Sixty years ago, Tunnock’s teacakes were banned from RAF flights after they exploded in a cockpit. They left a sticky mess over the airmen, their instruments and the cockpit’s canopy. The chocolate-covered marshmallow treats had apparently been all the rage prior to this – being eaten by crewmen as they flew nuclear bombers on long...
Fergus Walsh Medical editor Camilla Horrox Global health producer BBC April Hubbard sits on the theatre stage where she plans to die later this year. She is not terminally ill, but the 39-year-old performance and burlesque artist has been approved for assisted dying under Canada’s increasingly liberal laws. Warning: This article contains details and descriptions...
Not for the first time this season, Maynard called McGoldrick “Superman” for the performance he produced to boost Notts’ hopes of a top-three finish. It was not a comment limited to what the forward managed to spark with his goal against MK Dons, but also the influence he is having on the childhood club he...
The impact of these tariffs on the world economy will be huge. They can be measured by the lines on a chart of US tariff revenue jumping to levels not seen in a century – beyond those seen during the high protectionism of the 1930s. Or in the overnight stock market falls, especially in Asia....
An emotional Jack Grealish dedicated his first Premier League goal in almost 16 months to his younger brother Keelan in the 25th anniversary of his death. On his first league start since December, the Manchester City midfielder scored a second-minute opener in the 2-0 win against Leicester at Etihad Stadium. As he celebrated, it seemed...
Jenny Rees Health Correspondent, BBC Wales News BBC Jenny Phuwichit says she vapes every day, and doesn’t feel that health warnings around smoking have impacted young people They are the first adults in Wales to have never known a smoke-filled bar or club. To have lived their whole lives unaccustomed to the smell of cigarettes...
President Vladimir Putin has called up 160,000 men aged 18-30, Russia’s highest number of conscripts since 2011, as the country moves to expand the size of its military. The spring call-up for a year’s military service came several months after Putin said Russia should increase the overall size of its military to almost 2.39 million...
Lynette Horsburgh & Marc Waddington BBC News PA Media Prosecutors say Kyle Shaw’s messages became abusive A stalker who believed Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas was his aunt has been given a suspended prison sentence. Kyle Shaw’s “persistent campaign” saw him send abusive messages and a “menacing” threat to Miss Ballas as well as...
James Anderson says he is not ruling out playing for another three years at Lancashire despite being set to miss the first month of the County Championship with injury. The 42-year-old, England’s all-time leading wicket-taker, retired from international cricket last year but has signed to continue with his county in 2025. READ MORE: Anderson not...
Anderson referenced the career of his friend and former team-mate Glen Chapple, who played at Lancashire until he was 41. Kent all-rounder Darren Stevens was 46 when he played his last first-class match in 2022. “I know my body can take quite a lot when it comes to bowling in four-day cricket,” Anderson said. “I...
Cardiff hardcore nutters mclusky make their long awaited return after 20 years. Anyone who’s not heard the brilliant mcluskey Does Dallas I suggest you search it out. If their last three albums are anything to go by this one is gonna fuck you up. Read on… mclusky return their jagged riffs and unrelenting energy on...
Martin Jones BBC West Investigations Alon Aviram BBC News, Bristol Press Association A storage silo containing treated biosolids exploded at the plant in Avonmouth in 2020 It has been more than four years since an explosion at a water treatment plant killed four workers, including a 16-year-old apprentice. No official explanation has yet been published....
Alan Price This picture shows the moment Sam Wall met Brad Burton and his friend Alan Price in Birmingham Darragh MacIntyre BBC Panorama The meeting between motivational speaker Brad Burton and Sam Wall lasted less than a minute. She posed for a picture with him after attending one of his workshops and later left a...
This was the first game back for both sides after an international break and it looked like the extra miles travelled by players recently took their toll. Brighton’s players travelled a total of 86,208 miles during the break, while Forest’s players combined for a total of 83,054 miles. In a cagey encounter, players appeared fatigued...
Practices of so-called conversion therapy – attempts to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity – are much more common than first thought, new research suggests. Ben Gibbons, now 38, says he needed years of therapy after an elder at his church forced him to make himself sick every time he had “impure thoughts”,...