September 2025
A ride on Japan’s joyful ‘sake train’
Niigata, Japan’s snowy coastal prefecture, is famed for its premium sake and centuries-old brewing traditions. Here, travellers can pour their own samples at the station, ride a retro sake train and meet pioneers shaping the drink’s future. The concourse of Echigo Yuzawa Station is a dizzying crisscross of shops and commuters but a glowing display…
Lauded like Maradona – will De Bruyne return to haunt Man City?
Manchester City welcome back a familiar face who may return to haunt them as they begin their Champions League campaign on Thursday. Kevin de Bruyne won 16 trophies in a decade at City; there are plans to immortalise him with a statue outside Etihad Stadium. The Belgium international left City when his contract expired in…
Newborn baby buried alive in India fights for her life
A 20-day-old baby girl who was found buried alive in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh is fighting for survival, hospital authorities say. She was found by chance when a shepherd, who had taken his goats to the area for grazing, heard faint cries coming from under a mound of earth. Once he went…
