A microadventure doesn't involve an expensive expedition, but just getting out of the rut of the daily grind and exploring the world around us on a shoestring. It's the perfect antidote to gloomy politics.

Those hoping that we might celebrate the start of a new decade with the base rate above 1 per cent for the first time in 11 years, look likely to have their hopes dashed at the moment.

The financial watchdog was right to crackdown on costly daily charges and even more expensive unauthorised borrowing. Its mistake was to trust the banks and not cap rates.

Moves such as cutting higher rate tax relief are often depicted as hitting the wealthy older generation, but that's disingenuous.

The top rate of income tax is officially 45p, yet the removal of the personal allowance means the real top rate is effectively 60p - and those who pay it are not Britain's top earners.

The Democrat, main, quickly removed the post, inset, on Monday but still used the economic collapse to plug her Green New Deal.

In an interview with FUBAR Radio's Access All Areas, he said: 'I've definitely received quite a few nudes from people and it's just like, "keep that to yourself". I already know what a wiener looks like!'

Mindy Kaling's new show Never Have I Ever just scored a 100% rating on the online review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes. She created the series with Mindy Project writer Lang Fisher.

Former First Lady Michelle Obama in her new Netflix documentary 'Becoming' delivers some sharp criticism of the Democratic electorate for not showing up to vote during the 2016 election.

Malia, 21, and Sasha, 18, appear in the new Netflix documentary 'Becoming,' which chronicles Mrs. Obama's 34-city tour for her memoir of the same name.

Too Hot to Handle's Harry Jowsey is a breakout star on the show. 

The documentary was released on Netflix on Wednesday and sees the former first lady narrate parts of her life from when she was a child to meeting Barack, their time in the White House.

Pakistan has appeared to set-up more than 350 such dugouts with Chinese help. Officials also pointed a significant rise in the number of Chinese soldiers close to the Indian border with Pakistan.

Satish Achraya on... climbing poll prospects in Gujurat

Satish Acharya on... The Gujarat polls cyber battle.

Satish Acharya on... the Gujarat elections

On the last day of campaigning for the high-voltage Gujarat assembly elections, PM Narendra Modi raised the pitch by taking a seaplane in the state - leaving him under fire from some.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been able to ward off a Congress onslaught and is all set to retain its bastion of Gujarat, according to the results of the India Today-Axis-My- India exit poll.

The capital is to get its first large colony carrying out 100 per cent of its garbage separation at the household-level in Nizamuddin East.

Sources said an orthopaedic operating theatre has been shut for six months awaiting refurbishment, causing problems for doctors preparing for and performing bone surgery.

Despite earlier fears about traders supposedly irate over GST, demonetisation and anti-incumbency after 22 years of rule upsetting the BJP applecart in the state, Modi led his party to a nailbiting win.

Rahul Gandhi and the Congress should take heart in the fight back against odds and prepare for 2019, writes V Narasimhan.

Last week the Chinese jets carried out what was described as 'island encirclement patrols' around Taiwan and state media showed pictures of bombers armed with cruise missiles.

Satish Acharya on... BJP Gujarat losses.

Supporters gathered outside Mamata's house and chanted slogans like Thanda thanda cool, cool; ghore ghore Trinamool'

Trinamool Congress (TMC) ahead in 200 of the state's 294 seats in West Bengal

The Trinamool has favoured passage of the GST Bill and also mentioned it in its manifesto during the 2014 Lok Sabha and 2011 assembly elections

Chelsea midfielder Ethan Ampadu says he has been left frustrated by his season on loan at RB Leipzig, a spell in which he has made just seven appearances.

United and Liverpool have one of the biggest rivalries in football but the Red Devils were happy for their enemies to defeat Jose Mourinho's side.

Blues winger Callum Hudson-Odoi spoke about the close relationship he has with the Borussia Dortmund star - having played together for England at various age groups.

Villas-Boas is trying to salvage his managerial career in France but has insisted there is no chance of a return to England in the future and would prefer another spell in Asia, after managing in China.

United have long admired the Italy international and scouted the £60m rated winger as recently as February. However, Chelsea's interests have also grown in recent weeks.

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles used satellite data to show that storms form when solar winds interact with the Earth's magnetic field.

NASA's HiRISE camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter provides new images of the crash site of the doomed Schiaparelli Lander that hit the Martian surface in 2016.

The craft, which left the Earth more than 42 years ago on a mission to study and photograph the outer planets, left the solar system in November 2018.

Marodyne LiV - a vibrating device, resembling a set of bathroom scales - produces gentle vibrations that travel up through the legs, stimulating the growth of new bone cells

NASA's plans for a base on the surface of the moon will likely be delayed. The delay is attributed to technical complications with the lunar gateway used to stage construction materials.

A team of scientists from Georgia Tech have come up with a new explanation for how ice forms on Mercury despite scorching surface temperatures that can reach 750 degrees Fahrenheit.

In his new YouTube video, Mark Rober, 40, sprinkled Glo Germ powder on a third-grade teacher and one of her students to show how germs can spread.

The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory team continue to explore red planet despite not being able to go into their California office or use high-end workstations.

Reddit's moderators who oversee the site's many subreddits say the 'Start Chatting' feature made the process of monitoring content and behavior more opaque and prone to abuse.

A photographer has taken the world's clearest pictures of the moon's craters by combining multiple shots of the lunar line where light meets dark.

A Google-developed AI that was capable of identifying cases of diabetic retinopathy (DR) with 90 percent accuracy in the testing laboratory has turned out to be much less useful in clinics.

The conference, Women of Sex Tech, had its live feed auto-banned from YouTube just four minutes into the broadcast for allegedly violating the platform's community guidelines.

Defining itself as a 'pay now, buy later' scheme, HyperJar wants to put as much distance as possible between the 'toxic' buy now, pay later sites that lure in 'younger shoppers' and itself.

Nearly 1.5m first generation smart meters were installed in households across the country last year - despite the fact these installations do not count towards official target figures.

Autumn brings with it plenty of tech giants unveiling their latest gadgets, and Amazon is no different, revealing an update to the popular, low-priced Echo Dot smart speaker

Raheem Sterling claimed he would prove his aggression against Everton after being shocked by his low rating on FIFA 20 before his ePremier League Invitational quarter-final.

Guardiola is still on the lookout for a new assistant to replace Mikel Arteta, who left to become Arsenal head coach in December last year, with Alonso a leading candidate for the position.

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