Married at First Sight groom Caspar Todd admits ‘massive mistake’
A Married at First Sight groom has admitted he made a “massive mistake” during his time on the Channel 4 reality show. Caspar Todd, a gardener from the New Forest, married Emma Barnes, a complete stranger that he had been matched with by a panel of experts. He was heavily criticised both online and on […]
Pesto linked to botulism cases in France
Getty Images Five people are receiving emergency medical care in France for suspected botulism linked to eating pesto. According to authorities in the Indre-et-Loire department in west-central France, a locally made brand of wild garlic sauce may have been contaminated with a dangerous toxin that can attack the nerves. Cases like this are rare but […]
Will carbon capture help the UK fight climate change?
There is a lot of rousing rhetoric today about carbon capture, following the government’s pledge of £21.7bn of public funds over the next 25 years to help kick-start the industry in the UK. It says it will reignite the country’s industrial heartland and help to create a new era for clean energy. But how much […]
Contestant’s music ‘tells a 21st century journey’
ITV Ace performed a cover of Aretha Franklin’s Ain’t No Way at her blind audition A performer that came to the UK from Vietnam as a teenager has reached the semi-final of TV singing contest The Voice. Ace joined the team of legendary Welsh singer Sir Tom Jones following her blind audition – in which […]
The race to protect Pacific whales
Prince of Whales Move over Moby Dick. Big Mama, the first humpback whale to have returned to the North Pacific’s Salish Sea after decades of absence, is telling a new story about the global threat to whale populations. The tides turned for Salish Sea whales in 1997 when a single humpback showed up in British […]
Robotic exoskeleton helps Wiltshire RAF pilot walk again
Sharon Williams Former RAF officer Andy Williams suffered a brain injury after a cement lorry fell on his car in 2018 A former RAF officer who suffered a brain injury after a collision is hoping to walk for the first time with the help of a new robotic exoskeleton. Andy Williams was left and unable […]
Jilly Cooper’s Rivals shows ‘ruthless world’ of TV in the 1980s
Disney+ Aidan Turner plays the 1980s TV presenter Declan O’Hara in the screen adaptation of Rivals A new eight-part drama, based on one of Dame Jilly Cooper’s so-called “bonkbusters” and partly filmed in the West, is being streamed. Rivals, released in 1988, has been adapted for a Disney+ series with an all-star cast including Aidan […]
Craigavon translation tech tackles health language barriers
BBC Madalina Moisa is originally from Romania and works as clerical staff at Craigavon Hospital’s emergency department A new device is helping to improve communication between patients who do not speak English and healthcare staff in parts of Northern Ireland. The pocket-sized digital kit can translate up to 108 languages through audio or text, in […]
‘We want to find new writers and film makers’
Reuters Scott played the role of Princess Jasmine in the 2019 live-action Disney film Aladdin “I didn’t go to drama school, I didn’t get the opportunity to… there may be barriers to entry to that sort of thing,” says east London actress Naomi Scott. She co-founded production company New Name Entertainment with her husband Jordan […]
The challenges of changing Scotland’s economy
PA Media Owner Petroineos has announced it is closing the Grangemouth refinery operation The great energy transition is taking place all over the world. But there can be few countries which present as many opportunities, challenges and dilemmas as Scotland. On one hand, there are “natural resources that are the envy of the world” offering […]