A Better Tomorrow: Life Lessons in Hope and Strength by Mina Smallman review | Autobiography and memoir
Four years ago, two of Mina Smallman’s grown-up daughters failed to come home from a summer evening picnic in the park. Vanishing like this was out of character for Bibaa, who had been celebrating her 46th birthday, and 27-year-old Nikki. So when the police didn’t launch an immediate search of the park, her friends and family started […]
Olympic viewing guide: It’s Summer time
This is an excerpt from CBC Sports’ daily newsletter, The Buzzer. Subscribe here to get the latest on the Paris Olympics in your inbox every day. The Paris Games have officially begun. Some 7,000 athletes from more than 200 countries on nearly 100 boats took an evening cruise down the Seine river toward the Eiffel […]
Tommy Robinson march in London puts 1,000 police on standby over fearsTommy Robinson march | UK | News
Around 1,000 police officers will be on standby in London today as anti-racism campaigners statge a counter demo against a march organised by far-right activist Tommy Robinson at the same time as a Trans Pride event happens. A Met Police spokesperson said: “There will be a visible policing presence in central London on Saturday with […]
Flowers to plant at the end of July for a ‘colourful’ bloom – it’s the ‘perfect’ time
Whilst the sun has decided to finally make an appearance (well kind of), British summertime has been far wetter than we’d like. According to the Met Office, the UK has recorded 58.7mm of rainfall already this month, which is 71 percent of its long-term meteorological average for July. However, experts say this high rainfall is […]
Paris 2024 Olympics day one: swimming, cycling, rowing, hockey and more – live | Paris Olympic Games 2024
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature While the Boomers will naturally commandeer the attention of Australian basketball followers, there is a second nation at the Paris Games that owes a lot to the NBL: South Sudan. Kieran Pender explains why. South Sudan are very much a second […]
How to connect to the Paris 2024 Olympics
How to watch CBC, Canada’s Olympic Network, offers live coverage 22 hours every day from the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, with over 3,000 hours of live content available. Watch Live / On Demand Along with TV broadcasts on CBC and its partner networks Sportsnet and TSN, you’ll be able to stream all of the action from […]
I was in Paris on first day of Olympics and it was like a war zone | World | News
I felt like I was on the edge of a warzone. Every two minutes heavily armed officers would stride past with their chests out scanning the surroundings. The units ranged from military police in combat fatigues with assualt rifles slung across their shoulders to aviator sunglasses-wearing local cops with handguns, national police with tasers and […]
‘I’m a kitchen expert – these are the mistakes people make when renovating’
Looeeze Grossman, the founder of The Used Kitchen Company, has been helping people find the perfect kitchen to renovate their home for nearly 20 years. However, during that time, Looeeze has also seen people make some big mistakes when renovating their kitchens. Looeeze has shared exclusively with Express.co.uk the biggest mistakes she sees people make […]
Australian surfer who lost leg in shark attack vows to be back in the water ‘in no time’ | New South Wales
An Australian surfer whose leg was bitten off by a shark has promised he’ll be “back in that water in no time” as he recovers from surgery. Kai McKenzie, 23, was surfing off North Shore beach on the mid-north coast of New South Wales on Tuesday morning when a suspected three-metre great white shark bit […]
Luca Brecel forfeits match after not turning up to venue as snooker bosses issue statement | Other | Sport
Snooker star Luca Brecel has forfeited a match after failing to turn up to the venue, the World Snooker Tour (WST) has said. The former world champion was due to face Hammad Miah in a bid to qualify for the inaugural Xi’an Grand Prix in China next month. Brecel’s opponent has been handed a 5-0 […]