The newly crowned champion of Gladiators has described winning the show in front of his beloved grandmother as “the best moment in my life”. Joe Fishburn, a 24-year-old Team GB gymnast from Scarborough, beat Mus Dumbuya in Saturday’s final to be named the ultimate winner of series two. Mr Fishburn, who was raised by his...
BBC Amy Dowden joined Strictly as a professional dancer in 2017 “Trust your instincts, trust your gut and remember you know you better than anyone else.” Strictly Come Dancing’s Amy Dowden has been reflecting on her experiences since being diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago. The 34-year-old from Caerphilly revealed she had breast cancer...
Chloe Parkman BBC News, South West BBC Brothers Neil and Geoff joined the family business about 50 years ago The owner of a long-established ice cream company in Devon says the business is “not a job, it’s a way of life”. Hocking’s Dairy Cream Ices continues to serve ice cream to people across north Devon...
A mother who murdered her two young sons in the bath in east London has been sentenced to life imprisonment. Kara Alexander, 47, of Dagenham, was found guilty of murdering Elijah Thomas, two, and Marley Thomas, five, at their home in Cornwallis Road in December 2022. At Kingston Crown Court on Friday, Mr Justice Bennathan...
Three Americans convicted for their role in a failed coup in Democratic Republic of Congo last year have been sent home to the US to serve the rest of their jail terms. The three were originally sentenced to death by a military court before their sentences were commuted to life in prison last week. US...
Jake Wallace BBC News, South West BBC Murdo Searle first tried cheerleading while studying at university A man who started cheerleading while at university says the sport has “completely changed” his life. Murdo Searle said he “absolutely fell in love” with the sport after first trying it while studying at Saint Mary’s University in Twickenham....
BBC Keir Bowater, 29, said the struggle to find a job has impacted his mental health Cambridge is at the centre of new plans by the government that could see £78bn added to the UK economy, yet figures suggest people living in the north of the city have a life expectancy that is 12 years...
Most of Tuesday’s front pages lead with markets around the world which continued to slide as US President Donald Trump vowed to stay the course. In its headline the i Paper says “billions wiped off pensions amid worldwide stock market turmoil”. The paper reflects on Monday’s trading and examines Asian, British and US markets dropping,...
Ethan Gudge BBC News, Oxford Andrew Hood Andrew Hood is running 35 miles to raise awareness of testicular cancer “For me, it’s the symbolism of arriving at Diddly Squat – a place owned by the man who undoubtedly saved my life.” Andrew Hood, from North Devon, was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2021. He first...
Women in England and Wales are likely to continue having babies later in life, and having smaller families, than previous generations, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) projections. The ONS says girls turning 18 in 2025 are likely to have an average of one child per woman by the age of 35 – unlike...
Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams describe what’s strange about being back on Earth after so long in orbit. The duo’s eight-day mission to the International Space Station became a nine-month space odyssey after their Boeing Starliner had technical problems. They finally returned to Earth on 19 March aboard the SpaceX Dragon, which splashed...
“All struggles of liberation are linked and interconnected. Whatever serves the cause of liberation in one area of this planet affects us.” —Martin Sostre Outside of prisons and the movements that work to abolish them, the life and legacy of Martin Sostre is little known. A Black Puerto Rican anarchist born in East Harlem, Sostre...
BBC Bruce Parry spent time along the Amazon with the Waimaha people Living with some of the world’s most remote tribal communities has changed filmmaker and indigenous right activist Bruce Parry. “I started out as an adventurer,” he says. “It was all ego – I wanted to climb the biggest mountain, go and find the...
Andrea Ormsby BBC News, Devon BBC Mary lives at home and says she would not be happy to move in to “an old folks’ home” A woman diagnosed with dementia in 2016 is still living an independent life at home nine years on. Mary, 86, said it was “very important” for her to stay in...
Emma Ruminski BBC South West arts reporter BBC Work at Torquay Pavilion includes making the building watertight again Torquay’s harbourside Pavilion has been part of the seafront for more than 100 years but has been derelict for the last 12. It is undergoing extensive work to examine how the former theatre and concert hall can...