Gavin & Stacey’s Nessa reads Shipping Forecast for centenary
Gavin & Stacey actress Ruth Jones has become the latest famous voice to read BBC Radio 4’s Shipping Forecast. Jones – who read the forecast in character as Nessa –…
Home Office figures in 2024 show 36,816 crossed
PA Small boat crossings lead to 36,816 people arriving in Kent during 2024 Home Office figures released on New Year’s Day show 36,816 people crossed the English Channel in small…
Anger, tears and joy after Shropshire woman’s heart attack at 22
Faith Harrison Faith Harrison suffered a major heart attack in January 2023 when she was 22 On 6 January 2024, a then 22-year old Faith Harrison began to have a…
Unsafe Buckton Fields school building to be demolished in spring
A school building ordered to close two years after it opened is due to be knocked down in early spring, according to council papers. Buckton Fields Primary School in Boughton,…
From Gladiators to James Bond, Marvel and running a strip club
Paul Moseley/BBC Daz Crawford’s varied career has led to roles in some major Hollywood movies Gladiators made a triumphant return to prime-time TV last year and is back for a…
The struggle to reunite children with families in war-torn Gaza
BBC Jamal’s parents were killed in an Israeli air strike earlier this year They are smiling now as they play together in the sand at al-Mawasi tent camp in southern…
Data extracted from first black box, says ministry
Investigators have finished extracting data from one of the black boxes from the fated Jeju Air plane that crashed on Sunday, South Korea’s transport ministry has said. The data from…