Aspall cider sold to US beer giant
Aspall Aspall, the cider brand founded in Suffolk in 1728, has been sold to the US beer giant that owns brands including Carling and Miller. Molson Coors said it wanted to make Aspall the UK’s top-selling premium cider and build on the potential of its vinegars. The UK is the world’s biggest market for cider, […]
Orban faces toughest race so far
BBC As a conservative challenger, Peter Marki-Zay represents six opposition parties After 12 years in power, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is asking for eight more, but his right-wing Fidesz government is facing a strong challenge from an alliance of six opposition parties. Led by independent conservative Peter Marki-Zay, this alliance ranging from left to […]
Ex-MP loses sex assaults prison sentence appeal
PA Media Charlie Elphicke was suspended by the Conservatives when “serious allegations” were passed to police Ex-Conservative MP Charlie Elphicke has lost his appeal against a two-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting two women nine years apart. At the Court of Appeal his lawyers argued his sentence should have been suspended. Lady Justice Carr said […]
Why are sheep being ‘barbarically’ butchered?
Northamptonshire Police A farmer near Daventry said 11 of his lambs were killed A spate of illegal butchering in fields has seen shocking pictures emerge of sheep and lambs killed and stripped of their meat in the fields where they stood. But what could be behind the killings? Julie Steele had hand-reared her pet sheep […]
South Korea’s traumatic history of martial law inspires resistance
Getty Images Events like 1980 – which ended with protesters like these being rounded up – have left a deep scar on South Korea Koh Jae-hak can still vividly remember when he saw soldiers gunning down a group of young women in cold blood. It was April 1960. Students had launched protests calling for the […]
Four-day extreme heat warning for parts of UK
EPA The Met Office has issued a four-day amber extreme heat warning, meaning vulnerable people’s health could be impacted and travel could be disrupted. The warning applies to southern and central England and parts of Wales from midnight on Thursday until Sunday. Temperatures are set to reach up to 35C (95F) in some areas and […]
‘The first black fairytale’ revisited
Amazon Studios Eddie Murphy stars alongside Shari Headley in Coming 2 America The 2020s should be the decade of success for African women, according to a South African actress starring in the sequel to one of the most successful films ever with a black cast. Nomzamo Mbatha appears alongside Eddie Murphy in Coming 2 America, […]
£3.4m investment for NI green technology firm
PA Media The technology to remove climate-damaging gases from industrial sites is seen by many scientists as important in reducing emissions to net zero An investment fund has paid £3.4m for a stake in Nuada, a Belfast-based green technology company. Nuada, which started as a spin-out from Queen’s University Belfast, has developed a carbon capture […]
The long and winding road to the Fab Four’s break-up
Dawsons Auctions The papers give a fascinating glimpse of the end of The Beatles says researcher Denise Kelly It could be said eight violins, four violas, four cellos, three trumpets, three trombones, two guitars, and a choir of fourteen women were what finally broke up The Beatles. When Paul McCartney heard that this lavish orchestration […]
The rise and fade of Indian cricket’s wonder boy
AFP Prithvi Shaw went unsold in the IPL auction in November Last month, Rishabh Pant became the most expensive player in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL) as he was signed by Lucknow SuperGiants for 27 crore rupees (£2.54m) at the mega auction in Saudi Arabia. But it was the news of Prithvi […]