Blacksmith artist’s work celebrated at exhibition
South West Heritage Trust Rachel Reckitt learned blacksmithing in her 60s with artist-blacksmiths Jim and Harry Horrobin The work of a pioneering modernist artist is being celebrated at a new exhibition. Rachel Reckitt (1908-1995), who was one of the country’s “few women artist blacksmiths”, lived and worked in west Somerset for 60 years. Some of […]
Patient ‘honoured’ to be treated in Leeds Cancer Centre trial
BBC Lieon Pemberton is the eighth patient to undergo histotripsy as part of the trial A patient who only discovered she had a kidney tumour after a car crash has thanked the doctors who treated her using a new sonic beam therapy being trialled in Leeds. Lieon Pemberton, 54, from Bradford, was diagnosed with a […]
‘Children are the future of libraries’
BBC Vicky Fedak (L) and Carol Murphy (R) bring their families to the library and met the ‘Library cat’ “The children are the future of libraries,” Patricia Curran enthusiastically says as very young children chase bubbles around the library in Saintfield. It’s Book Week in Northern Ireland, and this is just one way to encourage […]
Drivers call for higher security standards
Jason Scott Criminals slash curtains until they find a valuable load Lorry drivers are calling for more secure truck stops across the UK to stop organised crime gangs from stealing cargo. Last week the Road Haulage Association (RHA) called on the new government to create a specific freight crime offence and a national truck parking […]
Children asked about pandemic experiences
BBC Primary seven pupil Aisha took part in the survey for the Scottish Covid Inquiry The Scottish Covid Inquiry is asking children and young people across the country to share their experiences of the pandemic. The inquiry’s next phase of public hearings, which will begin in Edinburgh in November, will look at its impact on […]
Town halls in Dudley at risk council warns amid budget gap
Google Stourbridge Town Hall (pictured) and Halesowen Town Hall could both be forced to close if a new operator is not found, the council has warned Two town halls could be forced to close in less than a year if a new operator is not found for them, a council has warned. Dudley Council has […]
Bedfordshire Police makes TV appeal for Carol Morgan killer
Bedfordshire Police Detectives are looking for people who visited certain pubs near Dunstable, Linslade and Leighton Buzzard in the 1980s Detectives have made an appeal on television in an attempt to find the hired killer behind the murder of Carol Morgan. On 13 August 1981 the 36-year-old was killed by a hitman inside the shop […]
Commonwealth heads of government to defy UK on reparatory justice
Commonwealth heads of government are preparing to defy the United Kingdom and agree plans to examine reparatory justice for the transatlantic slave trade, the BBC has learned. Downing Street insists the issue is not on the agenda for the summit of 56 Commonwealth countries, which begins in the Pacific island nation of Samoa on Friday. […]
Bonobo and Joy Orbison to perform at Prospect in Bristol
Grants Panier LA based DJ and producer Bonobo will perform at Prospect in September A new cultural space in Bristol has announced its full music programme for 2024, with some of the biggest names in electronic music playing there in the autumn. Bonobo, Joy Orbison, Andy C and Dax J are among the list of […]
Christopher Columbus’s DNA to shed light on his origins
RTVE DNA samples were taken in 2003 from the bones of Columbus – known in Spanish as Cristóbal Colón – and his son Hernando More than five centuries after he re-shaped history by opening up the New World to European exploration, scientists say they are ready to reveal the truth about the origins of Christopher […]