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On the midnight express train across Turkey
On the final journey in our long-distance rail series we take the Doğu Express, which runs east from the Turkish capital, Ankara, towards Kars and the border with Georgia.
From sulphur baths to Stalin’s home: five great trips in Georgia
Spectacular mountains and valleys, natural hot baths and a Soviet-era ghost town are all just a day trip away from the Georgian capital, Tbilisi.
Witches, DJs and dancing in the aisles: on board the Culture Train from Berlin to Poland
Musicians, dancers and a tarot-card reading artist animate the nearly five-hour journey to Wrocław from the German capital.
Porn addicts, vicars, madmen and murderers: Sarah Ogilvie on the Oxford English Dictionary’s unlikely writers
Henry Spencer Ashbee owned the largest collection of pornography and erotica in the world. Born in 1834, he began collecting clandestine material as a teenager and eventually amassed so much that he had to store it in a dedicated bachelor pad at Gray’s Inn, where he would invite fellow pornophiles …
Historic levee needs protection, says councillor
FEARS the historic Takasuka levee will be damaged in future works proposed as part of floodplain restoration projects have prompted Swan Hill Rural City Council to seek more information.
Council 'wanted the rights', on road name says developer
CONTROVERSY over the naming of an arterial road through the $100 million South West Development Precinct is not racially motivated, but stems from Swan Hill Rural City Council’s attempt to dictate the street’s name, according to one of the developers.
‘It’s time the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo grew up’: Karin Smirnoff on her shocking sequel
The introverted, anarchical punk-goth hacker heroine of the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo novels had always intrigued Karin Smirnoff. In fact, the eponymous Lisbeth Salander was the reason Smirnoff read all six books in the series. So when the Swedish writer was approached to continue Salander’s story and write a …
‘They’re big, bad bullies’: New York’s bitter fight over a 34,000-seat cricket stadium
Is cricket truly ready to expand in the United States?
Loren Grush on Nasa’s first female astronauts: ‘People thought they’d be a distraction to the men in space’
Your parents both worked on the space shuttle programme for decades, and you have gone on to write about Sally Ride, Anna Fisher, Judy Resnik, Shannon Lucid, Rhea Seddon and Kathy Sullivan – the first six American female astronauts. Were you always interested in space? As a child growing up …
Developer's call wins on road name
SWAN Hill Council has rejected the name of an Indigenous woman for an arterial road through the $100 million South West Development Precinct after an objection by the developers.
The winners and losers of the first GOP debate – podcast
Republican presidential candidates took to the stage this week to try to convince voters they should be the one to take on Joe Biden in 2024. There was one notable exception – but Donald Trump was still inescapable for his opponents. Joan E Greve speaks to the former GOP communications …
Meat prices fall at last
IN GOOD news for cash-strapped consumers, retail prices for red meat have begun to fall after staying stubbornly high despite a crash in saleyard prices for livestock.
New York is building the world’s tallest jail in Chinatown. Can anyone stop it?
A brutal symbol of incarceration, or the sign of an improving justice system?
Georgia takes on Trump and his allies | podcast
Until five months ago, no former US president had ever faced criminal charges. As of Monday evening, Donald Trump is facing 91 felony counts. The 97-page indictment handed down by a Fulton county grand jury in Georgia includes 41 criminal counts, 13 of them against Trump. This case may represent …
Georgia takes on Trump and his allies | podcast
Until five months ago, no former US president had ever faced criminal charges. As of Monday evening, Donald Trump is facing 91 felony counts. The 97-page indictment handed down by a Fulton county grand jury in Georgia includes 41 criminal counts, 13 of them against Trump. This case may represent …
Green light for highway service station
SWAN Hill Rural City Council doesn’t get to decide whether Swan Hill has “too many servos and not enough Hungry Jack's” when making planning decisions, this week’s council meeting heard.
Ministers criticised for scrapping new food waste laws for England
The government has been criticised for binning food waste legislation that campaigners say could have reduced food prices and helped tackle the climate crisis. The policy would have made food waste reporting mandatory for large and medium-sized businesses in England. According to research by the environmental campaign group Feedback, if …
Snow falls in west of Bolivia in same week as wildfires in scorched east – video
Bolivia's western highlands have been hit by a wave of snow, days after firefighters' battled forest blazes in the Santa Cruz department of eastern Bolivia. Street vendors in western cities such as El Alto and La Paz hope the snow will help grow vegetation and bring down soaring food prices. …
The Gruffalo is likely to be a child’s first book, UK survey finds | Books | The Guardian
The Gruffalo is likely to be a child’s first book, UK survey finds Collecting data from 2,000 parents, retailer The Works found the bestseller was the most popular choice when parents pick what to read to their children for the first time Collecting data from 2,000 parents in the UK …
Met only authorised baton rounds for black-led events, FOI reveals
The only events for which Metropolitan police chiefs authorised the potential use of baton rounds in the past six years were black-led gatherings, documents show.
‘The police see us as disposable’: what life’s really like in New York’s maligned ‘red light district’
"People need to survive. And we’re not going anywhere."
‘I can’t believe we’re having this conversation’: the states pushing for 14-year-olds to serve alcohol
The bills’ supporters say there’s nothing to worry about.
Regional Victorians more likely to use drugs, alcohol
IT’S well known that smoking is more common among regional Victorians, but a report released last week shows we’re also more likely to consume a range of other legal and illegal drugs than Melbourne residents.
'One helluva bang for buck': Swan Hill tourism roars back
VISITOR numbers to the Swan Hill region have reached almost pre-pandemic levels, according to the latest figures from Swan Hill Incorporated.