Milton Keynes Indian dance premiere aims to preserve culture
Pari Naderi Urja Desai Thakore started the Pagrav Dance Company in Milton Keynes 20 years ago A premiere of a new performance of the traditional northern Indian dance Kathak aims to encourage the next generation to take on the artform. Milton Keynes-based Pagrav Dance Company will present “ROOH: Within Her”, by the award-winning choreographer Urja […]
EU seals ‘historic’ pact on Serbia’s lithium deposits
Oliver Bunic/Bloomberg Serbia has only just scrapped a ban on lithium mining The EU has hailed a pact with Serbia on lithium mining as a “historic day for Serbia, as well as for Europe”, bringing to an end a race to seal the deal. On Tuesday, Serbia restored mining giant Rio Tinto’s licence to extract […]
A fishy fix that had suprisingly clear health benefits
Getty Images When many people struggled to eat a healthy diet, odd-tasting oils were touted as a fix-all. It turns out one of them did indeed pack a vitamin punch. These days, the words “cod liver oil” are vaguely sepia-tinged. They conjure up an image of a murky spoonful of something, brandished by a school […]
Companies must not profit from pollution
BBC Newly-elected Green MP Ellie Chowns highlighted pollution in the River Wye as part of her maiden speech in the House of Commons A Green Party MP has used her maiden speech in the House of Commons to stress the need to restore rivers back to good health. Ellie Chowns, MP for North Herefordshire and […]
Film industry brings £3m of production spending to Somerset
BBC The 2015 BBC adaptation of Hillary Mantel’s novel Wolf Hall was shot at Montacute House, an Elizabethan mansion in Somerset Somerset Council is hoping to promote the county as a blockbuster filming destination, after industry production brought in almost £3m to the local economy last year. Screen Somerset, run by the council, proactively promotes […]
What we know so far
EPA Plates of Thai food at the victims’ hotel suite were untouched There was little to indicate what had happened on the fifth floor of the Grand Hyatt Erawan in Bangkok until police officers opened the door. No-one was heard to scream, or had rung for help. No-one had even made it to the door. […]
Guernsey Police not routinely enforcing heavy vehicle speed limit
BBC Police are not routinely enforcing a law limiting vehicles weighing more than two tonnes from travelling faster than 25mph (40km/h) Guernsey Police is not routinely enforcing a law limiting the maximum speed of heavy vehicles, a Freedom of Information (FOI) request has revealed. Under the Road Traffic (Speed Limits and Trials Ordinance) 1987 law, […]
Stourhead Estate gardens in full swing this autumn
BBC The National Trust’s Stourhead Estate’s garden first opened in the 1740s A Wiltshire estate garden described as “a living work of art” is in full-swing this autumn. The National Trust’s Stourhead Estate garden, first opened in the 1740s, was designed by “Henry the Magnificent”. Head gardener Tim Parker, who oversees the 18 acres of […]
Children design Cambridgeshire’s fire engines of the future
Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Harriet, winner in the 12 years and over category, produced a design made from “cheap, lightweight” titanium Solar panels and a “plane to reach house roofs” are among the suggestions put forward by children asked to design the fire engines of the future. More than 60 young people took part in […]
Small boats traded by Channel smugglers in German city of Essen
BBC It costs €15,000 (£12,500) for the whole “package”, we are told. For that we would be given an inflatable dinghy, with an outboard motor and 60 life jackets, to get across the English Channel. This is the “good price” offered by two small-boat smugglers to an undercover BBC journalist in Essen – a western […]