In Toxic Town, a drama out now on Netflix, poisonous dust in the air causes children to be born with missing limbs and other physical abnormalities. The alarming story is based on a real incident, when people in the English…
Leon Woods/Shutterstock With a long, proud history of rail travel, Britain has been a pioneer of rail transport and industry for centuries, since the earliest wagonways in the 16th century. The first steam…
Jtgrafix/Getty A highway so famous it’s been sung about by countless musicians from Nat King Cole to The Rolling Stones, historic Route 66 has carried millions of Americans from Chicago to Los…
EWY Media/Shutterstock Chicago is justifiably known for its food — both its iconic pizza and also gourmet cuisine — as well as destination-worthy museums and iconic architecture like the Willis Tower and…
Actress Michelle Trachtenberg, who rose to fame as a child star in the 1990s and 2000s, has died aged 39. Police in Manhattan said they responded to an emergency call on Wednesday morning and found Trachtenberg “unconscious and unresponsive”. She…
Degrading, violent and misogynistic online pornography should be banned, a review of the industry is expected to say. Measures proposed in the review, commissioned by the previous government and led by Conservative peer Baroness Gabby Bertin, are understood to include…
Mark Savage Music Correspondent Getty Images Five sold more than 20 million records in the space of four years After 25 years apart, all five original members of the British boyband Five are reuniting for a massive UK arena tour.…
Getty Images Gene Hackman, who has died aged 95, was once described as having the face of a truck driver, but became one of Hollywood’s most bankable stars. He won two Oscars – and was nominated for another three –…
The public, environment groups and investors are being asked for their views about how the water sector can be changed by a body set up by the UK government. The head of a new independent commission will invite ideas on…
Watch: Released Palestinian prisoners reunite with families in the West Bank Israel has completed forensic tests confirming the identities of four dead Israeli hostages whose bodies were handed over by Hamas in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners. On…
