The Hummer was the epitome of gas-guzzling excess before retiring in 2010, but General Motors (GM) has revived the iconic vehicle with an eco-friendly design. The carmaker unveiled its new five-seat Hummer EV SUV, which can go 300 miles before it needs a recharge. Retailing for $105,595. the top-line Edition 1 offers 830 horsepower, 82 … Read more
Future space miners working on Mars or the Moon could be using bacteria to extract useful metals and minerals from rocks rather than drills and tools, study finds. Researchers from the University of Edinburgh designed experiments to run on the International Space Station that proved using microbes to recover valuable resources could work in zero … Read more
Up to £250,000 has been awarded to a British firm by the European Space Agency (ESA) with the explicit aim of extracting oxygen out of lunar rocks. Metalysis, based in Rotherham, currently specialises in getting precious metals out of minerals for use in electronics. As part of its process it uses electricity to strip away … Read more
Bovril has announced that it will be launching a new plant-based version of its classic meat extract paste next year. After 120 years of making the meat extract, the Bovril Company has partnered with the world’s first vegan football club, Forest Green Rovers (FGR) to create the very first vegan alternative to the drink. The high-protein … Read more
His riotously funny books make children — and adults — laugh out loud, and the latest will not disappoint. Out this week, The World’s Worst Parents by David Walliams features ten tales of spectacularly silly mums and daft dads. Here, in the second extract, we continue the story of Monty Monopolize, who gave his two … Read more
Start your Saturday with a snigger with this peek into David Walliams’ new book for children, The World’s Worst Parents. Out next week, it features ten hilarious tales of the most spectacularly silly mums and daft dads you’ll ever meet. Today, in an exclusive extract, we tell the first part of the story of Monty Monopolize, … Read more
As Britain’s most beloved vet, James Herriot’s delightfully honest and at times hilarious reminiscences of a vet’s life in 1930s Yorkshire charmed millions — and were turned into a long-running hit BBC series. In the final part of our exclusive reprint there’s blood-soaked drama in Darrowby in this last gloriously evocative extract from the James … Read more
What better way to entertain children at home than with an exclusive peek at David Walliams’ new children’s book, Slime – only in today’s Daily Mail. It’s the story of Ned, a little boy who has lived on the Isle of Mulch all his life, battling the adults who make the local children’s lives a … Read more
Hidden extras that extract a fortune from your wallet, from tourist tax to resort fees Resort fees in America can add hundreds of pounds to the cost of your stay Budget around £4 per adult per night in tourist tax in places such as Venice Factor in extras like a cleaning and service fee when … Read more
In January 1977, Billy Hughes, a vicious, escaped convict, held a family of five at knifepoint at Pottery Cottage in the remote Derbyshire countryside, terrorising and torturing them. Yesterday, in the second extract from a blood-chilling new book on a horrendous crime that shocked the nation, we recounted how Gill Moran tried desperately to appease … Read more