Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or fewer and are subject to editing for grammar and clarity. Publication is at ...

For most of the industry's existence in Virginia, approvals for data centers were largely seen as a local issue – with the state and federal governments giving the thumbs up on certain permits. But as ...

Spring training is a time of unbridled optimism, so let me offer you some: The Giants are looking pretty good down in Scottsdale. This might be a functional, perhaps even quality baseball operation.

What do SpongeBob SquarePants, the Macarena, Russell Crowe, a Jet2 holiday, and the video game Call of Duty have in common?

Throughout history, humans have created myths and legends to make sense of the world around them. Most of the time, that’s ...

Explosions were heard and air raid sirens sounded in Jerusalem on Saturday, AFP journalists said, as Israel and America's war ...

With her nose pointing high in the air, back arched and legs suitably astride, Raven stood proud on the grooming table as an expert judge appraised her condition.

As some of you may know, a certain hi-fi magazine is turning 50 this year (spoiler: it's us). Given we're nostalgic souls, this momentous milestone has led our reviewers to take a fond trip down ...

The race to join the Formula One grid isn’t just about being the best driver, your biggest rival may in fact be your hip pocket.

A 168 year old copy of The Northern Echo’s weekly sister paper has been discovered in the foundations of an iconic Tees Valley building at ...

New signs have appeared in the windows of a Darlington town centre building as a new business looks set to move in.

Mr Macron is meeting Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides and Greek Prime Kyriakos Mitsotakis at Cyprus’s main air base.