As the second and final 2026 pre-season test wraps up in Bahrain, F1.com crunches all of the key numbers from the event.
Research project warns fall in homeworking roles could undermine efforts to reduce unemployment
A decline in the number of jobs for people who need to work remotely, including those with disabilities, could undermine the government’s efforts to reverse rising unemployment, according to a two-year study.
More than eight in 10 respondents to a survey of working-age disabled people by researchers at Lancaster University said access to home working was essential or very important when looking for a new job.
Continue reading...Banner at justice department just the latest example of how president has imposed himself on daily US life
You wouldn’t be alone if you feel that the US more closely resembles North Korea these days – with giant images of the dear leader scowling down on the citizenry, and his name inscribed everywhere from public buildings to street signs, transportation hubs and self-aggrandizing monuments.
Thursday’s unfurling of a massive banner bearing the visage of Donald J Trump, the 47th US president, on the exterior of the Washington headquarters of the federal justice department was only the latest example of how he has imposed himself on every facet of American life. Some critics have called it “dictator vibes”.
Continue reading...Files show accuser in 2011 provided extensive account of abuse as questions mount over why action was not taken
The Department of Justice’s release of millions of Jeffrey Epstein files has not only prompted questions about his crimes – but renewed attention on authorities’ failure to stop him after an accuser reported him in 1996.
This new cache of Epstein files has provided more insight into authorities’ familiarity with allegations against him in the years that followed, including time between his sweetheart plea deal in 2008 and federal arrest nearly six years ago.
Continue reading...A sleepless night led the Sicilian photographer to capture this remarkable lunar image from his London balcony
Mimi Mollica says that his photograph of the moon above London presents something of a dichotomy. “There is an element of surprise in seeing the moon in proximity to our terrestrial life, a ‘wow’ factor,” the Sicily-born photographer explains. “And yet this photo also democratises her; bringing her down to Earth, almost touching a building.”
Mollica took the shot from the balcony of his top-floor flat, which overlooks a skyline spanning from the Docklands to central London. It was mid-spring, and he’d woken around 4am. Unable to get back to sleep, he used his iPhone 13 Mini against the viewfinder of his telescope. He has now captured enough images in this way to fill a photography book, Moon City.
Continue reading...Arab Americans in Dearborn and beyond are being swept up by ICE at places of worship and work, with devastating consequences
Lorenda Lewis is so tired she can barely keep her head straight. Surrounded by her six young children at a cafe in Dearborn, Michigan, she recounts the nightmare of the past four months that saw her husband, Abdelouahid Aouchiche, an Algerian national, taken away.
It was still dark when, at about 5.15am last October, her 61-year-old husband and 12-year-old son, Abdullah, arrived at the Furqan mosque for morning prayers. Abdullah recalls his father being approached by two men outside the mosque, grabbing him and asking for his papers. After a brief conversation, he says he was allowed to call his mother and told to go inside the mosque by the agents. When she arrived minutes later, her husband and the agents were gone.
Continue reading...Critics say Reform leader’s patronising rhetoric is part of worrying trend. He says scrutiny is a two way street.
When Nigel Farage told a journalist this week she should “write some silly story … and we won’t bother to read it”, it provoked an instant – and divided – reaction. For some it was a “masterclass” in dealing with mainstream media, but for others it was “rude, dismissive, misogynistic, arrogant”.
Behind the scenes, Farage’s treatment of the Financial Times’s Anna Gross – which was met with mirth and applause among Reform diehards in the room – provoked disquiet and anger among lobby journalists across the political spectrum.
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In Rotterdam gebeurt iets wat in bijna geen andere gemeente kan: 16- en 17-jarigen mogen stemmen. Niet voor de gemeenteraad, maar wél voor hun wijkraad. En ze mogen zich er zelfs kandidaat voor stellen. Twintig jongeren grijpen die kans en hopen vooral één ding: dat hun leeftijdsgenoten ook daadwerkelijk gaan stemmen.
