Neil Bradley

The nutritional value of Apples
 

An apple a day keeps the doctor away! While the well-known proverb might not exactly hold true there’s no doubting that apples are pretty good for us.
Variety
There are […]

Two soups with apples
Apples are one of Britain’s best-loved fruits as we munch our way through hundreds of thousands of tonnes each year. And, around a couple of hundred thousand tonnes of apples are pressed […]

Blantyre – Everybody loves this place… take it from a Scot. It’s the kind of town that folk in Edinburgh work all their lives to retire in. It’s just far enough away from the metropolitan centres of Hamil […]

10 – 15 questions, 10 seconds for each question. How many can you get right?
 

Entertainment quiz – 15 questions, all things entertainment. 

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Lord Berkeley says MPs were “misled” about the line’s costs, which he says will be more than £108bn.
BBC News – Business

The Green Zone comes under fire after a funeral procession for an Iranian general killed by the US.
BBC News – Middle East

LGBT activists are mounting legal battles against the Caribbean’s colonial-era homophobic laws.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The attacker, identified only as Nathan C, killed one person and wounded two others on Friday.
BBC News – Europe

The measure will protect ships and citizens in the region, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace says.
BBC News – UK

President Trump says the US will strike key Iranian sites if Iran attacks Americans or US assets.
BBC News – US & Canada

At least 28 people are dead and others wounded in the capital, Tripoli, officials say.
BBC News – Africa

Analysts warn the move could escalate tensions in the region and affect global oil production.
BBC News – Business

Tehran says the US attack on Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad was an “act of international terrorism”.
BBC News – Middle East

The former car titan was awaiting trial on financial misconduct charges. Then he appeared in Lebanon.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The knife attacker killed one passer-by and injured several others in the suburb of Villejuif.
BBC News – Europe

The UK prime minister was not told in advance about the attack that killed General Qasem Soleimani, the BBC understands.
BBC News – UK

Policy experts weigh in on Trump’s decision to have Iran’s most powerful military figure killed.
BBC News – US & Canada

Suspected Boko Haram militants disguised as traders kill at least 50 people, an official says.
BBC News – Africa

Bonnyrigg- the Five Minute Tour

 
What’s In A Name
Bonnyrigg from Bonny, meaning beautiful, and Rigg, which is thought to be a shortened version of ‘Brigg’ – which just means ‘bridge’. So this town grew […]

St Andrews: The Five Minute Spare Guide St Andrews: The Five Minutes Spare Guide Historic St Andrews: The Spiritual Home of Scottish Golf St Andrews is a Scottish town literally […]