LONDON — Warned to stay home because of a dangerous storm battering the United Kingdom, thousands of Britons took to YouTube on Friday to watch passenger jets make wobbly descents at London’s Heathrow Airport. Some 190,000 people tuned into one YouTube live stream by “BIG JET TV” as Storm Eunice has wreaked havoc on transport … Read more
Vladimir Putin is set to oversee nuclear missile tests on Saturday amid fears he will green light an invasion of Ukraine in the coming days Vladimir Putin ( Image: POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Vladimir Putin will reportedly oversee exercises by Russia’s nuclear forces involving the launch of ballistic and cruise missiles. The exercises, set to … Read more
Dame Cressida Dick has resigned as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, after saying London Mayor Sadiq Khan “no longer has sufficient confidence in my leadership to continue”. It has been agreed that she will continue to serve for a short period to enable an orderly handover. Earlier today, when asked by the BBC if she … Read more
The Tour of Britain – the UK’s top road cycling event – is set to return in September, starting in Scotland and working its way right down to the far south of the country. Organizers have revealed more details of the route for this year’s tour, which stretches all the way from Aberdeen to the … Read more
The much loved comedy cartoon series which was first broadcast on Fox in 1999 and finished in 2013, is set to return to our screens. It was announced on February 9, 2022, Futurama would be revived for an all new 20 episode series starring all but one of the original cast. Created by The Simpsons’ … Read more
Three more cases of the antibiotic-resistant “super gonorrhoea” have been found in the UK. This new strain of the STI is resistant to ceftriaxone, which is the main drug used to treat the infection in the UK. With STIs on the Rise in the UK, Dr Sameer Sanghvi, Clinical Technology Lead at LloydsPharmacy Online Doctor, … Read more
Register here to get Beyond the Back Page in your inbox every weekday morning. The 2022 Winter Olympics from Beijing — 13 hours ahead of the eastern time zone in the US — kicked off on our local airwaves Wednesday night with my four-year fixation on the great sport of curling, with the opening ceremony … Read more
Apple Watch helps save elderly man who has fallen in freezing temperatureIn the small town of Morrow, USA, an Apple Watch is being considered a municipal hero by its seven thousand inhabitants. According to local broadcaster CBS46 News Atlanta, the device was able to detect the fall of an elderly resident and alert a team … Read more
A pub has had to apologize after being branded “sexist” for issuing permits for “girlfriends, wives and fiancees” to sign their boys off to watch rugby. Town Square Belfast shared the cheeky form on Instagram last week asking women to write their husbands or boyfriends permission to watch Six Nations games “with the boys”. But … Read more
A look at Sunday’s Rams-49ers NFC Championship game in Los Angeles: Marquee matchup 49ers WR/RB Deebo Samuel vs. Rams C. B. Jalen Ramsey, et al. If Samuel were a typical No. 1 recipient, then maybe the Rams would lock up Ramsey in a one-on-one fight. He can’t, though, as Samuel has more passes (20) than … Read more