MARK RYLANCE’S EXTRAORDINARY PORTRAIT OF ADDICTION, VIOLENCE AND RECOVERY The Grass Arena is not a film that observes alcoholism from a safe distance. It drags the audience down onto the pavement and leaves it there. Made for BBC television in 1991, directed by Gillies MacKinnon and adapted by Frank Deasy Continue Reading
FERRY DISASTER OFF NORTHERN CYPRUS LEAVES AT LEAST EIGHT DEAD
Search operation continues after Filo Jet overturns near Kyrenia, with 18 people still unaccounted for. A passenger ferry carrying 267 people has capsized and sunk off the northern coast of Cyprus, killing at least eight people and leaving 18 others missing in one of the region’s most serious maritime disasters Continue Reading
NEPAL INTENSIFIES DESPERATE TUNNEL RESCUE AFTER CATASTROPHIC HIMALAYAN FLOODS
Hundreds of hydropower workers remain missing as international rescue teams battle mud, unstable ground and the threat of further flooding. Nepal ita rescue at the feet of the Himalayas. Nepal has intensified one of the most difficult rescue operations in its history as specialist teams attempt to reach hundreds of Continue Reading
Dolly Parton: From Poverty to Stardom
Dolly Parton 1946–2026: From the Smoky Mountains to World Stage. the country girl who became a global legend Dolly Parton, the singer, songwriter, actress, businesswoman and philanthropist whose extraordinary journey carried her from severe poverty in the mountains of Tennessee to the pinnacle of international entertainment, has died aged 80. Continue Reading
TWELVE ARRESTED AS A66 CRASH INQUIRY WIDENS
Police investigate firearms, cloned number plates and attacks on homes after collision killed two officers and five young men. A LARGE-SCALE INVESTIGATION Twelve people have been arrested as detectives investigate suspected serious and organised criminal activity preceding the A66 collision that killed two Cleveland Police officers and five young men. Continue Reading
Corby Fireworks 2026 Display Cancelled
A local authority said “no final decision” had been made about a town’s annual fireworks event after “speculation” over its future. The Northamptonshire Telegraph reported, external that Reform UK-controlled North Northamptonshire Council was due to axe Corby’s bonfire night event, which is free to the public. In a statement on Continue Reading
