Sunday 28 June 2026
BB
Author

Bill Bowkett

16 articles on New Dispatch

Science

Metal detectorist flabbergasted after uncovering 17th-century gold ring with mysterious motif

Amanda Parker discovered the precious item while searching farmland near Preston

Science

British zoo 'defies the odds' and celebrates birth of SECOND pair of Sengi pups

The tiny newcomers weighed merely 30 grams at birth — equivalent to a standard first-class letter

News

Manchester synagogue attack associate pleads guilty to preparing acts of terrorism alongside knifeman who stabbed two people to death

Mohammad Bashir today admitted to preparing terrorist acts after giving Jihad al-Shamie a lift to the secure 600-acre site in Oxfordshire

News

Teenage rapists who filmed attacks on girls, 14 and 15, fined just £26 each

The case has prompted outrage from victims and campaigners demanding urgent reform of youth sentencing

News

Benefits fraudster who hid improvements in health from DWP pleads guilty to cheating system

Tony Paul Rose made the admission before magistrates

News

Two teenager girls 'raped on Norfolk beach' as police release description of wanted man

The alleged attacks on two teens in Great Yarmouth have prompted a significant investigation

News

Retired schoolteacher scoops life-changing National Lottery win: 'Love to see it!'

The woman claimed her windfall through the National Lottery's Set For Life game

News

Farmers fear for livestock as Britain's largest bird of prey to be released in Exmoor

The project will see up to 20 white-tailed eagles across a three-year period

News

Lottery winner risks missing out on life-changing jackpot win after failing to claim £1million prize

The winner purchased their ticket somewhere in County Tyrone

News

Woman stole £300,000 from holidaymakers to pay children's private school fees

Shelley Simpson entered a guilty plea at Portsmouth Crown Court

News

Teenage Boots shoplifter spared jail after stealing £100,000 of goods from pharmacies

The 17-year-old previously entered guilty pleas to 15 theft charges

Health

Third British national has suspected hantavirus after deaths on Atlantic cruise ship

The British patient is currently on the remote island of Tristan da Cunha

Science

Oxford physicists achieve world-first breakthrough in quantum physics

Researchers at the university have accomplished a landmark achievement

News

Migrant boy from Africa who raped teenage girl, 17, in park is jailed for five years

The defendant cannot be identified due to his age

Science

Hedgehogs found to have mysterious superpower that exceeds human perception

The research opens up the possibility of fitting vehicles with ultrasound-emitting devices

Science

Archaeologists uncover earliest known use of poison-laced weapons dating back 60,000 years

The breakthrough comes from analysis of arrowheads excavated from rock shelter in South Africa