Andy Smith, who documents his travels on YouTube, estimates task will take ‘best part of 25 to 30 years’When Andy Smith moved from the Lincolnshire countryside where he grew up, to Rotherham, he immediately longed for a return to his rural life.“For th…
‘I’ve been waiting so long’: 007 fans await first public screening – at midnight
Filmgoers are excited to be among first in world to see 25th Bond film, No Time to Die, in BirminghamFor a film spanning 163 minutes – the longest James Bond movie ever made – it takes serious dedication to watch it at a midweek midnight showing.But th…
‘It’s unfair’: Stoke-on-Trent voters see social care tax rise as unjust but necessary
People in the newly Tory seat react to the national insurance hike with a mix of realism and resentment at the effect on the low-paidIn the former red wall seat of Stoke-on-Trent Central, which the Conservatives won for the first time in 2019 with a ma…
Leamington Spa fire: reports of explosions as residents evacuated
Plume of thick smoke seen rising above blaze on an industrial estate in Warwickshire townResidents in Leamington Spa are being evacuated after reports of explosions in a large blaze at an industrial premises.A plume of thick smoke could be seen rising …
Search under way for missing 84-year-old in Scottish mountains
Car of John ‘Frank’ Smith from Nottingham, an experienced fellwalker, found near Ben CruachanSearch and rescue teams are scouring one of the UK’s highest peaks for an 84-year-old walker from Nottingham who has not returned from a trip up the mountain i…