Author: Eleanor Price

Anthony Head, the British actor beloved by millions for his role as Rupert Giles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and more recently as the sardonic Rupert Mannion in Ted Lasso, has died at the age of 72 — just six months after the death of his long-time partner Sarah Fisher. His daughters, actresses Emily and Daisy Head, announced the news in a joint statement, saying their father had “passed away peacefully of complications due to pneumonia, surrounded by his family.” They described it as “an honour and a privilege” to have been his daughters and to have witnessed the impact…

Hollywood character actor James Handy, whose career spanned more than four decades and took in roles in Top Gun: Maverick, Jumanji and The X-Files, has been stabbed to death at his Los Angeles home — with the son of his girlfriend arrested on suspicion of his murder after surrendering to police. Handy, 81, was found unconscious in the front yard of a property in Tarzana, in the San Fernando Valley, at 9.30am on Wednesday morning after officers responded to a 911 call. He had a stab wound to his chest and was taken to a local hospital, where he was…

Britain’s love of ice cream shows no sign of cooling. Adults in the UK consume around nine litres each per year, helping sustain an industry worth more than £1.4 billion — and with Britons indulging in at least one sweet treat every day, the frozen aisle remains one of the most visited in any supermarket. But not all ice creams are created equal. Many of the most popular supermarket tubs are packed with emulsifiers, stabilisers, artificial colourings and multiple types of sugar, pushing them firmly into ultra-processed food territory — a category linked to cancer, heart disease and type 2…

NHS staff could be banned from wearing pro-Palestine badges on their uniforms and prohibited from attending political protests in their scrubs, under a raft of recommendations accepted in full by NHS England following an independent review into antisemitism and racism within the health service. The proposals were put forward by Lord John Mann, the Government’s independent adviser on antisemitism, whose review found that some Jewish patients and NHS workers felt compelled to hide their religious identity while using or working in health services, raising serious concerns about discrimination at the heart of Britain’s most trusted institution. Among the key recommendations…

Scientists have baked sourdough bread using yeast extracted from the 5,300-year-old mummified remains of Otzi the Iceman — and the lead researcher says the dough turned out remarkably well, despite his having never baked bread before in his life. Researchers from Eurac Research have produced the first detailed picture of the microbial community living on and inside Otzi’s remains, discovering a thriving ecosystem of ancient gut bacteria and cold-adapted yeasts that have survived for millennia inside the frozen mummy. The findings have opened up an unexpected culinary frontier, with the team already experimenting with bread-making and discussing plans to brew…

Stormzy has been fined £533 after being caught using his mobile phone while at the wheel of his £400,000 Ferrari — just months after receiving a nine-month driving ban for the exact same offence in a different luxury car. The 32-year-old rapper, prosecuted under his real name Michael Ebenazer Owuo Junior, appeared at Croydon Magistrates’ Court and pleaded guilty to not having proper control of his vehicle. Magistrate Lynn Keane ordered him to pay £120 costs and a £213 victim surcharge on top of the fine, and handed him three penalty points. He has been given a month to pay…

YouTuber and I’m A Celebrity winner AngryGinge has revealed his mother’s house burned down in a fire on the morning of his Soccer Aid appearance — leaving him to process the devastating family crisis just hours before taking to the pitch in one of the year’s most watched charity football matches. Morgan Burtwistle, 24, who is known to his millions of followers as AngryGinge, shared an emotional video on Instagram showing the charred and smoke-damaged interior of his mother Michelle’s home, speaking through a protective mask as he stood in what remained of the living room. “So as you can…

The social media-driven obsession with high-protein eating has collided with a fundamental limit of the dairy industry, triggering a global shortage of whey protein that is forcing food manufacturers to reformulate their products, pause production lines and warn consumers of price rises ahead. Whey protein — once associated almost exclusively with gym shake bottles — has been incorporated at pace into everyday food products including waffles, pancake mixes, iced lattes, cookie dough and protein bars, as the so-called “protein maxxing” trend drives demand far beyond what the supply chain was designed to handle. The consequences are now becoming apparent. According…

It costs £65, leaves participants retching into buckets with swollen faces and contorted in pain, and has claimed the life of a British wellness coach in Leicester. Yet Kambô — the Amazonian frog poison ritual that involves burning the skin and applying toxic secretions directly into open wounds — has never been more popular, with celebrities queuing up to endorse it to millions of followers online. The practice works like this: a giant monkey frog is stretched and stressed until it secretes a toxic substance from its skin. That secretion is collected, dried and reactivated. A so-called shaman then inflicts…

A pirate-themed party boat carrying 148 passengers — including 20 children — has sunk off the coast of a popular Turkish holiday resort, with harrowing footage showing tourists leaping into the sea as the vessel rolled onto its side before disappearing completely beneath the surface within an hour. The Big Boss Diamond, described by its operator as the biggest pirate ship in Turkey, began taking on water off Paradise Island near the resort of Marmaris before capsizing. Video footage captured passengers scrambling to abandon ship as the vessel listed heavily, with only its sails visible above the waterline before it…