not the case. By some estimates, as many … Read more