Author: Dave Carter

An unusual new stage show will combine William Shakespeare’s Hamlet with Radiohead’s album Hail to the Thief, with the production debuting in Manchester in April before transferring to Stratford-Upon-Avon in June. Christine Jones, the show’s director, was inspired to create Hamlet Hail to the Thief after she noticed that both the play and album shared… Continue reading Shakespeare and Radiohead collide for new stage show Hamlet Hail to the Thief

Animal welfare inspectors are investigating more than 200 farms under the UK’s RSPCA Assured scheme, following claims that the scheme is failing to enforce legal standards. The scheme covers almost 4,000 farms and its labels intend to inform shoppers that the food they buy has been produced to higher welfare standards. A coalition of 60… Continue reading Farm welfare concerns leads to RSPCA Assured food label review

For people living with disabilities, accessing public transport can be a challenging endeavor. Joanne Sansome, who uses a motorized wheelchair every day, is an example of this struggle. She has cerebral palsy and finds it difficult to use public transport due to issues like prams using the accessible spot on buses, which can often prevent… Continue reading Disabled woman 'carried off bus' after ramp broke

Two junior clinicians who attended meetings to discuss guidance on personal protective equipment (PPE) during the pandemic have been denied an application by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) to keep their identities anonymous by the chair of the Covid inquiry, Baroness Hallett. Lawyers representing UKHSA had made a request to prevent their names from… Continue reading Covid inquiry rejects clinicians’ request for anonymity

The front pages of Thursday’s newspapers are dominated by reports about the potential entry of Israeli troops into Lebanon. According to the Financial Times, Israeli army chief Herzi Halevi’s remarks regarding intensive air strikes aimed at Hezbollah represent the “most explicit threat” regarding an imminent ground invasion. Additionally, the Telegraph’s headline asserts that Israeli troops… Continue reading Newspaper headlines: Israel prepares for Lebanon 'push' and Starmer's penthouse stay

Phillip Schofield has returned to TV following his departure from ITV’s This Morning last year. His latest TV appearance is on Channel 5’s Cast Away, where he will attempt to survive 10 days without food, water, or a camera crew. Reports had speculated whether he might make his return with an appearance on a reality… Continue reading Phillip Schofield's comeback on Channel 5's Cast Away could be a sharp PR move

Roland and Shirley Cherry, from Warwickshire, were on a dream trip in Zambia when they had a close encounter with a hippo that could have ended in tragedy. The couple were on a canoe safari on the Kafue River when their kayak was hit, tossing the pair into the water. Roland Cherry was then grabbed… Continue reading 'I don't hate hippos despite one attacking me'

A tragic road accident in East Ayrshire has claimed the lives of a 32-year-old mother and her six-year-old daughter. Rebecca Hill was driving her VW Passat with her daughter Arianna Aliu on the A76 near to the B713 junction between Catrine and Auchinleck when the accident occurred. Emergency services were called at approximately 5 pm… Continue reading Mother and six-year-old daughter killed in car crash

Animal welfare charity, Animal Equality UK, has claimed to have captured footage of dozens of dead salmon being removed from a Scottish fish farm just hours before Members of the Scottish Parliament’s rural affair committee visited the site on Monday. The Scottish Sea Farms, however, defended their actions and stated that such removals were a… Continue reading Fish farm 'removed tonnes of dead salmon' before visit by MSPs

Following the tragic drowning of two young people in Bournemouth Beach, an inquest has revealed that three “mass casualty rescues” had taken place in the same beach the previous two summers. Joe Abbess, 17, from Southampton, and Sunnah Khan, 12, from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, both lost their lives after getting caught in a rip tide… Continue reading Bournemouth deaths: Beach had three 'mass casualty rescues'