By ELIANA SILVER, SENIOR FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 09:13 BST, 8 September 2026 | Updated: 09:16 BST, 8 September 2026 Two thieves broke into a museum dedicated to French impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir in southern France on Tuesday, stealing art worth a total of £7.5million. ‘This morning, two individuals broke into…
UK pupils rise up world league tables in maths, reading and science – but still lag behind Estonia, Switzerland and Ireland
Teenagers in the UK are soaring ahead of peers abroad in maths, reading and science, according to a major international study. League tables showing country performance in standardised tests for 15-year-olds reveal the UK has risen and is now in the top ten for all three of these subjects. In…
Harry and Meghan say they are ‘surprised’ by King’s letter making clear they are not working royals
Harry and Meghan said they were ‘surprised’ by the King’s bombshell letter making it crystal clear they will be treated as ‘private citizens’ rather than working royals. In a statement issued to the media, the couple’s spokesman struck a confrontational tone and claimed they were not told in advance. Palace…
Hidden Manuscripts Unearth Guernsey’s Forgotten Literary Legacy
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com –With support from Kent manuscript expert Dr David Rundle, seventeen medieval manuscript fragments have been identified in Guernsey. These discoveries provide rare insight into the island’s literary and intellectual life during a period with little surviving evidence. Credit: University of Kent These medieval fragments were hidden…
England rugby legend Lawrence Dallaglio reveals he was in therapy after becoming consumed by ‘self-pity’ following collapse of his marriage which left him bankrupt
Lawrence Dallaglio has revealed he sought therapy after being consumed by ‘self-pity’ in the wake of a marriage collapse which left him bankrupt. The 2003 Rugby World Cup winner, 54, split from his model wife Alice last year after almost 20 years together, with news of their divorce being made…
The Otherworldly Geology of Vasquez Rocks
Editor’s Note: Today’s story is the answer to the September Puzzler. Several of the outcrops at Vasquez Rocks Natural Area in Southern California jut from the arid landscape of the Soledad Basin at remarkable angles. Geologists estimate that the tilt of sedimentary rock strata found in the area averages 50…
Residents flee Gold Coast apartment tower as balcony fire erupts
By MAISY RAE – NEWS REPORTER Published: 06:40 BST, 8 September 2026 | Updated: 07:01 BST, 8 September 2026 Residents were forced to evacuate an apartment block on the Gold Coast after a fire broke out on a balcony. Emergency services rushed to the Pacific Keys Central Building on Hooker…
Why Troy Matters: Ancient Ruins Reflect Modern Realities
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Periods of prosperity can contain the roots of future collapse. In ancient Troy, ambition led to environmental strain long before modern industry. While today we associate environmental destruction with oil rigs, coal plants, or plastic waste, ancient societies also pushed their ecosystems to the limit.…
Tragedy as dad-of-five takes his own life two days before mental health appointment
A much-loved father and grandfather was due to see a psychologist just two days after he took his own life, as shattered loved ones revealed he had been seeking help for his long-running mental health battles. Clifford ‘Cliff’ Robinson, 51, had booked an appointment with a psychologist for August 2…
APOD: 2026 September 8 – Hubble: Decagon Around Saturn’s South Pole
Explanation: Why are Saturn’s poles geometric? Saturn’s North Pole has been known to be surrounded by a hexagonal (6 sides) cloud since discovery in 1987 in data taken by NASA’s Voyager spacecrafts, which quickly flew past the ringed world in the early 1980s. Now, recent observations of Saturn by the Hubble Space Telescope reveal a slightly different geometric cloud pattern…