A repeat offender, who left a man with 13 skull fractures, has gone on a crime rampage after being granted early release from prison. Sick Brian Ramsay, 26 came to public attention after viciously attacking Angus Gallacher, leaving him unrecognisable and close to death. The victim in hospital He left Angus Gallacher with 13 skull fractures, three broken fingers, fractured ribs and a damaged ear drum after attacking him in the street. Ramsay was on a tag when he carried...

Faith Warner, 38, decided to flog the machine - which has been gathering dust in her garage for years - after she did some research on it. She discovered the huge computer originally sold for anything between £100,000 to £150,000 - but she has listed it on the online auction site with a modest starting price of £5,000. Faith said: "My dad, Paul Warner, used to run an engineering firm in Hatherleigh but in his spare time he wrote for...

In 2015, it was reported that more than 300 million portions of fish and chips are eaten in Britain each year, with cod being the most popular choice, by far. Battered fish, is fine – but with such rapidly depleting stocks of cod, it’s difficult to understand why so many of us traditionally eat it, almost religiously, each Friday night. Let’s be honest, more than 99 per-cent of us would struggle to tell the difference between a tranche of battered...

Andrew Scott is a lean and yet crumpled waif of a Hamlet who looks like he buys his clothes from Zara. Appearances are deceptive and helpless innocence isn’t everything though. As he waits as Angus Wright’s Claudius ignores his nephew in favour of Luke Thompson’s more buoyant Laertes he becomes a dark cloud which slowly and surely makes its presence felt on everyone else even though Hamlet is silent. In fact, Scott’s first entrance is so unannounced and unassuming and...

By Jessica Taylor At noon on Saturday, March 4, I joined an estimated 250,000 people who lined the streets around Tavistock Square to march to Parliament, protesting against cuts to the NHS. After dragging myself up 175 steps at Russell Square Underground Station, I followed a crowd on their way to assemble around a small, rickety stage at the corner of the square. Chanting of ‘Whose NHS? Our NHS’ had already begun before speakers took to the microphones. The stage...

By Leslie Byron Pitt There’s nothing worse than a film that goes through the motions. Even if a film is considered bad, it usually has something distinguishing about it. Something memorable. What We Become struggles with this for the simple fact that we’ve seen Zombie movies like this before, often with a more distinctive voice behind it. What We Become is a dime a dozen Zombie movie. One that only really stands out because it’s hard to think of another...

When I was a kid growing up with a fascination for the storytelling and magic of the Cinema and also in particular television, I remember the impact, the entertainment and education some TV programmes had on me. Sesame Street, Star Trek, The Waltons, Sunday Night at the London Palladium, Top of the Popsand many more. Then one night our family sat down as we had many times before and watched a programme called 'Roots'. Our whole family sat in silence,...

St David’s Day this week and though it may not be showing in the skies above us quite yet, the official start of spring means there’s no better way to toast Wales’ patron saint than with a glass, or a few, of Welsh beer. Traditional breweries abound, of course, but Wales is noisily playing its own part in the craft beer renaissance, staking its claim on the demand for flavour-packed, inventive and exciting brews. Here’s Rob Eveleigh of craft beer bottle...

Breakfast is the most crucial meal of the day, and therefore you should not skip it no matter what. Apart from having breakfast, it is essential that you ensure that you eat a healthy meal that is balanced. There are various ways that you can fix your meal quickly if you are in a hurry. Therefore, always make sure that you take you to breakfast before you head to work, school or wherever you are planning on going. This meal...