La salida de José Luis Ábalos del Congreso ha vuelto a mover las piezas de una legislatura en equilibrio permanente. El exministro deja su acta de diputado y, con ello, el PSOE recupera un escaño clave en plena tarea de reconstrucción de una mayoría parlamentaria viable para Pedro Sánchez. Las razones de la renuncia no

Contra todo pronóstico, en una sociedad saturada por redes sociales, videojuegos y notificaciones constantes, los españoles leen más que nunca. Así lo confirma el Barómetro de Hábitos de Lectura 2025, que señala que 66% de la población lee en su tiempo libre, lo que supone el mejor dato en toda la serie histórica. Así lo

LaLiga mantiene su cruzada contra la piratería en el fútbol y ha anunciado en las últimas horas una nueva medida que afectará directamente a la hostelería y de la que se podrían beneficiar ciudadanos particulares. Y es que LaLiga ofrece gratificaciones de 50 euros por cada denuncia válida que se haga contra bares, restaurantes y

Do you ever play it anymore? by Fraser Gilbert 9 hours ago Can you believe it's been three years this week since GoldenEye 007 finally arrived on Xbox?! Yes, Microsoft somehow did the impossible in January of 2023 when arguably the most influential FPS of all time arrived on Xbox One, Xbox Series X and

We've talked a little bit here at Pure Xbox about mods going viral recently, and one that was getting a lot of attention on social media earlier this month is the Halo Reach: Slipspace Beta - a PvP space combat experience for Halo: Reach as part of Halo: The Master Chief Collection on Steam. Now

Series S beats Switch 2! by Ben Kerry Yesterday, 4:25pm With Final Fantasy 7 Remake now out in the wild on Xbox consoles for the very first time, the folks over at Digital Foundry have taken a look at how the game is shaping up on both current-gen machines - and the team seems genuinely

Makeover time by Fraser Gilbert Yesterday, 3pm It's been a long time since Xbox has done anything with its achievements system, but multiple people have been spotting that since the new Xbox Cloud Gaming dashboard went live yesterday, a redesign has been put in place. Just to be clear, this is a visual redesign and

Highguard is another one those online PvP shooters that puts all of its eggs in one basket, to a fault. The new Xbox FPS — from some of the folks behind Titanfall and Apex Legends — has actually launched and feels super solid to play, but it needs more than just the one sprawling competitive

A construction firm reported that high‑value equipment had been stolen from a site in Tilbury, Essex. Using a tracking device fitted to the equipment, Met officers were able to trace the stolen goods to a property in Ilford last week. Local officers gained entry and discovered the equipment, as well as a vast quantity of

The Category A listed building has remained unused for more than 50 years, despite a number of proposals for its future use. The planned creation of the National Centre for Music marks the first time these ambitions will be realised with the signing of this contract representing a significant milestone in the building’s history, formally

The TBM was manufactured by Herrenknecht AG in Germany and shipped over to the UK in 2024 before being carefully lifted into and reassembled in the giant underground station box at Old Oak Common. Engineers from HS2’s London tunnels contactor, Skanska Costain STRABAG joint venture (SCS JV), have been working to prepare the machines for

The regulator has confirmed it is now reviewing the final 29 long-running legacy schemes on a case-by-case basis and will reject applications that cannot be resolved within the next one to two months. Assessors say information gaps on some projects remain too wide to close, meaning developers will be forced to start again with fresh

The Construction Leadership Council’s Material Supply Chain Group says market conditions remain bleak, with no meaningful recovery visible across housing, residential repair and maintenance or major commercial work. The group is calling for a targeted housing stimulus to restore confidence, unlock stalled demand and prevent long-term damage to the UK’s construction materials supply base. Concrete

With great ceremony, rail minister Peter Hendy turns on TBM Madeleine A year after their unveiling, the tunnel boring machines that will build the 4.5-mile section of HS2 between Old Oak Common and its London terminus in Euston have finally started operations. Or at least the first one has. Rail minister Lord Peter Hendy and

Mears will work on 11,500 homes across west-central Birmingham Birmingham City Council has selected Mears to provide services including maintenance, gas servicing, heating installation and improvement programmes to  its council housing stock. The contract has an estimated value of £450m over the initial period of 10 years and will see Mears deliver work to 11,500

Atlas Copco's B-Air 185-12 is battery operated Atlas Copco introduced the B-Air 185-12 in 2024 as the world’s first battery driven portable air compressor. Eighteen months later it now has a demonstration unit in the UK. The B-Air 185-12 features five to 12 bar of pressure, a stable flow rate of 5.4-3.7 m3/min and 55