'Conditions were atrocious, but we loved it': What it was like work down Bradford Pit - Manchester's lost, great coal mine

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Prince Philip apparently once threatened to 'boot the Queen out of his car' due to her backseat driving.Gyles Brandreth, a close friend and biographer of the late Duke, revealed that the pair were bickering with Philip behind the wheel. He explained that Philip was known to "drive fast", and on this occasion he was doing just that. The Queen is said to have 'yelped' at him to slow down, which led Philip to threaten 'booting her out the car' and abandoning his monarch.

pub landlord has savagely hit back at a "suspicious" TripAdvisor user's "bulls**t" review after they claimed to have had the "worst carvery" ever.The Fox Inn in Lower Chaddesley, Kidderminster, boasts a four-star rating on TripAdvisor, making it one of the most highly rated restaurants in the area.Despite a slew of positive comments, one disgruntled punter left a fuming one-star 'terrible' response. They claimed the beef was "tough and very fatty", insisting that they would never return, which prompted the pub's owner to hit back in brutal fashion, reports BirminghamLive.The review was titled "Warning!!! The worst carvery I have ever had!!!".It said: "This was possibly the worst carvery I have ever had.

Manchester United were set to be crowned Premier League champions on Saturday, May 13 2012. The final whistle had gone at the Stadium of Light and United had done everything within their power to clinch the title.

A source close to Kim Kardashian is speaking about about her anger towards her estranged husband, Kanye West.

Arsenal - but he has left the door open for a switch to Real Madrid or PSG.

It's one of the most notorious atmospheres in Europe. The walk down the Marakana tunnel is seen as about as intimidating as it gets.

Motherwell midfielder Liam Donnelly says his side aren't worried about losing their grip on a Premiership top-six place or even a European slot, and insists they're not even talking about it.

Brian Easton admits Hamilton's poor record against Kilmarnock will give them extra motivation to succeed in the sides' final meeting of the season today.

Mark McGhee insists he should never have been sacked by Motherwell as he launched a stiff defence ahead of his return to Fir Park for the first time since he was sacked five years ago.

Robbie Neilson has urged Hearts to wrap-up third place asap and give themselves the best shot at winning Euro millions to fund a top two push next season.

actor, comic and singer Johnny Brown has sadly died aged 84.His family announced the news on social media, describing it as a "tough loss" and saying Johnny was "snatched out of our lives".Born in St Petersberg, Florida in 1937, Johnny had an illustrious onscreen career.He was best known for portraying Nathan Bookman in CBS' Good Times, starring from 1974 until the show's cancellation in 1979.Johnny's daughter, Broadway actress Sharon Catherine Brown, shared the news alongside a photo of her dad on Instagram. The caption read: "Our family is devastated. Devastated.

Christina Hendricks wears a pretty printed dress for the launch of Good Eggs held at the California Heritage Museum on Thursday (March 3) in Santa Monica, Calif.

Johnny Brown, best known for his role as the housing project superintendent Nathan Bookman on the TV show Good Times, has died. He was 84 and no cause of death was given by his family, who announced his death on Instagram.

Leighton Meester is opening up about the mom guilt she experienced while filming her new Netflix movie, The Weekend Away.

The cast of The Bubble scream for their lives while filming a movie inside a movie for Netflix.

Clare Waight Keller, then the hugely successful designer at French house Chloé, to help her select a worthy student to intern with her, and we were both struck by how oversized and shroud-like the designs on display were. “That’s because most of the students are scared to death of women’s bodies,” the tutor sighed.Swipe right to now, and the chickens are well and truly roosting.

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Center for Innovative Medicine Models, part of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), so scientists can look into ‘the generation, characterisation and implementation of large animal models in biological and biomedical research’.The lab’s 40-odd staff use animals to look into everything from genetic diseases to reproduction, but a chief concern is xenotransplantation: moving living cells, tissues or organs from one species to another – usually humans. In this developing scientific field, leading the pack is the prospect of genetically modified (GM) pigs looking like 12428 being cut open, their hearts (or possibly kidneys, lungs and livers) removed and carefully but hastily given to a desperately ill human.It is difficult to fathom, watching the piglets play in their pen, but the science is more than encouraging.

echlinlondon.com) agrees: “Where once these rooms were generally ‘not seen and not heard’, parents are now bringing them out into the light in order to improve the quality of these areas and spend more time with their children.”The self-contained games room has long been a feature of the high-end home, where it will often occupy a basement space: interior designer Katharine Pooley (katharinepooley.com), who has seen “many more” requests for games rooms in the past year, recently worked on one for a young client in Notting Hill with bespoke poker, billiards and ping-pong tables (complete with monogrammed bats). “I find clients are prioritising security, privacy and entertaining within the home due to the restrictions we have all lived with these past two years,” she says.But the current trend isn’t limited to those who have a vast subterranean space to meet home entertainment needs.