Interesting Engineering

A WWII Christmas: How US forces battled 200,000 German troops, 1,000 tanks in 1944

On the morning of December 16, 1944, more than 200,000 German soldiers and about 1,000 tanks launched a surprise attack on ...
Air Force Times

How America observed Christmas — at home and abroad — during WWII

In small town America, boys with absent heads of households were taken under the wing of World War I veterans from such ...
The Quietus

Home Front

Home Front’s third album lands with the uneasy thud of a watered-down Protomartyr filtered through the pop-punk polish of Green Day and the more saccharine edge of Turnstile. The vocals, presumably ...
London Evening Standard

Home hand-painted by British artist goes on the market as £2 million work of art

British artist Emily Powell has transformed her terraced home into a lived-in artwork and is now putting it on the market with a guide price of £2 million. The five-bedroom property in Brixham, Devon, ...
The Independent

British tourist drowns in front of his wife while swimming on holiday in Thailand

A British tourist died in front of his wife after getting trapped in a rip current on a Thai beach. The victim - a 37 year-old from Ipswich - was swimming at a popular tourism spot in Phuket when he ...
The Guardian

British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie

Survey also reveals Britons’ favourite festive film, views on tear-jerkers and family cinema trips When Macaulay Culkin recently said he didn’t consider Die Hard to be a Christmas film – wading into ...
The Mirror

British dad drowns in Thailand as wave pulls him out to sea in front of horrified family

A 37-year-old British dad has tragically drowned while swimming with his partner at a busy beach. Jason Mark Lambert, from Ipswich, was paddling in the sea at Freedom Beach in Phuket, Thailand, on ...
The Mirror

British dad, 37, who drowned in front of family in Thailand horror identified

A 37-year-old British dad who tragically drowned while on holiday with his partner has been identified. Jason Mark Lambert, from Ipswich, was swimming at Freedom Beach in Phuket, Thailand, on Saturday ...
BBC

Shabana Mahmood, British Home Secretary: Do not make that boat crossing

Dr. Badr Abdelatty, Egyptian Foreign Minister: we’re pushing hard to end Sudan conflict María Corina Machado, Venezuelan opposition leader: ‘our fight for freedom is a fight for peace’ Jacinda Ardern: ...
Metro

British dad was killed ‘in front of his girlfriend and newborn baby’ in jet ski crash

Charlotte Lescott is seen with her partner Ali Watson, 28, before he was killed in a crash in 2020 (Picture: SWNS) A British father-of-one died after a jet ski ploughed into him while his partner and ...
The New York Times

The British Public Thinks Immigration Is Up. It’s Actually Down, Sharply.

Net migration to Britain has fallen by almost 80 percent from its 2023 peak, according to data released on Thursday. By Michael D. Shear Reporting from London When Shabana Mahmood, Britain’s Home ...