It’s seeing a revival and how. The ancient craft of hedge laying is back in trend among farmers as they are using the technique dating back to 18th and 19th centuries in order to boost wildlife, capture carbon and help tackle flooding. Hedge laying which restores and revives mature hedges to keep them fresh was…
FILE – Chelsea’s Raheem Sterling during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Chelsea at the Etihad stadium in Manchester, England, on Feb. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson, File) Raheem Sterling is facing another uncertain chapter after appearing in court over a May motorway crash. The former England winger was convicted of…
Photo credit: West Yorkshire Police Dalton Mills in Keighley has lived several lives. Built as a Victorian textile complex, it once employed more than 2,000 people and helped drive the town’s industrial growth. Decades later, its empty rooms found a new audience as filming locations for productions including Peaky Blinders and Downton Abbey. Now the…
Agimol Pradeep, an Indian-origin nurse based in the UK, recently won the Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award 2026. On Saturday, Kerala Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan presented the cash prize of $250,000 to the nurse at an event held in Kochi. It was Pradeep’s contribution to greater awareness of organ and stem-cell donation over the years…
It is estimated the padlocks collectively weigh three tonnes/Image: BBC For years, couples visiting Bristol attached padlocks to Pero’s Bridge to symbolise their relationships, often throwing the keys into the harbour below. The tradition eventually created an unexpected engineering problem. By June 2025, an estimated three tonnes of locks had accumulated on the pedestrian bridge,…
Manchester Crown Court/Image: Reuters A British man accused of secretly drugging and raping his wife over more than two decades has pleaded guilty to 60 offences against her at a Manchester court, BBC reported.The husband, who is in his sixties, admitted dozens of charges at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court, including multiple counts of rape,…
Britain’s tallest surviving stone row may have travelled farther than archaeologists once believed, after scientists traced tiny mineral grains on its weathered surfaces to a distinctive rocky landscape 18 kilometres away. The Devil’s Arrows, a group of enormous prehistoric stones near Boroughbridge in North Yorkshire, have long been linked to a closer gritstone source. According…
Image: The Salvation Army What began with a 12-year-old boy spending some of his own birthday and Christmas money on gifts for children he had never met eventually grew into a community-wide Christmas campaign. Oscar, from Cleckheaton in West Yorkshire, first started collecting presents for children who might otherwise have little or nothing to open…
A 440-year-old Elizabethan mansion up for auction for £600,000. (Photo: SWNS) A remarkable 16th-century mansion with a fascinating royal and architectural history has gone on the market for a guide price of just £550,000–£600,000, offering house-hunters the extraordinary opportunity to live like an Elizabethan lord for roughly the price of a London flat.Barlborough Hall, a…
The new home has also given him a quieter place to continue playing music In January 2024, homeless man Rhys Wynne-Jones walked into St. Mary’s Church in Penzance, England, on a freezing night and asked if he could play its piano. His performance of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” was recorded by a volunteer and posted on…