Police today urged householders to tell them when they’re on holiday — so officers can help keep an eye on their house Ahead of the start of the trades fortnight, community officers are leading a crackdown on break-ins during the summer months — when those types of crimes peak. PC Andy Caulfield, based at Longhaugh … Read more
An early morning start had the Texas Senate on track to pass out all 20 of Gov. Greg Abbott’s priority items by the end of the second week of the session. After a rare midnight session Thursday and a weekend of around the clock committee meetings, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, had dozens of bills primed to be heard … Read more
He’s Australian, around half a centimetre long, fairly nondescript, 300 million years old – and he’s currently causing astonishment among both entomologists and palaeontologists. The discovery of a beetle from the late Permian period, when even the dinosaurs had not yet appeared on the scene, is throwing a completely new light on the earliest developments … Read more
In the fourth quarter of its 2017 financial year, Microsoft posted revenue of $23.3 billion (£17.9 billion), up 13 percent on a year ago, with an operating income of $5.3 billion (up 73 percent), a net income of $6.5 billion (up 109 percent), and earnings per share of $0.83 (up 112 percent on the same … Read more
The star of TV show Chesapeake Shores and the cofounder of The Glam App reveal the secrets to a happy home. See their beautiful home here » How to meld two styles: “I decorated the entire house, and Jesse told me, ‘I’ll love it as long as it’s not all white and beige with gold and mirrored accents’ — … Read more
BACK in the late 1980s, Dana Carvey of “Saturday Night Live” used to do a funny impression of President George H. W. Bush, in which the character would justify his own supposed timidity by muttering “wouldn’t be prudent” to himself about every small risk. The impression neatly captured the contemporary notion of prudence: faintheartedness, caution … Read more
So, you got that tiny house. Or that compact one-bedroom apartment for which you endured a frightening co-op board interview. Or you and your partner moved into a studio that is really not meant to accommodate two people. Congrats! You are now Living Small. There are innumerable ways you could make the most of this: Modular, multi-use furniture is one … Read more
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) came down heavily on the Railways for the delay in processing, assigning and completing the projects for electrification. It also said that the Railways did not adopt the e-tendering system to reduce the tender processing period. The CAG in its report, which was tabled in Parliament on Friday said it had done an audit on … Read more
The range features wooden chairs and stools, a modular shelving system, and a work desk with integrated accessories. The pieces are aimed at the creative industries but have been designed to be adaptable for a range of environments. “We frequently customise furniture to meet our clients’ needs, so it was logical with our Work series … Read more
When Louise Roe went looking for a dining room table last year, she started where a lot of us do—by noting what she liked best about the options she could find, cobbling them into a perfect (but nonexistent) table design in her head. “I had the image in my mind of the table I wanted,” the news-editor-turned-style … Read more