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Best of Brakfast Episode 174 Yana Bolder
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The Smells That Remind Us Of Growing Up
There are some smells that can transport you through time faster than any photograph. One moment you're standing in your kitchen in 2026. The next, you're back in your childhood bedroom, sitting in the back of the family car, walking through the school gates or waiting for your mum to finish shopping. You don't even have to think about it. You smell it, and suddenly you're there. For a generation […]
News 27/08/26
More than two hundred extra officers have been drafted in to assist Cleveland Police following a series of violent incidents across Middlesbrough. The surge comes after a woman and seven-year-old girl died in a Grangetown house fire on Wednesday, just one mile from a head-on crash on Saturday that killed two police officers and five young men. A vehicle also crashed into a wall on Steele Crescent early on Thursday. […]
School Days Throwback: Things Only Gen X Will Remember
For anyone who went to school in the 80s and 90s, it really was a different world. No smartphones, no Google, and definitely no group chats to help with homework. Just chalkboards, packed lunches, and a whole set of experiences that today’s students would barely recognise. Here’s a proper throwback to school life that only Gen X will truly remember. The Sound of the School Bell That loud, echoing bell […]
News 10/04/26
US Vice President JD Vance has spoken briefly to reporters before boarding a flight to Pakistan for peace talks with Iran. He is attending alongside special envoy Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump’s son in law Jared Kushner. Vance said he was looking forward to negotiations and believed they would be positive, adding the president had given clear guidelines. He said the United States would extend an open hand if Iran […]
The TV Shows Everyone Talked About the Next Day
For anyone who grew up in the 80s and 90s, there was something special about television. It wasn’t endless on-demand content or scrolling through hundreds of channels. It was appointment viewing – the shows you had to watch because everyone else would be talking about them the next day. From gripping dramas to laugh-out-loud comedies, certain programmes captured the nation’s imagination. Here’s a trip down memory lane to some of […]
News 09/04/26
Melania Trump says she never had a relationship with the disgraced paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. She criticised what she called lies linking her to the late sex offender in a surprise address filmed in the Grand Foyer of the White House. The First Lady said the claims were defaming her reputation and insisted the allegations must end today. A child has died after being bitten by a dog, police said. Armed […]
The Gadgets That Felt Like the Future
There was a time when technology didn’t update every year. When something new came along, it felt like a genuine leap forward. For many who grew up in the 80s and 90s, certain gadgets weren’t just useful… they felt like the future had arrived. Looking back now, they might seem simple. But at the time, they were game-changers. The Sony Walkman Before streaming, before smartphones, there was the Sony Walkman. […]
