Aerial pictures of Sandringham Estate show the Queen's parched lawns

One is NOT wasting water! Aerial pictures show the parched lawns and gardens at Queen’s Sandringham Estate – despite no hosepipe ban in place in Norfolk The 8,000-hectare estate has let its fields dry out but some of the gardens appear to have been watered The team at Sandringham warned visitors to not BBQ, ‘remain […]

Fears drought will spark food shortages and make meat more expensive

Fears drought will spark food shortages and make beer and meat more expensive: Warning ‘writing is on the wall’ for crops of potatoes, apples and hops – while low hay supply will hit animal feed Farmers warning of lower crops yields due to months of no rain and extreme heat Expected parts of England will […]

Hosepipe ban: Britain's best garden couple share their heat tips

How to keep YOUR garden green in the hosepipe ban: Couple behind Britain’s best garden share their top tips – and reveal why you should only water late at night or first thing in the morning Marie Newton, 74, and husband Tony, 72, have crafted one of the UK’s most celebrated gardens The pair have […]

McDonald's says it will reopen branches in Ukraine

McDonald’s says it will reopen branches in Ukraine to restore an ‘important sense of normalcy’ in the country six months after restaurants closed when Russia invaded Company closed its Ukrainian restaurants but has continued to pay employees Decision to reopen some of the branches is also a show of support for Ukraine Employees have expressed […]

Ken Lay steps down from Victorian board roles

Former Victoria Police boss Ken Lay will step down from his public ambulance and mental health board positions as he continues to work on identifying a site for a second supervised injecting room. The long-serving public sector leader will finish up as chairman of the Forensicare and Ambulance Victoria boards on August 25. Outgoing Ambulance […]

‘Poisoned’: Trump’s troubled relationship with the keepers of US secrets

Washington: After four years of President Donald Trump’s raging against his intelligence services, posting classified information to Twitter and announcing that he took the word of President Vladimir Putin of Russia over that of his own spies, perhaps the least surprising thing he did during his final days in office was ship boxes of sensitive […]

Trump's Mar-A-Lago raided by FBI 'searching for nuclear documents and other items' and Garland wants to unseal warrant | The Sun

THE FBI raided Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago resort "to search for nuclear documents" and the Justice Department now wants the warrant unsealed, reports say. Attorney General Merrick Garland has asked a federal court to release the warrant just days after the raid on Trump's Florida property. Neither Trump nor the FBI has said what may have been recovered during the search, […]