3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (351+ words) Former BBC newsreader Angela, 81, who was the oldest contestant to appear on Strictly in 2023, is currently cha-cha-cha-ing her way back from a knee operation. Inspired by her time on the show, she launched a Let’s Dance initiative earlier this year…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (438+ words) International bestselling author Sarah Pinborough on the female rage that inspired her latest novel, and how she had to reinvent herself to save her career ANNA MAYBOURNE, the protagonist of Sarah Pinborough’s newest twisty thriller, They Say A Girl Died…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (517+ words) ALCOHOL-FREE COLD PLUNGE PARTIES, DATING MIXERS AND CHIC RUMMIKUB EVENTS HAVE MADE THEIR WAY EAST. Except this wasn't Santa Monica, or even Venice, where the event organizer, Coffee & Chill, started. It wasn't Los Angeles at all. It was a rooftop…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (347+ words) A three-year project aims to boost West colonies of two scarce and threatened species of ant A NEW conservation project is set to provide a securer future for two of the UK’s rarest ant species. The narrow-headed ant takes its…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (404+ words) When did you last learn something new without worrying about your age, position or experience? But while she teaches everyone, who is helping her learn? Teacher's Day usually reminds us to honour our teachers. But it can also remind us…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (418+ words) I’M USUALLY contemptuous of queuing to access a pub. Especially in a heatwave-scorched summer. I'm here for Peaky Blinders Underworld, under the arches next to London Bridge station and, access granted, I step into The Garrison Tavern. Yes, that Garrison…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (487+ words) ORGANIC farmers Amelia and Jason Greenway are realising their vision for producing the highest quality meat from rare breed livestock, while also restoring the ecological health of their tenant farm in Devon. When the Greenways took on the tenancy of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (446+ words) Bosses at both universities won't know for months exactly how many students have enrolled across all the courses, but this year’s total looks set to exceed last year’s, which was almost 70,000. The opening of Bristol University’s Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (390+ words) My one-year-old crossbreed dog has got extra claws on his front and back feet. The front ones are solidly fixed on the side of the foot, but the back ones are floppy. Should they be removed? These are the dewclaws,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (358+ words) “I knew from around the age of 16 that I wanted to work in the food industry,” says Charlotte Ward, a process systems engineer at Nestlé Cereal Partners, where she works on the much-loved Shreddies. Drawn to the industry by her…...