Category: UK News

The statement “end of an era” is fitting as the personal items of the esteemed comedian Eric Morecambe will be up for auction. A never-before-seen collection of treasures he left behind, known as Brachefield in Hertfordshire, is set to go on sale this January via 700 lots with Hansons Auctioneers. The beloved showbiz icon passed… Continue reading Eric Morecambe's never-before-seen treasures going up for auction

Hopeful performers gathered at auditions across the UK to take their first step into the entertainment business and try to become a Butlin’s Redcoat. Redcoats have been entertaining guests at Butlin’s resorts since 1936, with famous people like Sir Cliff Richard and Stephen Mulhern among them who have donned the famous blazer. Billy Butlin, who… Continue reading How Butlin's hopefuls audition to become a Redcoat

International headlines today highlight a policy shift by US President Joe Biden in his final days in office, allowing Ukraine to launch limited missile strikes into Russia using US-supplied long-range missiles. Both the Financial Times and the Daily Telegraph report on this development, noting that it could signal a change in Biden’s previous stance on… Continue reading Newspaper headlines: US 'lifts ban' on strikes in Russia and royal 'raid'

Last month, during King Charles’ visit to Canberra, an Aboriginal senator, Lidia Thorpe, heckled the King and expressed, “you are not my King” and “this is not your land”. Her actions were an attempt to highlight the impact of British colonisation. The Senate voted 46-12 in favour to censure Ms Thorpe for her “disrespectful and… Continue reading Lidia Thorpe: Australia senator censured for 'not my King' heckle

The parents of Murray Dowey, a British teenager who died by suicide after being blackmailed in a sextortion scam, have made a direct plea to Nigerian criminals to stop “terrorising” vulnerable children. It is believed that Murray was tricked by criminals in West Africa into sending them intimate pictures, which they then used to blackmail… Continue reading Stop Sextortion – bereaved parents' appeal to Nigerian criminals

Scotland’s Caledonian MacBrayne (CalMac) operates the country’s largest ferry network. One of its oldest vessels, MV Hebridean Isles, has been retired after almost 40 years of unbroken service. Named after the Hebridean islands it served, the ship left Stornoway for a final time on 9 May before heading to Glasgow to be scrapped. For local… Continue reading Islanders bid a fond farewell to MV Hebridean Isles

The UK government is introducing measures designed to prevent excessive profits being made by companies that operate children’s homes. A limit on profitability will be imposed if providers of residential care for vulnerable children fail to voluntarily regulate themselves, but the details of the measure are yet to be announced. A network of smaller firms… Continue reading 'Exploitative' children's home firm profits to be curbed

Manchester band Blossoms are celebrating their most recent number one album by performing five sold-out shows across five different venues in their home city in just five nights. Blossoms’ fifth album was inspired by a news report about the theft of an eight-foot fibreglass model gorilla in Scotland, which frontman Tom Ogden then wrote an… Continue reading Blossoms on Gary, the gorilla that helped them reach 'the peak of our powers'

A recent investigation by the BBC has raised concerns over the effectiveness of the Ask for Angela safety scheme, which aims to provide a discreet lifeline for people who believe they are in danger. A pub worker, who spoke anonymously to the broadcaster, warned that the scheme was failing to protect vulnerable women. The worker,… Continue reading Ask for Angela: Staff had no clue, says pub worker

During the year 1956, John Morris was a teenager when he first went to Christmas Island in the Pacific. However, he had no idea that these experiences would affect his life forever after. Morris is one of the last surviving 22,000 people who witnessed the UK’s nuclear bomb tests, and those who are still able… Continue reading 'Starmer, meet us before it's too late' say nuclear test veterans