James VincentYorkshire political editor
BBC/James VincentSheffield is preparing to level up the mission to save the nation’s video games for posterity with a new cultural history project.
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Surf therapy charity begun in Cornwall hails record year of help
A surf therapy charity has thanked supporters after it reported helping a record number of people in 2025.
The Wave Project, which was founded in Cornwall in 2011, said it supported 2,674 children and young people in the last 12 months, more than…
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Everything you need to know
Jasmine Ketibuah-FoleyWest of England
Paul BoxWith a new year, comes a new social calendar and it’s the perfect time to add those to your diary. While there will…
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2026 festival guide: Everything you need to know
Bristol Comedy Festival, 15-31 January
The Bristol Comedy Festival, external will help you laugh away those winter blues.
Among the announced performers are five nominees for the 2025 Edinburgh Comedy Awards – Dan Tiernan, Ed Night, John Tothill,…
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Grimsby pop-up library ‘too small’, campaigners say
Mr Jackson said “It is a pop-up and only temporary and it was a matter of finding premises in the town centre we could bring into use quickly and which were suitable.”
When asked about the timescale of Grimsby Central Library opening again he…
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Birmingham Hospice bulls trail raises £241,000
The bulk of the money raised from the project – £161,850 – came through an auction of the bulls in September.
The top-selling sculpture, Baby Oz, based on the larger version on permanent display at Birmingham’s New Street Station, fetched…
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AgenT-797 (iNKT): What Patients Need to Know About This New Cancer Immunotherapy
AgenT-797 is an experimental cancer treatment being studied in clinical trials. It belongs to a newer category of treatments called cellular immunotherapy, which uses immune cells to help the body recognize and fight cancer….
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A deep dive into Hublot’s past, present and future
Jason Lee
I’ve been collecting watches for more than a decade now, long enough to stop worrying about trends or what anyone else thinks of what’s on my wrist, and to focus instead on…
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Hull-built anti-seasickness ship was plagued with misfortune
The key feature was a first-class cabin mounted on gimbals that was designed to swing back and forth supposedly cancelling out the actions of the waves.
Dr Robb Robinson, honorary research fellow at the University of Hull, described Bessemer as “one of those giant figures of the 19th Century”.
“He was also reputedly a man who suffered very badly with seasickness,” Dr Robinson said.
“And he felt that in the modern Victorian age it must be possible to be able to come up with an invention, a mechanical invention, that would reduce seasickness.”
Bessemer raised £250,000 to build the 350ft (107m) long vessel and it was constructed at Earle’s shipyard, located on the Humber Estuary at Victoria Dock.
Dr Robinson said the ship was plagued by a series of misfortunes.
“The first one was when it was caught by the tide in a storm and it ended up coming aground near Barton,” he said.
“It was brought back without much damage.”