A downhill derby event had to be called off after a participant was injured and had to be taken to hospital. The incident happened at the annual race in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, on Saturday. “A participant in the event sustained injuries but these are not thought to be life-threatening …

5 hours ago By Isaac Ashe, BBC News, East Midlands Walton Holymoorside School The Red Arrows put on a show over a primary school A Red Arrows flypast of a Chesterfield school’s fair “blew minds and blew eardrums” said the primary’s Parent Staff Association (PSA). En route to Southport Airshow from their …

Royal and political heavyweights will be out in force when Spain and England meet in the European Championship… Source link

Dungeons & Dragons will be at San Diego Comic Con 2024 and it looks like there will be some LEGO related content happening there. At Booth #3213 throughout the weekend, there will be some recent releases on display including LEGO which most likely will be the Red Dragon’s Tale (21348) …

Kretinsky’s EP Group plans to blitz the market with 20,000 Amazon-style parcel lockers and slash delivery prices to win back customers. Billionaire Daniel Kretinsky, known as the Czech Sphinx, is planning to shake up the UK’s parcel delivery market with a £800m investment in Royal Mail aimed at outmuscling Amazon. …

It was heartening to read that Royal Mail is cutting its carbon emissions by transferring mail from air to road (Royal Mail goes ahead with cuts to UK flights despite takeover, 7 July). Could I suggest an even more radical idea, which I know may sound totally implausible, that of …

The Financial Mail on Sunday‘s Midas column tipped shares of LondonMetric to its readers, highlighting its long record of dividend payouts, focus on the fast-growing bits of the economy and “rude” financial health. LondonMetric had been paying out dividends for nine years and Midas expected the current year to be …

One day in November 1947, a young apprentice at a bakery in Scotland carried some ingredients from his downstairs workstation to the main kitchen. Just at that moment, the head confectioner was looking for an extra hand. Everyone else was busy. This was the most important commission ever undertaken by …

Scots fed up with our glummer summer are begging travel agents ‘Get me out of here!’. Barrhead Travel report a 25% jump in last-minute bookings as the weather here shows no sign of improvement. Families are clamouring for flights to foreign resorts where sunshine is guaranteed, like Turkey, Spain and …

About the cryptic crossword Beware the cryptic bug! Once you get a glimpse behind the seemingly baffling clues, an alluring realm of wordplay, wit and poetry is revealed. And, while beginners can sometimes feel that cryptics are a bridge too far for their brains, The Saturday Paper’s resident cruciverbalist, Liam …