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Best of Brakfast Episode 174 Yana Bolder
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 […]
One person has died and at least six others have been injured after a large sign fell at a Christian festival in West Sussex. Sussex Police were called to the Big Church Festival at Wiston Park near Steyning on Friday, where a forty-one-year-old man from Eastbourne was pronounced dead. His next of kin have been informed and are being supported by specialist officers. Detective Chief Superintendent Richard McDonagh described the […]
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 […]
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. […]
Dolly Parton, the transformative singer-songwriter, cultural icon, and philanthropist whose soaring voice and vivid storytelling reshaped American music, died on August 25, 2026, at the age of 80. Her family confirmed her passing, leaving behind a legacy that transcended musical genres, geographic borders, and political divides. Parton was one of the rare cultural figures whose charm, sharp wit, and universal warmth united generations of listeners. From the Smoky Mountains to […]
A woman killed in a house fire near Middlesbrough has been described by her mother as a beautiful soul who would have done anything for anybody. Thirty-four-year-old Natalie McDonald died alongside her seven-year-old niece, Valentina Foster, in the blaze in Grangetown early on Wednesday. Cleveland Police confirmed a forty-eight-year-old woman remains critically ill in hospital, while three others received treatment for non-life-threatening injuries. Two men, aged twenty-three and thirty-one, have […]
There are some things about everyday British life that don't really need explaining. You just do them. You say certain things without thinking. You have little routines that you've probably never discussed with anyone. You get irrationally annoyed by things that aren't really important. And you somehow end up having conversations about exactly the same subjects as everyone else. Perhaps that's one of the things that makes everyday life so […]
A murder investigation has been launched following the death of a young man who was stabbed at a council headquarters near Wembley Stadium. Emergency services were called to Brent Civic Centre in north London at around twenty-five past two on Tuesday afternoon. Paramedics treated the victim, believed to be a teenager or in his early twenties, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. The building has been evacuated and […]
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 […]
