Sochi 2014: David Murdoch relives Lockerbie plane crash
Murdoch’s curling prowess was sculpted on that Scottish ice from the age of seven, another product – like women’s skip Eve Muirhead – of solid curling stock. His sister Nancy is an Olympic coach and older brother Neil is a former European champion, while David was a member of the junior World Championship-winning teams in […]
Towcester wheelchair adventurer completes Yr Wyddfa climb
Ben Kelly Visuals Nick Wilson completed the climb in a specially engineered mobility chair A wheelchair adventurer has been successful in his second attempt to climb Yr Wyddfa, also known as Snowdon, unaided. Nick Wilson, from Towcester, Northamptonshire, spent 14 years in the Army before he suffered a spinal injury. During his first attempt the […]
Strictly Come Dancing theme ‘never bores me’, says composer
BBC Josh Phillips is one half of the composing duo who created the infectious soundtrack One of the songwriters behind the Strictly Come Dancing theme tune has said he still loves it – even after two decades. The vibrant Latin theme tune, created by composing duo Josh Phillips and Dan McGrath, has become the infectious […]
Craft beer industry accused of being ‘sexist boys’ club’
Get] The independent craft beer industry is, to many, the epitome of cool. Think young, progressive, modern, tattooed “hipsters”. But in reality, according to beer and travel writer Siobhan Buchanan: “It’s not actually as much like that as you would think. It is very much like a boys’ club.” Ms Buchanan is one of two […]
Brexit deal ‘crash’ and ‘momentous’ Remembrance
EPA A single, arresting, image fills the front page of The Sun on Sunday: the silhouette of a soldier standing, head bowed, in a field of blood-red poppies, stretching to the horizon. In its coverage of the centenary of the end of the First World War, the Sunday Express says the courage required by British […]
Sochi 2014: Dominant Netherlands claim team pursuit double
Netherlands’s women continued their speed-skating dominance by setting a new Olympic record in completing a team pursuit double in Sochi. Ireen Wust, who was winning a record fifth Sochi medal, Jorien Ter Mors and Marrit Leenstra clocked two minutes 58.05 seconds to beat Poland. Earlier, Sven Kramer, Jan Blokhuijsen and Koen Verweij won the men’s […]
IT outage exposes fragility of tech infrastructure
As the global chaos subsides and systems continue to return online, the enormous IT outage which caused havoc around the world on Friday reveals a few uncomfortable truths about the foundations of our digital lives – and how fragile they might be. The outage showed that even the platform of an enormous firm like Microsoft, […]
India’s ‘rebel’ Muslim princess who shot tigers and drove a Rolls-Royce
Shams Ur Rehman Alavi Abida Sultaan was the eldest daughter of the last Nawab of Bhopal, Hamidullah Khan Abida Sultaan was nothing like your typical princess. She wore her hair short, shot tigers and was an ace polo player. She flew planes and drove herself around in a Rolls-Royce from the age of nine. Born […]
Guernsey Dairy calls for bids for unused milk products
BBC Guernsey Dairy produces 7.6 million litres of milk per year The island’s only dairy is calling for suggestions for uses for milk left over in its production process. It is hoped this will provide a more sustainable dairy industry. Guernsey Dairy produces about 7.6m litres of milk a year, which is already used to […]
‘Feminazi’ rants of lawyer who shot judge’s family
Reuters Police outside the home where the suspect, Roy Den Hollander, was found dead A lawyer who shot dead a female judge’s son before turning the gun on himself had ranted online about “Feminazi rule”. Roy Den Hollander gunned down Judge Esther Salas’ son in New Jersey on Sunday and badly wounded her husband. The […]