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Beyond the Drill: The Engineering of Tension-Based and Clip-On No-Drill Blinds
17 January 2026 @ 5:20 am
In 2026, the demand for non-invasive home improvements has led to a revolution in window treatment engineering. No-Drill Blinds have evolved from temporary fixes into high-performance, permanent solutions that rival traditional screw-in models in both stability and longevity. The success of No Drill Blinds relies on two primary engineering paths: high-tension internal springs and precision-engineered […]
By Nathan SpearsSpain and Portugal: Unveiling the Soul of Southern Europe
17 January 2026 @ 5:03 am
There are parts of the world where life seems to move with a different kind of intention. Spain and Portugal belong to that category — places where mornings begin slowly, where evenings spill into the streets, and where the past sits comfortably beside the present. Travelling through these countries isn’t just about admiring scenery; it’s […]
By Nathan SpearsFjords, Forests, and Celestial Lights: A Journey Through Norway’s Natural Beauty
17 January 2026 @ 4:54 am
Norway is a country that feels shaped as much by silence as by scenery. The landscapes stretch outwards in every direction — wide, open, unhurried — as though the world has been gently carved by wind, ice and time. From the glint of midnight sun on still water to the soft pulse of green auroras […]
By Nathan SpearsTrump, Noem, and CBS claim ICE murderer Jonathan Ross had ‘internal bleeding’ exposed as lie
17 January 2026 @ 12:33 am
The Trump regime needed to shore up its lie that murdered Minneapolis woman Renee Good was a “domestic terrorist” who was killed because she tried to kill ICE thug Jonathan Ross with her car. Shooting a mum three times in the face from a couple of feet way needs a lot of shoring up as […]
By SkwawkboxDalradian is no Trump when it comes to mining in Northern Ireland
17 January 2026 @ 12:21 am
As events unfold in Venezuela, with the US appropriating natural resources to bring its people prosperity (by selling them to American oil companies), Omagh-based international mining company Dalradian must look on with envy as it enters its seventeenth year of financial failure in Northern Ireland. Dalradian has been a colossal failure in the Sperrin Mountains […]
By Ciaran McCleanTrump regime’s claim dead ICE detainee killed himself is a flat-out lie
17 January 2026 @ 12:04 am
Trump’s ICE fascists have claimed that a Cuban detainee who died in ICE custody “died while attempting suicide”. They are lying. ICE now lying about Cuban detainee Geraldo Lunas Campos An eye-witness says that guards pinned and choked Cuban detainee Geraldo Lunas Campos after he refused to enter a new area of the ICE detention […]
By SkwawkboxTrump just announced the names of the Peace Board in Gaza
16 January 2026 @ 11:31 pm
Late on Friday 16 January evening, Donald Trump’s White House announced the formation of the founding executive council of the ‘Peace Board’ in the Palestinian Gaza Strip, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkow, his son-in-law Jared Kushner, and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair as members. Trump’s Peace […]
By Steve ToppleNorth East towns rot whilst suicide rates skyrocket
16 January 2026 @ 11:14 pm
Content warning: this article contains discussions around suicide which some readers may find distressing I remember moving away from Middlesbrough when I was 17. My life was up and down, I struggled with poor mental health and dropped out of college. Yet, looking back, I was one of the lucky ones who got out of […]
By AntifabotOver 62,000 African Penguins have starved to death in South Africa
16 January 2026 @ 10:44 pm
A new study suggests that critically endangered African Penguins in South Africa are likely to have starved en masse. In 2024, the IUCN Red List uplisted the African Penguin to Critically Endangered. There are fewer than 32,000 left in the wild; of these, 19,800 are mature and able to breed. Shockingly, this is down from 35,400 […]
By HGNHS withdrawal of deaths data shows the damning lack of care for autistic and learning disabled people
16 January 2026 @ 10:38 pm
In September 2025, NHS England and King’s College London published the 2023 version of the Learning from Lives and Deaths of People with a Learning Disability and Autistic People (LeDeR), which summarises those who have died in England. The LeDeR programme is produced with the intention of improving care for autistic people and people with […]
By Charli Clement