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Beloved by armchair explorers and outdoors enthusiasts alike, Ordnance Survey’s Landranger maps have inspired countless adventures. But for one keen cyclist they sparked a challenge that is almost certainly a first: riding across every map in Great Britain in a journey of more than 7,000 miles (11,250km). Mark Wedgwood’s pedal-powered …

The Special Adviser to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has said that the president is the reason Nigeria is existing today, amid the level of insecurity the country has been plagued with. According to Adesina, the people of the North East have good stories to tell today owing …

A paper Ordnance Survey (OS) map is of course the quintessential walkers’ tool, but the OS Maps app on your phone, with a handy red arrow telling you exactly where you are, takes the usefulness to new levels. Other apps – Komoot, for example – do the same, but the …

Tropical Storm Orlene made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane on Monday morning, north of Guadalajara, Mexico. The storm was expected to weaken significantly throughout the day as it moved over mountainous terrain, forecasters said. Read our coverage here. Source: Observed and forecast storm positions from the National Oceanic and …

Typhoon Nanmadol is expected to surge through the Philippine Sea toward Japan this weekend, bringing heavy winds and rain. As of Saturday morning in Japan, the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System had warned that more than 39 million people could be exposed to a storm that is at a …

Typhoon Hinnamnor could be the strongest storm to make landfall in South Korea’s recorded history. The storm is generating tropical storm force winds over a wide swath that also includes parts of China and Japan. Hinnamnor comes about a month after record-setting rainfall brought deadly flooding to Seoul. The terms …

Just how far is it to the pub? Three-quarters of UK adults are in danger of never finding out, according to a poll commissioned by Ordnance Survey to mark National Map Reading Week (11-17 July). It found that 77% of respondents couldn’t recognise the most basic OS map symbols, such …

Mr Aliyu Ahmad, the Root Commander (RC), Lugbe, Unit Command, said this during the corps Easter Special Package Sensitisation Campaign on Sunday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Easter Sensitisation Package was held at Province 15 of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Lugbe, FHA. …