Helen Briggs Environment correspondent, BBC News•@hbriggs Getty Images Ash dieback is a disease of ash trees, caused by a fungus Ash trees are fighting back against a disease that has ravaged the British countryside, new scientific evidence shows. When ash dieback arrived in 2012, predictions suggested up to 85% of ash trees could be lost....
Not worrying about his body breaking down means Draper can have more trust in executing his key weapons, which are well-suited to the grass. Coach James Trotman, a fellow Briton who has come through the LTA’s coaching pathway, is helping Draper learn how to play aggressively in the right moments. That means being willing to...
The British defence review was asked to make its recommendations within the budgetary constraints of spending 2.5% of GDP on defence. But it is already clear that to meet its goals of transforming Britain’s armed forces, to make them ready for war, there’ll have to be more money. The review welcomes the government’s “ambition” to...
Great Britain’s men produced a solid performance to win team gold at the European gymastics championship in Leipzig, Germany. Olympic medallists Jake Jarman and Harry Hepworth, double European floor champion Luke Whitehouse plus Jonas Rushworth and Jamie Lewis – two newcomers to the senior squad – combined for a winning score of 247.528 points. That...
The aim is to find someone who can act in a support role to Petchey, who has significant broadcast commitments throughout the year. “I just need to work on who that person is,” Raducanu added. Petchey will be able to devote more time to Raducanu during the grass-court season, and the work they have been...
British number one Jack Draper cruised past Italy’s Matteo Arnaldi 6-0 6-4 to reach the semi-finals of the Madrid Open and will move into the top five in the world for the first time in his career. Englishman Draper won the first set in just 25 minutes. World number 44 Arnaldi won his first two...
This week saw pilgrims flock to Rome to pay tribute to the late Pope Francis, the US threaten to pull out of Ukraine peace talks, and Prince Louis celebrate his seventh birthday. But how much attention did you pay to what else has been going on in the world over the past seven days? Quiz...
George Torr & Ian Skye BBC News, Derby British Baker Miyo Aoetsu won the Innovation award as well as Britain’s Best Loaf A brioche bread infused with lemon and Earl Grey tea has been crowned Britain’s best loaf. On a roll, Miyo Aoetsu – who started baking as a hobby – has now won the...
Andy Gill BBC News, Liverpool BBC Laura Johnson created the cake for her own wedding but never got chance to sample it on the day A “Latin” wedding cake created by a Colombian baker for her own big day has been voted as the best in Britain. Laura Johnson, who owns Abba Cakes in Hoylake,...
Sharpe has been snowboarding since the age of two – his ability soon became so evident that the family were advised to allow him to snowboard for a full season, rather than a week’s holiday a year. “We were told he had a gift and to give him a chance,” James said, so they made...
Britain’s Fran Jones was helped off court in a wheelchair after collapsing during a match in Colombia. Jones was attempting to serve in the ninth game of a deciding third set in Bogota when she fell to the floor. The 24-year-old initially lay on her back before rolling on to her side as she was...
Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson won Great Britain’s first figure skating World Championship medal in more than 40 years with ice dance bronze in Boston. Not since 1984, when Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won their fourth and final global title, have British skaters stood on a world podium in any discipline. But Fear, 25,...
