Day: February 15, 2025
‘There’s no stress’: gamers go offline in retro console revival
February 15, 2025Nestled between an original Donkey Kong arcade machine, a mint condition OutRun racing simulation game and booths wired up with GameCubes and Nintendo 64s, the engineer Luke Malpass works away dismantling a broken Nintendo Wii. There has been a steady stream of people bringing in their old game consoles for repairs or modifications, on the […]
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Female tourist has hands bitten off by a shark in the Caribbean sea
February 15, 2025A female tourist is thought to have lost both her hands in a shark Shutterstock / Harry Collins Photography A woman has reportedly lost both of her hands after she was attacked by a shark off a Caribbean beach. The Canadian woman, named locally as Nathalie Ross, was attacked in shallow waters off Thompson’s Cove […]
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Three Britons remain in hospital in New Zealand after fatal quad-cycle collision
February 15, 2025The accident happened on Puruatanga Road in the town of Martinborough (GoogleMaps/PA) Three British people remain in hospital in a stable condition after a fourth was killed in a collision between a four-seater quad-cycle and a car in New Zealand, police said. Martinborough police said the incident occurred at about 10.45am on Thursday on Puruatanga […]
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What the papers say – February 15
February 15, 2025A collection of British newspapers. PA Archive Comments from US vice president JD Vance about free speech in Britain lead Saturday’s front pages. The Financial Times, Daily Mail and the Daily Telegraph all lead on Mr Vance saying Europe’s “threat from within” is a greater risk than that posed by China and Russia. Meanwhile, The […]
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