At least one dead as heavy rainfall hits western seaboard of Canada and USPacific north-west storm wreaks havoc, with Vancouver cut offCanada hit by heavy rains and floods in British Columbia – picturesHow poor forestry fuels floods and fires in wester…
Huxley, Hitchcock, and Hitchhiker’s Guide – take the Thursday quiz
Fourteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia plus a few jokes every Thursday. How will you fare?The quiz remains the same. Fourteen questions on general knowledge and some topical date-based trivia, featuring some infuriating anagrams, th…
Massive moons, lengthy canals and a very optimistic Neville – take the Thursday quiz
Fourteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia plus a few jokes every Thursday – how will you fare?The quiz master remains away, but early this morning a troupe of highly trained carrier pigeons delivered 14 questions from a secret location…
Robots, Russians and rock’n’roll – take the Thursday quiz
Fourteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia plus a few jokes every Thursday – how will you fare?The quiz master remains on holiday, but before he departed he left behind a crumpled up piece of paper behind a filing cabinet with 14 questi…
Time travel, doppelgangers and a lady in red – take the Thursday quiz
Fourteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia plus a few jokes every Thursday – how will you fare?The quiz master is away, but do not fret. Before he left, a cache of documents written in invisible ink were entrusted to a secret operative …
Tokyo 2020 Paralympics briefing: Games finish with record marathon
Sign up here and receive the Tokyo 2020 daily briefingToday in a nutshell: Japan closed out the sporting action with a flurry of medals, there were two more medals for ParalympicsGB and double team success for the US, which was just enough to position …
Tokyo 2020 Paralympics briefing: an Italy sweep and Brazil football gold
Sign up here and receive the Tokyo 2020 daily briefingToday in a nutshell: an Italian clean sweep closes out the day’s athletics action, Brazil take five-a-side football gold (again), there’s a dominant British paracanoe display but a tough potential e…
Tokyo 2020 Paralympics briefing: Vaz da Veiga puts a ring on it
Sign up here and receive the Tokyo 2020 daily briefingToday in a nutshell: Storey makes it 17, there’s the first ever Paralympic medals in Taekwondo, and there was a surprise proposal on the athletics track.Fridays’s key moments: it is the final day of…
Northern lights, northern soul and discoveries at the pole – take the Thursday quiz
Fourteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia plus a few jokes every Thursday – how will you fare?Once again it is time to brave the Thursday quiz challenge. Dare you enter the arena and take on 14 questions on general knowledge and topica…
Husband and wife Neil and Lora Fachie each win cycling gold at Paralympics
Lora triumphs in B 3000m invididual pursuit in velodromeNeil and pilot Matthew Rotherham win B 1000m time trialParalympicsGB finished the final day of track cycling in the Izu Velodrome at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games with a flurry of medals, taking…