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Best of Brakfast Episode 174 Yana Bolder
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Things From the 90s That Have Vanished From Modern Life
There was something wonderfully ordinary about everyday life in the 1990s. You could leave the house without a smartphone, watch television without scrolling through a streaming service for half an hour, and make plans with friends without creating a WhatsApp group. Some things have simply evolved. Others have disappeared almost completely. For a Gen X audience, the 1990s weren't that long ago. Yet quite a few everyday things from that […]
News 24/08/26
Andy Burnham has promised to keep up the pressure on Russia despite Moscow's outrageous threats, speaking on his first official visit to Ukraine as UK prime minister. Mr Burnham met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and chaired a meeting of the coalition of the willing, established under predecessor Sir Keir Starmer. He said the coalition is doing everything possible while urging the US Congress to ratchet up economic pressure on Russia. […]
News 19/07/26
Spain have won the World Cup after scoring a late extra-time winner against Argentina. Despite some late panic in the penalty box, Spain dominated much of the match, finishing the game with twenty shots on goal. The victory secures their second World Cup triumph, echoing their historic 2010 win against the Netherlands in South Africa. A US service member has been killed following an Iranian attack in northern Iraq during […]
The Comeback Of Comfort Food
There was a time when every meal seemed to come with a new set of rules. Cut the carbs. Count the calories. Avoid fat. Avoid sugar. Only eat during certain hours. Try the latest superfood. For a while it felt as though eating had become far more complicated than it needed to be. But lately, something interesting has happened. Comfort food is making a comeback. Not because we've forgotten about […]
News 18/07/26
Scrapping digital ID is Andy Burnham's first notable policy intervention before becoming prime minister on Monday. The incoming leader has been tight-lipped on specific proposals but announced Sir Keir Starmer's digital ID programme is to be axed, with funds spent on tackling the cost of living instead. Other elements, including digital driving licences, a uniform login system, and an official document storage app, will continue. A forty-two-year-old man has been […]
Things We Spend Far Too Much Time On (Apart From Work)
If someone asked where all your free time goes... What would you say? Most of us would probably answer: "I've no idea." One minute it's Saturday morning. The next thing you know it's Sunday evening and you're wondering where the weekend disappeared to. It turns out work isn't always the biggest thief of our time. Here are a few other things many of us spend far longer doing than we'd […]
News 17/07/26
A drill rapper from Slough who murdered a social media star has been jailed for life with a minimum term of twenty-eight years. Ellis Heather was found guilty of killing Stephen Morrisson, who was fatally stabbed in Essex six years ago. The court heard Mr Morrisson had disrupted a music video shoot featuring snakes and a Komodo dragon before the attack. Temperatures in the United Kingdom have risen above thirty […]
