The display, which has been missing from the calendar for the past two years due to COVID-19 restrictions, is typically attended by more than 10,000 people, and its return will be the first event in Aberdeen’s 2022 Winter Festival programme.The free event, organised by Aberdeen City Council and hosted by Northsound 1’s Jeff and Lauren in the Morning, will include fire jugglers and a charity...
Dr. Jan Pol, or ‘Dr. As she is commonly known, Pol Vet is one of the world’s most qualified and experienced veterinarians. She has been working with animals for over 40 years and has been featured on the Nat Geo Wild channel show ‘The Incredible Dr Pol’ for 19 seasons. The show follows her and her team as they treat various big farm animals and the occasional small animal.While Dr Pol Vet is...
A man has been jailed after launching an unprovoked attack on a woman and then trying to smash down the door of the home where she was given refuge.Gulwali Stanekzay, 22, carried out the “shockingly violent” attack on the woman before chasing her through the street.A brave householder took the woman in, but Stanezkay then tried to force his way in, kicking the door before smashing up a parked car...
“Well, you’re dead anyway.” This is what OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush is reported to have told a previous passenger who raised safety concerns about the Titan submersible.The deep-sea vessel was on an expedition to the Titanic wreckage last month when it lost contact with OceanGate, a tour operator, an hour and 45 minutes into the two-hour descent. After days of searching, the wreckage was...
An economic think tank has said that the government should impose a windfall tax on banks amid soaring profits.It comes as high street banks have been accused of failing to pass on higher interest rates to savers at a time when mortgage costs are spiralling, and inflation remains high – the Bank of England’s base rate is currently at 5%, the highest in 15 years.The New Economics Foundation (NEF)...
A “temporary” fence costing a council £75 a week is finaCouncil’s temporary fence finally taken down after 14 yearslly coming down… 14 years after it was erected.Medway Council has splashed out £50,000 on the hoardings to protect a footpath since the retaining wall was deemed a “serious health and safety risk” in 2009.In the 14 years since it was put up in Gillingham, Kent, there have been...
A rare 20p coin that may be the only kind could sell for as much as £1,800.The unique coin was struck on a plain metal disc planchet from a foreign country in 1990 instead of being produced using a bronze metal blank like most 20p coins made that year.Collector Alun Barker is believed to have purchased the coin on eBay for £50 in December 2017.It was initially listed as a 20p strike on a 1p coin...
The third alleged victim of the “very arrogant” Kevin Spacey told of how he was grabbed “like a cobra” in a West End theatre while hearing hardcore comments from the actor, a court heard.A jury heard the Hollywood star “smelled of booze” before allegedly grabbing the complainant, who told police he responded to the actor by saying, “I’m not like that”.The man told an officer he remembered...
An attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine would be “akin to Chernobyl”, an expert has warned, as Russia and Ukraine suggest an attack from the other side is imminent.Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy told French President Emmanuel Macron that “the occupation troops are preparing dangerous provocations at the Zaporizhzhia”.Ukrainian armed forces stated on Telegram that...
As the trial continued on Tuesday, the jury at Southwark Crown Court heard a police interview with one accuser where the man detailed an incident allegedly at an address where Spacey was staying in the Cotswolds. According to the man, who has not been named, Spacey kissed his neck twice before grabbing his crotch and telling him, ‘Be cool, be cool’.The accuser recalled accidentally letting...