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Liquid nitrogen is commonly making its way to the food industry for its dramatic visual effect. But is it safe to use? Doctors warn against its dangers

When you make pancake batter this Pancake Day, you are mixing a range of different chemicals - but there's a certain art to getting it right.

The Masterchef: The Professionals finalists and former Gordon Ramsay Group chef is serving up a creative, Asia-inspired menu at her three-month residency at Kebab Queen

‘Rotten fish sauce’ doesn’t sound appetising but it served to disguise the taste of high game, as Sir Johnny Scott reveals in his latest book, The Countryman Sets Forth Again

The Seabed User and Developer group (SUDG) held a reception in Parliament on 7th March to highlight the breadth and scale of UK marine industries, including marine aggregates, represented by Britis...

Penguins can’t get enough to eat 23 May 2021 Extinction threat: The African penguins breed on islands off South Africa’s coast, including in the St Croix Island Reserve near the Coega River mouth. Photo: Reinhard Dirscherl/ullstein bild/Getty Images It was June 2000 and the MV Treasure, a bulk iron ore carrier, had sunk between two key breeding islands for African penguins, Robben Island in Table Bay and Dassen Island near Cape Town, spilling 400 tonnes of bunker oil into the sea.  Now th...

BBC News Published image captionJeff Thomas and Pauline Murray met on a blind date at a pub A widow is due to marry her second "soul mate" at a care home after 18 years together. Jeff Thomas, 72, has been living at Abbeydale Nursing Home in Derby since September after being diagnosed with incurable lung cancer. He popped the question to Pauline Murray, also 72, last month. The wedding is due to take place on Wednesday with a small number of guests after a special licence was granted by the Arch...