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Best of Brakfast Episode 174 Yana Bolder
If you grew up in Britain during the 1970s, 80s or 90s, the words “school dinner” can bring back a surprisingly vivid collection of memories. Not just the food itself, but the smell of the dining hall, the noise, the plastic cups, the dinner ladies, the trays, the queues and the eternal question: “What’s for pudding?” School dinners were rarely fancy. They didn't need to be. They were filling, familiar […]
A Royal Mail worker from Slough who stole drug parcels and profited from cannabis supply has been jailed for more than six years. Amjad Ali used his post to intercept packages suspected of containing illegal drugs for his own criminal gain. A Thames Valley Police investigation led to the recovery of over one point two million pounds in cash—the largest cash seizure ever made by the force. Donald Trump has […]
Most people would probably say they weren't collectors when they were growing up. They didn't have display cabinets full of rare objects. They weren't spending weekends at collectors' fairs. They didn't have spreadsheets keeping track of everything they owned. And yet, if you're Gen X, there's a very good chance you accumulated quite a collection of things. You just didn't call it collecting. You called it keeping stuff. Some of […]
Six police officers serving with Greater Manchester Police have been dismissed following an internal investigation into racial discrimination against a colleague. The probe was launched in 2024 after allegations surfaced regarding racist behaviour in December 2023. Greater Manchester Police confirmed the officers were sacked without notice for gross misconduct. Two former officers would also have been dismissed had they remained with the force. The family of a student killed in […]
Modern life is full of things that would have seemed like science fiction a few decades ago. We can speak to someone on the other side of the world while walking down the high street. We can order dinner without speaking to anyone. We can watch almost any film or television programme whenever we want. We can find our way almost anywhere without looking at a map. And yet, because […]
Cleveland Police is receiving an extra £2m to tackle serious crime following a fatal collision near Middlesbrough. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced the funding after Prime Minister Andy Burnham paid tribute to police constables Matthew Blades and Tom Clough, who were killed on duty on the A66. Five young men in a pursued vehicle also died in the crash, with police suggesting they had links to organized crime. A Bank […]
The death toll from last week's severe flooding in Nepal has risen to 939, while the number of people reported missing has dropped to 3925. Nepal's disaster management authority confirmed that the missing total includes 592 foreign nationals. More than 11,000 people have been rescued so far, with 279 individuals injured. The government is spending £110m to create additional prison cells across England and Wales to address severe overcrowding. The […]
Six people have died after a passenger ferry carrying two hundred and seventy people capsized off northern Cyprus. Local media reports say the boat had departed from Kyrenia and was heading to the Turkish port of Tasucu when it capsized roughly two kilometres north of the Kyrenia coast earlier today. Northern Cyprus prime minister Unal Ustel confirmed the six fatalities. A thirty-one-year-old British woman has died after being stabbed at […]
Seven people have been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a newborn baby girl in South Yorkshire. South Yorkshire Police were called to an address in Holywell Heights in the Wincobank area of Sheffield just before six o'clock on Sunday morning over concerns for the baby's safety. The infant was pronounced dead at the scene despite the efforts of attending officers and paramedics. A Ferrari driver has […]
Imagine having a problem and not being able to immediately search for a video showing you exactly how to fix it. No YouTube tutorial. No step-by-step TikTok. No Reddit thread. No stranger on a forum telling you which obscure bit of equipment you need. If you grew up in Britain during the 70s, 80s or 90s, you probably had to work a surprising number of things out for yourself. Sometimes […]
