The Plantation Gardens near the city centre may remain closed until spring, after safety concerns forced the owner to close the site off to the public in January. Tony Burlingham, who owns the local MJB Hotels Group, consequently owns all of the access routes to the popular Victorian gardens on Earlham Road. His decision to…
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Rise in Irish students at English universities
UCAS has recorded an almost 20 percent rise in the number of students from Northern Ireland studying at English universities. This has come despite predictions that Brexit would trigger an increase in students choosing to study at Irish universities. In 2016-17 a total of 4,060 Northern Irish students were accepted into English universities, compared with…
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Global Roundup 360 – 26th April
Argentine music festival cancelled after multiple deaths on site Five people have died and five more remain in critical conditions in hospital after suspected drug overdoses at an Argentine festival. The Time Warp electronic music festival was being held for two days in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. Two people died at the event while…
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And Then There Were Adaptations
The BBC can always be relied upon to produce the best quality drama, as proven by their most recent effort; a bold adaptation of the best-selling crime novel of all time, Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None. Celebrating the 125th anniversary of the author’s birth, writer Sarah Phelps, who also wrote the BBC adaptation…
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