New Ipswich food hall offers ‘reason to return to high street’
A businessman is to transform a former pub into a three-storey food hall to give people “a reason to come back to the high street”. Sandeep Singh has taken over the lease of the former Yates pub in Tower Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, and modelled his plans on a food hall credited with transforming the fortunes […]
New hope for dementia diagnosis ‘in five minutes’
University of Southampton The new technology is known as Multi-excitation Raman spectroscopy A new laser-based test has been created that could diagnosis dementia in “less than five minutes”. The project has been a collaboration between experts at University Hospital Southampton and the University of Southampton. Currently diagnosis can take two years or longer but if […]
Andrew Garfield takes Florence Pugh cardboard cut-out to premiere
Getty Images Florence Pugh was unable to join Garfield as she’s currently shooting another movie If you were to describe Florence Pugh as a two-dimensional actress, she might understandably feel quite insulted. Her co-star Andrew Garfield, however, has taken a more literal approach, bringing a cardboard cut-out of her along with him to a premiere […]
Aldi price match at Tesco
BBC Tesco is one of a number of supermarkets that matches some prices to Aldi Dozens of Tesco products price-matched to Aldi – such as chicken nuggets, cottage pie and blackcurrant squash – are not like-for-like, BBC Panorama has found. In the case of chicken nuggets, the Tesco product contained 39% chicken compared with 60% […]
Duke of Edinburgh visits veterans on Herefordshire visit
The Duke of Edinburgh has visited veterans, a college and university during a visit to Herefordshire. Prince Edward met students at the New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE) and heard about their projects during his visit on Tuesday. He also met apprentices at Holme Lacy College and toured its new Low Carbon Technology […]
Vengeance Most Fowl first trailer released
Trailer teases first Wallace and Gromit film for 19 years The first trailer for Wallace and Gromit’s return to the small screen has been released. Vengeance Most Fowl, the pair’s first full-length feature film in 19 years, will see the hapless inventor and his canine companion face their arch-enemy, the evil penguin Feathers McGraw. A […]
‘I’ve picked litter since childhood, now it’s art’
National Highways James Owen Thomas paints on rubbish he recovers, having picked up litter since the age of five Creatives are used to the sniping of critics – but when the feedback for your latest work is that it’s a load of old rubbish, it’s not always a complaint. Artist James Owen Thomas collected discarded […]
Mystery surrounds Elon Musk interview with US regulators
US regulators and representatives of Elon Musk have remained tight-lipped over whether the billionaire attended an interview on Thursday about his takeover of Twitter – now called X, as required by a federal court. Last month, he was a no-show for a court ordered appearance at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) office in […]
Liam Payne shared final Snapchat posts on last days in Argentina
Liam Payne’s final social media posts show the days leading up to his tragic fall from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires. The Snapchat posts showed his recent activities in Argentina and included images of his food, plans to play polo, and jokes about his hair. His videos appear to have been filmed in the […]
Devon restaurant closes temporarily after tough year
BBC Jamie Rogers said he was closing for two months to try to save his restaurant A Devon restaurant owner said he had to make the difficult decision to close his business for the next two months to try to save it after a tough summer. MasterChef semi-finalist Jamie Rogers opened Twenty Seven in Kingsbridge […]