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The US is the second-most surveilled country in the world after China, with one camera for every five people in major cities. A new report found that bigger US cities had an average of over 112,000 CCTV cameras, or about 2,200 for every 10,000 people. That was still dwarfed by China, which had 15,880,491 CCTV … Read more
With much of the country experiencing icy conditions and snow in the last week and weather warnings for the coming days for more of the white stuff, below freezing temperatures and risks of flooding, research has revealed which UK cities historically have the highest percentage of road collisions caused by winter conditions. Glasgow tops the … Read more
First-time buyers in Vaduz, Bern and Copenhagen can save up for a home the quickest, according to a new report – while those in Zagreb and Monaco could have to wait a whopping 25 years. The research by housebuilder Barratt Homes, which used statistics from the Numbeo global index, looked at how fast people could … Read more
Uber and Lyft have touted their ride-hailing companies as ‘car-cutters’ by reducing the number of vehicle ownership in US metro areas, but a new study finds the claims are far from the truth. A team from Carnegie Mellon University found, on average, a 0.7 percent increase in personal vehicles after the two firms unleashed drivers … Read more
Hotspots that now sound even better: How audio tours can conjure up cities, castles and country villages and bring them to life wherever you are Sir Ian McKellen shares personal stories in the Theatreland Tour of London BBC newsreader Huw Edwards can be your lockdown guide to Cardiff Castle The official Quayside Adventure audio tour … Read more
Britain’s outraged dentists are today calling on the Government to tackle a ‘national scandal’ that means more than 33,000 children a year have such rotten teeth that medics have no option but to surgically remove them. Children as young as five-years-old are being referred to hospital to have up to 18 of their 20 milk … Read more
The coronavirus pandemic has made working from home a key fixture in the new-normal for countless Britons. And, when you can afford a luxury eight-digit property to house your home-office space, the world is your oyster. Here, we round up some of the most-expensive properties on the market in the world’s richest locations: London, New … Read more
Revellers in Tier 2 towns and cities were celebrating their freedom last night while millions of others were plunged into tougher lockdown restrictions. The PM was accused of ‘inconsistency and confusion’ after the extraordinary last-minute U-turn to put a third of England, including London and swathes of the home counties, into a brutal new ‘Tier … Read more
Brilliant but impoverished, many internet visionaries were camping out in a friend’s spare room when they had their great brainwave. In the case of Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia, billionaire founders of Airbnb, that was the great brainwave. The two former school friends had just moved to San Francisco in 2007 when, unable to pay … Read more
Locals in 47 cities around the globe have voted for the dishes that they think everyone should try when visiting them. And there’s a huge variety of food on the list, created by a Time Out survey of 38,000 people, from internationally recognised gastronomic touchstones to local classics that you’ll struggle to find anywhere else. … Read more