Edd Dracott

UK

Birmingham chocolatiers claim to have cracked world’s largest Creme Egg

The creation from Cadbury World weighs 45kg and stands at 3ft tall.
7 Apr 2025
Music

Glastonbury shares heat safety advice as temperatures soar to 26C

The Met Office said temperatures have felt hotter due to humidity and strong UV light.
24 Jun 2023
Politics

Ed Miliband defends ‘world-leading’ Labour climate policy at Glastonbury

The shadow climate secretary defended his party’s recent backtrack on a £28 billion commitment to tackle climate change.
24 Jun 2023
Politics

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe meets with family of Briton jailed in Russia

Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband Richard Ratcliffe accused the UK Government of being ‘very soft’ on Vladimir Kara-Murza’s case

24 Jun 2023
Politics

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Readjusting to life back in the UK was ‘very hard’

Her husband Richard Ratcliffe said a recent report into the Government’s handling of hostage cases had ‘very important’ findings.
24 Jun 2023
Celebrity News

Emily Eavis praises ‘heart’ of Glastonbury as NHS staff to take to Pyramid Stage

A tribute will be paid to 75 years of the NHS on the main stage at the festival on Saturday afternoon.
24 Jun 2023
UK

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe ‘humbled’ by Glastonbury response

She said an image from Glastonbury Festival in 2019 gave her heart while she was imprisoned in Iran.
23 Jun 2023
UK

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe given standing ovation at Glastonbury Festival

Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe appeared emotional as she described seeing a picture of Glastonbury support for her while in an Iranian prison in 2019.
23 Jun 2023
UK

Emily Eavis describes ‘lovely moment’ as her father takes to Glastonbury stage

Festival co-founder Michael Eavis was wheeled onto The Park Stage in an office chair before singing a selection of classics.
22 Jun 2023
Music

‘A lovely, uncynical thing’ – Glastonbury newspaper celebrates 10th year

‘(It is) written by people from the festival, on the festival, during the festival,’ said Adrian Manning.
22 Jun 2023
Music

Michael Eavis: Glastonbury ‘got there eventually’ with musical legends

The Glastonbury co-founder also said social responsibility is ‘essential’ to the existence of the festival.
22 Jun 2023
UK

Briton who climbed Korean skyscraper planned to parachute off then flee country

George King-Thompson dreamt of climbing Lotte World Tower while in prison for climbing the Shard, according to his sponsor.
12 Jun 2023
Environment

Activist, 60, walks 4,250km from London to Istanbul to promote carbon capture

Canadian businessman Craig Cohon, who is based in London, crossed the finish line on the Galata Bridge on Monday morning after five months of walking.
5 Jun 2023
Music

The 1975’s Matty Healy kisses crowd safety worker mid-performance in Denmark

The frontman leaned over to kiss the male festival worker as he knelt at the side of the stage at a festival in Aarhus.
4 Jun 2023
Film

Ryan Reynolds at FA Cup final as Wrexham’s Paul Mullin named top scorer

The film star sat with his star striker at the match before Mullin was presented with a golden trophy.
3 Jun 2023
UK

‘Stupid’ activists were putting horses in more danger, says Epsom racegoer

Animal Rising said the Epsom Derby should have been halted for the horses’ safety while their activist was on the course.
3 Jun 2023
Music

#DrawEurovision: Artists create quick caricatures as Eurovision acts perform

The ‘challenging and stressful’ #DrawEurovision trend sees artists create quick paintings and sketches of the acts as they perform onstage.
14 May 2023
Music

Eurovision fans on Twitter toast Sir Terry Wogan and Finland’s Cha Cha Cha

Millions of tweets were shared about the finale in Liverpool as #Eurovision2023 was the top trend worldwide on Saturday night.
13 May 2023
Health

Devon nurse wins 250,000 dollars global prize for work improving diabetes care

Margaret Shepherd, from Exeter, said she was left ‘shaking’ after winning the Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award 2023.
13 May 2023
Celebrity News

British Vogue’s first braille edition released to ‘delight’ of editor

British Vogue editor-in-chief Edward Enninful said the fashion and publishing ‘industries have a great deal to do still’ on inclusivity.
11 May 2023