Faster Pussycat frontman Taime Downe's fiancée, Kimberly Burch, has died after a tragic fall from a cruise ship. For $2 a go, tourists can purchase sticks of dynamite and experience them exploding in the “nightmarish” subterranean world created by silver miners in Potosí, one of the world’s highest cities.

If you weren’t aware, today isn’t formally known as Pancake Day. I know, I know, it’s a day all about pancakes. However, it’s actually a Christian tradition that falls the day before Lent begins. On their website,

Pancake Day 2025 falls on March 4, marking the celebration of Shrove Tuesday.Discover the origins of Shrove Tuesday.

Hundreds gathered at the Casino on Shrove Tuesday to enjoy pancakes and sausages under the atrium in advance of Ash Wednesday and Lent.

Care home residents and staff have been flipping pancakes and sharing stories for Shrove Tuesday. Woodland View care home in Colchester and Brampton Manor in Newmarket both celebrated the day with pancake-making activities. At Woodland View, head chef Luliana Popescu flipped more than 100 pancakes for the residents and staff.

Lent is a period of 40 days which many Christians observe as a time of fasting, abstinence and penitence - here is everything you need to know about it

Pancake Day in the UK is another name for Shrove Tuesday, which is a Christian feast day that takes place on the day before Ash Wednesday. It marks the start of Lent, a 40-day period of fasting leading up to Easter.

Two new pancake recipes for Shrove Tuesday - Sure, you could stick with lemon and sugar. But why not try a savoury Korean-style pancake with a chilli crisp egg, or thick and fluffy air-fried blueberry pancakes?

Shrove Tuesday, better known as Pancake Day, falls on 4 March this year. Britons will not have to wait long before they can tuck into fresh pancakes on Shrove Tuesday. The celebration, which starts a countdown to Easter,