These photographs show the ghostly wreck of a steamship which sank on Christmas Eve 117 years ago. Lodged in the sands of the Severn Estuary, the remains of the boat were captured by sonar imagining for the first time. It was thought to be cargo vessel The Brunswick, which overturned in deep fog when she ran aground on a sandbank. Sailors who escaped with their lives eventually managed to retrieve the bodies of three men who were in the cabins...

By Michael McNulty “Whad-da-ya hear, whad-da-say, ” Warner Brother’s 1939 gangster offering saw James Cagney earn the first Oscar nomination of his career. Directed by Michael Curtiz, Angels with Dirty Faces is a gangster film that’s morally conscious. The film opens as a young Rocky Sullivan and friend, Jerry, hang on the steps of a ramshackle building in a poverty stricken neighbourhood. The two, without a penny to their name and nothing to do, decide to knock off a goods...

Although folding bicycles were employed by the military as early as the late 1800s to be dropped by parachute, it wasn’t until around the 1980s that the modern, compact folding bike was ‘born’. Throughout this illustrious history, any number of iterations have emerged, though designs that boast the optimum blend of transportability, efficiency and rideability, have been rare. The trouble comes with finding a suitable middle ground between weight, strength and foldabilty – which requires a sophisticated knowledge of engineering....

A devastated mother has expressed sympathy with the families of the two men convicted of killing her son, saying their lives were ruined too. Russell Robertson, 27, died after falling into the Forth and Clyde Canal following an altercation with two men on May 29 last year. Mark Munro, 31, and James Robertson, 27, were on trial accused of murdering Russell, but were convicted of the reduced charge of culpable homicide. Russell's mum, Margaret Girvan, told of her grief after...

A school has become one of the first to change its term times - so parents can take advantage of cheaper out-of-season HOLIDAYS. Kids at Severn Vale School are still at their desks this week despite the rest of the country's pupils beginning their summer holidays. Staff have cut short the summer break by a week so they could add an extra seven days holiday to the half-term break in October. Headteacher Richard Johnson said the shift in term dates...

Millennials are driving a pet-friendly office boom in London, with firms introducing new policies on office animals to attract the best talent. New research has found 42 per cent of 18-34 year-olds would like or enjoy a dog-friendly workplace, and businesses are doing their all to accommodate their needs. A quarter of millennials say companies with dog-friendly policies are more attractive to them, and a massive 74 per cent of them say they see the benefits of dogs at work....

Commuting to work leaves workers stressed and tired before they walk through the office door, according to new research. The ASICS study of 2,000 UK commuters found those who take the train, tube or bus to work are three times more stressed and twice as tired as those who walk. Rather than tiring workers out, eight in 10 people actually feel more energised when they commute to work by foot. The average worker commutes to work for up to one...

A two-thousand-year-old Buddhist sculpture has been put on public display as part of an exhibition of objects collected by Scots in India. The stone Buddha head is said to be one of the earliest physical depictions of the ascetic from ancient India. And it shows his enlightened status through a cranial mound, disguised by an "elegant" top knot, and elongated earlobes. The sculpture originates from the ancient kingdom of Gandhara, situated in modern northwest Pakistan and has now been put...

After a recent run of lacklustre form, the Judd Apatow brand has finally found its mojo again thanks to this tenderly handled rom-com from stand-up comedian Michael Showalter. While in recent years the output of Apatow’s production company – Trainwreck, This is 40, The Five-Year Engagement – has become synonymous with overlong runtimes and an unhealthy commitment to narrative convention, here’s a film that triumphs in staying true to the producer’s bittersweet spirit, whilst also subverting the genre’s formula with...