Keir Starmer has pledged to nationalise the railways (Picture: Getty Images) In case you missed it, this week Labour leader Keir Starmer pledged that, if elected, Labour would renationalise the railways within five years of coming into power. Ownership of the British railway system has been a political hot potato for decades now. It was … Read more
Reversing long-standing policy, a major American Jewish organization has officially recognized the early 20th century massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide — but set off a new furor Wednesday by declining to support a congressional resolution that would do the same. Anti-Defamation League national director Abraham Foxman called the massacre “tantamount to genocide” … Read more
Lily Allen has sparked backlash after revealing that she has put herself in first class and her daughter in economy for an upcoming flight to London. The singer made the confession while speaking to her childhood friend Miquita Oliver on their BBC podcast Miss Me? Allen told her co-host that when returning to London for her … Read more
The Blue Elephant is what some Seal Beach residents have called the building. Some of them get very emotional about the place, the unoccupied restaurant at the end of the Seal Beach pier. Monday night was no exception as an overflow crowd of about 150 attended the Seal Beach City Council meeting to discuss and … Read more
Metro’s drinks editor Rob Buckhaven has found the budget-friendly red of the season (Picture: Getty/Morrisons) You know when you taste a wine and ‘Hallelujah’ from Handel’s Messiah starts playing somewhere in the background? It doesn’t happen often, but it definitely did the other day when I sipped Villa Verde Montepulciano d ’Abruzzo for the first … Read more
The cabin where Theodore J. Kaczynski lived on and off for 25 years was so primitive it did not even have an outhouse. His aging, red, one-speed bicycle with raised handlebars was about the highest technology item on the premises. Or so it was until federal investigators arrived last Wednesday to search his dark, tiny … Read more
Carrie and Mr Big were on and off for years (Pictures: Getty/HBO) When Chloe Walls was 19, she met a man who would float in and out of her life for almost a decade. ‘He was older, accomplished and charming, and I was initially really bowled over. When things were good, I was on cloud … Read more
1/5 Riders cross a wooden bridge that leads to the Old West town at the site. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) 2/5 The rustic restaurant is family-run. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times) 3/5 The restaurant’s bar is 30 feet long. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times) 4/5 The trail is … Read more
MILWAUKEE — Trent Grisham returned to his old stomping grounds Friday without a hit as a Yankee. The center fielder changed that in style, clubbing a three-run home run that put the Yankees ahead before falling to the Brewers, 7-6 in 11 innings, at American Family Field. “It was nice to finally get that monkey … Read more
(Evan Agostini / Invision/Associated Press) In shocking news to no one: The historic Marilyn Monroe gown that reality star Kim Kardashian wore to the Met Gala last month is showing signs of damage and, conservators say, now will have the reality star enmeshed in the story of the dress. Before and after images posted on … Read more