How putting side handles on a shopping trolley could make you spend more money (and it’s all to do with the science of wheelbarrows) Side handles on trollies make us use our biceps – associated with pulling towards A study suggests this change can boost sales up to 25 per cent for businesses The City […]

Even the refs couldn't stop the NFL from scoring monster ratings on Thanksgiving. Thursday's game between the Las Vegas Raiders and Dallas Cowboys was watched by an estimated 38.351 million viewers, according to CBS. That reportedly makes it the most watched NFL regular-season game on any network since 1990 and a 26 percent increase from […]

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Boomtown. The word sounds like it's describing an explosion — and in a way, it is. Boomtowns are considered the fastest-growing cities in America due to rapid business and population growth. An example of such a place is Horizon West, Florida, which saw massive five- and eight-year percentage changes in population at 113.72% and 222.30%, […]

Make the best possible sandwich, or a big batch of turkey bone gumbo. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share. By Sam Sifton Good morning. This is where Thanksgiving gets great: a bespoke leftovers sandwich (above) eaten in the […]

Thanks Cop26! Fury as plans for 190 acre solar solar farm on countryside that inspired author Thomas Hardy are given the green light after pressure from climate summit over need for green energy swung council vote Proposals for  industrial-scale farm in near Sherborne in Dorset were slammed  Councillors ignored advice from experts and agreed to […]

THAT turkey many families sat down to eat for Thanksgiving dinner this year has a surprising relative. Tyrannosaurus rex and turkeys shared a common ancestor about 190 million years ago, NBC News reports. "In the Late Cretaceous, the ancestors of modern turkeys were most likely in the Southern Hemisphere," the outlet notes. But continental drift […]

Russia is ‘plotting a coup in Ukraine on December first’: Ukranian president holds dramatic news conference to accuse Putin of plan to seize country amid concern at military build-up President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday he received intelligence of coup ‘A coup d’etat will take place in our country on December 1-2,’ Zelenskiy said He […]

A bridge too far! Boris’s dream of a crossing to Northern Ireland is shattered after official review finds it would cost up to £335BILLION to build – double the annual NHS budget Boris Johnson’s dream of a link between Britain and Northern Ireland is dead Official review found it’s technically possible but would cost up […]

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