Imagine looking up at the night sky and seeing a star suddenly burst into a blaze of light brighter than anything nearby. A flash so bright that it briefly outshines an entire galaxy before fading forever.

This violent fate is rare: fewer than about 1% of stars are big enough to end their lives this way. Indeed, these dramatic explosions only occur in so-called “massive stars”. These are stars with a mass roughly eight times or more that of the Sun.

But these cosmic explosions, known as supernovae, have naturally fascinated astronomers for centuries. In 1572, for instance, Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe observed a supernova explosion so bright that it could be seen with the naked eye for two years.

Yet what we can see with our eyes, or even with powerful telescopes, when these stars die, is only a tiny fraction of the story. Because most of the energy from a supernova is carried away by neutrinos, these are nearly invisible particles often called “ghost particles” because they pass through almost everything in their path.

Scientists are now finally on the verge of seeing these ghostly messengers. With the help of an extremely powerful telescope buried deep underground in Japan, astronomers may be able to catch a glimpse of these stellar “ghosts” – and with it the remnants of explosions from stars that died as long as 10 billion years ago.

Particles from before time

And there’s a really good chance that scientists might be able to finally see these ghost particles this year. This is largely due to Japan’s Super-Kamiokande telescope receiving an upgrade, which significantly enhances its ability to detect supernova neutrinos.

For me, as a particle astrophysicist, this would probably be one of the most exciting scientific achievements in my lifetime. Indeed, it would mean we could see particles that were produced even before the Earth itself existed, as the telescope is now sensitive enough to catch the faint “glow” of all the exploding stars in the universe.

This is all possible because neutrinos almost never interact with anything. They have no electric charge. So they can travel through space – and even through entire planets – without being absorbed or scattered, so almost nothing can stop them.

In fact, billions of these ghostly particles are passing through your body every second – and you don’t even notice – and some of them have been travelling for more than 10 billion years to get here.

When a star dies

Big ideas lead to big questions, and one such question astrophysicists are trying to figure out is what remains after the explosion of such a star.

Does the collapsing core become a black hole? Or does it form a different type of star known as a neutron star, which then slowly cools over time? A neutron star is an incredibly dense object, only about 20 kilometres (12 miles) across, roughly the size of a large city or about the length of Manhattan.

If scientists are able to detect the combined signal from all the supernovae that have ever occurred, it would bring us closer to being able to answer these questions. It would also allow us to study the deaths of stars across the entire history of the universe, using particles that have been travelling toward us for billions of years without ever stopping.

Supernovae are rare in our galaxy, happening only once every few decades. But across the universe, a massive star explodes in a supernova roughly once every second. When they explode, they release enormous energy: only about 1% is visible light, while 99% escapes as neutrinos.

Even though these neutrinos are almost invisible, they carry the story of every star that has ever exploded – and now, for the first time, we may be able to catch them.

So if 2026 does bring the first clear detection, it will mark a new era in astronomy. For the first time, we won’t just observe the brilliant explosions of nearby stars, but the collective story of all the massive stars that have ever lived and died.

And it all starts with a telescope buried deep underground in Japan, patiently watching for the faint, ghostly glow of the universe’s oldest explosions.

This article was commissioned as part of a partnership betweenVidenskab.dk and The Conversation. You can read the article in Danish.

To capture the full-scale joy of a cinema experience at home, there’s only one answer: grab some popcorn and switch on one of the best home cinema projectors from leading brands, including BenQ, Epson or Valerion. Prices range from less than £900 to over £2,000, so there’s something for a variety of budgets.

“There’s no better way to watch movies at home, if you want to see them as the director intended,” advises Matt Horton, TV and Projector buyer at Richer Sounds. “A top-flight home cinema projector will offer better image quality, higher brightness and a much more immersive viewing experience than you’ll get from a typical portable projector.”

In this guide, I’ll help you choose the right projector, covering what to look out for and answering the most common questions. If you’re in a hurry, scroll straight to my top five picks below.

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Most of the best projectors now advertise 4K resolution, which is still costly, so many models use pixel-shifting on Full HD chipsets to reach 4K. While not technically the same, the results are highly convincing in practice.

“To get the best performance, I’d recommend investing in a model with 4K resolution, along with the widest degree of HDR (High Dynamic Range) compatibility,“ says Horton.

“Having said that, there are also LCD-based examples available from brands such as Epson, well worth investigating if you’re sensitive to DLP’s occasional ‘rainbow effect’,” Horton adds.

Brightness and contrast figures are less reliable, as manufacturers use different methods to measure these parameters and seemingly boost their ratings. Treat published numbers as a rough guide only. For home cinema, aim for at least 2,000 to 3,000 lumens brightness and a contrast ratio of at least 3,000:1 and upwards.

Finally, check the throw ratio. This tells you how far the projector needs to be from the screen to create the picture size you want. All the models here are long-throw and a 100-inch diagonal image should be your minimum goal. I’ve included the screen distance needed for that in each review.

How we test projectors

The incident involved a car driver and a bus driver

A driver appeared to refuse to move in a “road rage” incident involving a bus. Cambridgeshire Police were called to the incident in Hargate Way, Peterborough just after midday today (Thursday, March 12).

The driver of a black car appeared to refuse to move out of the way of a Stagecoach bus for at least 20 minutes. This resulted in traffic building up along the road.

While the incident continued, groups of people stopped to see what was going on. No one was arrested.

A police spokesperson said: “We were called at 12.10pm today (March 12) to Hargate Way, Peterborough, after reports of road rage between two drivers. There were no arrests.”

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The video, which is rumoured to have originated on Facebook, found its way on to X, formerly known as Twitter, after being posted by the fan account ClarksonsFarm1.

This account has nothing to do with Jeremy Clarkson or the Amazon Prime series; it has, in fact, blocked the former, according to Clarkson himself.

That site is a menace. And they’ve blocked me.

— Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson) March 11, 2026

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The AI-generated video shows Clarkson throwing the Prime Minister out of his pub, before proceeding to ‘beat him up’, as many on X are calling it.

It was widely criticised.

Political commentator Don McGowan added: “Am I the only one that finds this disgusting?

“It’s not funny and glorifies violence.

“In a time where our country is seeing violence when MPs speak (see Hannah Spencer last weekend), this pretend fight with the prime minister should be removed immediately.”

TalkTV host Mark Dolan added: “This is appalling and deeply wrong – whatever you think of the prime minister.”

Yesterday, Labour MP Chris Bryant led fresh calls for the video to be taken down.

He said: “Come on @ClarksonsFarm1 take it down. I’m all for freedom of speech but not inciting or glorifying violence. And two of my colleagues have been murdered in my time as an MP.”

Clarkson then responded.

He posted: “That site is a menace. And they’ve blocked me.”

ClarksonsFarm1 has not responded to any requests to remove it.

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One user couldn’t quite believe the irony, saying: “A fan account blocked the person it’s a fan of.”

Another said: “Sue them. They’re making money out of ruining your reputation and brand.”

Someone else commented: “Make an account about a guy. Then block the guy you made an account about….makes sense”.

The first and arguably most important aspect to consider when shopping for gym leggings, is fit.

Your leggings should feel supportive without digging in and they should stay in place when squatting, running, stretching or simply walking. Each pair has features made specifically for various activities, so make sure you aren’t buying a pair of yoga leggings to wear for your treadmill runs. Yoga leggings, for example, tend to be made from softer fabric while running leggings are made from stretchier, sweatproof fabric.

Look for four-way stretch materials for flexibility that moves with you. If you’re someone who sweats easily, go for moisture-wicking or quick-drying fabrics that help you to stay feeling fresh. The fabric should also stay opaque even when pulled or stretched, particularly for lower-body exercises, such as squats.

A high waistband offers more support and may be more flattering than a lower waistband. And don’t forget to check the seams; they can be irritating, which can impact comfort.

Although price doesn’t always dictate quality, it’s worth testing out a range of gym leggings to see which fits you best.

ANIMATION

BATTLEFIELD 6 Development Team – Battlefield Studios/Electronic Arts

DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Hideo Kojima, Masaaki Kawata, Laurie Jezequel – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment

DISPATCH Development Team – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio

GHOST OF YŌTEI Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment

HADES II Craig Harris, Nikita Taranduke, Jen Zee – Supergiant Games/Supergiant Games

HOLLOW KNIGHT: SILKSONG Development Team – Team Cherry/Team Cherry

ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT

CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive

DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Hideo Kojima, Yoji Shinkawa, Megan Tuckwell – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment

DISPATCH Derek Stratton – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio

GHOST OF YŌTEI Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment

HOLLOW KNIGHT: SILKSONG Development Team – Team Cherry/Team Cherry

SOUTH OF MIDNIGHT Development Team – Compulsion Games/Xbox Game Studios

AUDIO ACHIEVEMENT

ARC RAIDERS Bence Pajor, Olof Strömqvist, Simon Svanbäck – Embark Studios/Embark Studios

CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive

DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Hideo Kojima, Hiroyuki Nakayama – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment

DISPATCH Development Team – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio

GHOST OF YŌTEI Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment

INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE Development Team – MachineGames/Bethesda

BEST GAME

ARC RAIDERS Aleksander Grøndal, Stefan Strandberg, Virgil Watkins – Embark Studios/Embark Studios

BLUE PRINCE Development Team – Dogubomb/Raw Fury

CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive

DISPATCH Nick Herman, Dennis Lenart, Pierre Shorette – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio

GHOST OF YŌTEI Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment

INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE Development Team – MachineGames/Bethesda

BRITISH GAME

ATOMFALL Development Team – Rebellion/Rebellion

CITIZEN SLEEPER 2: STARWARD VECTOR Gareth Damian Martin, Guillaume Singelin, Amos Roddy – Jump Over the Age/Fellow Traveller

MAFIA: THE OLD COUNTRY Development Team – Hangar 13/2K

MONUMENT VALLEY 3 Development Team – ustwo games/ustwo games

POWERWASH SIMULATOR 2 Development Team – FuturLab/FuturLab

TWO POINT MUSEUM Development Team – Two Point Studios/SEGA

DEBUT GAME

BLUE PRINCE Development Team – Dogubomb/Raw Fury

CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive

CONSUME ME Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson – Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson, Jie En Lee, Violet W-P, Ken “coda” Snyder/ Hexecutable LLC

DESPELOTE Development Team – Julián Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena/Panic

DISPATCH Nick Herman, Dennis Lenart, Pierre Shorette – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio

THE MIDNIGHT WALK Development Team – MoonHood/Fast Travel Games

EVOLVING GAME

FALLOUT 76 Development Team – Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda

HELLDIVERS 2 Development Team – Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony Interactive Entertainment

HITMAN WORLD OF ASSASSINATION Development Team – IO Interactive/IO Interactive

NO MAN’S SKY Development Team – Hello Games/Hello Games

VAMPIRE SURVIVORS Development Team – poncle/poncle

WARHAMMER 40,000: SPACE MARINE 2 Dmitry Grigorenko, Oliver Hollis-Leick, Anatolii Koruka – Saber Interactive/Focus Entertainment Publishing

FAMILY

DONKEY KONG BANANZA Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

IS THIS SEAT TAKEN? Ausiàs Dalmau, Sergi Pérez – Poti Poti/Wholesome Games Presents

LEGO PARTY! Development Team – SMG Studio/Fictions

MARIO KART WORLD Development Team – Nintendo/Nintendo

POWERWASH SIMULATOR 2 Development Team – FuturLab/FuturLab

TWO POINT MUSEUM Development Team – Two Point Studios/SEGA

GAME BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT

THE ALTERS Development Team – 11 bit studios/11 bit studios

AND ROGER Yona, Yasuhiro Nakashima – TearyHand Studio/Kodansha

CITIZEN SLEEPER 2: STARWARD VECTOR Gareth Damian Martin, Guillaume Singelin, Amos Roddy – Jump Over the Age/Fellow Traveller

CONSUME ME Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson – Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson, Jie En Lee, Violet W-P, Ken “coda” Snyder/ Hexecutable LLC

DESPELOTE Julian Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena, Gabe Cuzzillo – Julián Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena/Panic

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: HEART OF CHORNOBYL Development Team – GSC Game World/GSC Game World

GAME DESIGN

BALL X PIT Kenny Sun – Kenny Sun & Friends/Devolver Digital

BLUE PRINCE Tonda Ros – Dogubomb/Raw Fury

CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive

GHOST OF YŌTEI Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment

HADES II Amir Rao, Gavin Simon, Greg Kasavin – Supergiant Games/Supergiant Games

SPLIT FICTION Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts

MULTIPLAYER

ARC RAIDERS Aleksander Grøndal, Virgil Watkins – Embark Studios/Embark Studios

DUNE: AWAKENING Marcos Pereira, Paul Vallet, Hugo Gonçalves – Funcom/Funcom

ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN Development Team – FROMSOFTWARE INC./BANDAI NAMCO

LEGO PARTY! Development Team – SMG Studio/Fictions

PEAK Development Team – Aggro Crab & Landfall/Aggro Crab & Landfall

SPLIT FICTION Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts

MUSIC

CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Lorien Testard, Alice Duport-Percier – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive

DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Hideo Kojima, Woodkid, Ludvig Forssell – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment

DISPATCH Andrew Arcadi, Skyler Barto – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio

GHOST OF YŌTEI Toma Otowa, Peter Scaturro, Keith Leary – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment

HOLLOW KNIGHT: SILKSONG Christopher Larkin – Team Cherry/Team Cherry

INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE Gordy Haab, Pete Ward, Christoffer Larsson – MachineGames/Bethesda

NARRATIVE

THE ALTERS Tomasz Kisilewicz, Katarzyna Tybinka – 11 bit studios/11 bit studios

BLUE PRINCE Tonda Ros – Dogubomb/Raw Fury

CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Guillaume Broche, Jennifer Svedberg-Yen – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive

DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Hideo Kojima, Kenji Yano, Ray Khalastchi – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment

INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE Development Team – MachineGames/Bethesda

KINGDOM COME: DELIVERANCE II Development Team – Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver

NEW INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

THE ALTERS Development Team – 11 bit studios/11 bit studios

ARC RAIDERS Aleksander Grøndal, Stefan Strandberg, Robert Sammelin – Embark Studios/Embark Studios

CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive

DISPATCH Pierre Shorette, Dennis Lenart, Nick Herman – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio

SOUTH OF MIDNIGHT Development Team – Compulsion Games/Xbox Game Studios

SPLIT FICTION Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts

PERFORMER IN A LEADING ROLE

AARON PAUL as Robert Robertson in Dispatch – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio

BEN STARR as Verso in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive

ERIKA ISHII as Atsu in Ghost Of Yōtei – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment

JENNIFER ENGLISH as Maelle in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive

TOM MCKAY as Henry Of Skalitz in Kingdom Come: Deliverance II – Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver

TROY BAKER as Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle –MachineGames/Bethesda

PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

ALIX WILTON REGAN as Lea Florence Monad in Lies Of P: Overture – NEOWIZ/NEOWIZ

CHARLIE COX as Gustave in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive

JANE PERRY as Lia Cain in Dead Take – Surgent Studios/Pocketpair Publishing

JEFFREY WRIGHT as Chase in Dispatch – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio

KIRSTY RIDER as Lune in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive

TROY BAKER as Higgs in Death Stranding 2: On The Beach – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT

ARC RAIDERS Robert Träffe, Martin Singh-Blom – Embark Studios/Embark Studios

DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Hideo Kojima, Akio Sakamoto, Neil Johnson – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment

DOOM: THE DARK AGES Development Team – id Software/Bethesda

GHOST OF YŌTEI Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment

INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE Development Team – MachineGames/Bethesda

SPLIT FICTION Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts

Tesla is set to provide UK households and businesses with electricity

Automotive and clean energy company Tesla has been given the green light to start supplying electricity to households and businesses in Britain.

The Elon Musk-founded organisation has a subsidiary called Tesla Ventures. It has now been granted a licence by energy watchdog Ofgem to provide electricity to domestic and non-domestic consumers in England, Wales and Scotland.

The licence took effect on Wednesday, March 11, following a seven-month review that considered whether the company could safely and reliably run an energy business. Mr Musk, who is the world’s richest man, runs the electric car manufacturer and also has a solar energy and battery storage business.

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Tesla has been involved in the UK energy market since 2020, when it was granted a licence to be an electricity generator. In the US, the group is already an electricity supplier in Texas.

The company faced a backlash to its application last year, with campaign group Best for Britain saying thousands of people had used its online tool to lodge objections with Ofgem, PA news reports.

The criticism was rooted in Musk’s political activity, including his support for Donald Trump and far-right activist Tommy Robinson, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, and the changes made to social media platform X, formerly Twitter, since he took ownership.

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband branded the billionaire boss as a “dangerous person” and said that he had called for the overthrow of the Government and incited violence on the streets.

Tesla lost its title as the world’s best-selling electric vehicle (EV) maker in January this year after reporting declining sales for the second year in a row. The car maker delivered 1.64 million vehicles in 2025, down 9% from a year earlier. Chinese rival BYD, which sold 2.26 million vehicles last year, is now the biggest EV maker.

Tesla Energy’s licence means it must now comply with Ofgem’s rules, including treating customers fairly and maintaining consumer protections and financial responsibility, or it faces potential penalties or the licence being revoked. Ofgem stressed that it does not assess or grant licences to individuals.

Naomi Smith, chief executive of Best for Britain, said: “After more than 18,000 of our supporters wrote to Ofgem highlighting real public concern over Musk’s powergrab, Best for Britain are calling on the Energy Secretary to step in and urgently reverse Ofgem’s misguided decision. It’s not too late to do the right thing.”

A spokesman for the Government’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero said that Ofgem is an independent regulator with “sole legal responsibility for the assessment of supply licence applications”.

The Energy Secretary has powers to veto applications for certain supply licences, but not the one that Tesla applied for.

A new treatment has shown huge potential for treating spina bifida in the womb, after a trial showed that it improved children’s mobility and quality of life.  

Spina bifida, a condition in which a baby’s spinal cord is not properly enclosed during gestation, can lead to a range of lifelong disabilities. However, scientists claimed this week to have a promising new treatment, which involves applying stem cells from the mother’s placenta to her baby’s spine while surgeons repair it in the womb. 

Diana Farmer, chair of the University of California’s Davis Department of Surgery, which led the US trial, said the procedure “paves the way for new treatment options for children with birth defects”.

Six mothers took part in the phase one trial, the results of which were published in the Lancet health journal this week. Michelle Johnson was among them.  

“Our family couldn’t feel more blessed,” said Johnson, whose son Tobi (pictured) was born in 2022. “Tobi’s physical and mental abilities are nothing short of a miracle.”

While further research is needed, Aijun Wang, co-inventor of the treatment, said it was a “major step toward a new kind of fetal therapy”. Shine, a UK-based spina bifida charity, described the results as “very exciting”.

Image: University of California

Catherine Quinn was giving evidence at the trial of Paul Quinn, 51, who is accused of raping a woman after dragging her away from a motorway bridge between Little Hulton and Farnworth in 2003.

More than 20 years on Mrs Quinn told Manchester Crown Court she had seen a report about the attack on the television news and joked to Quinn she hoped his shirt would not be found there.

Mrs Quinn said she and her ex-husband were together from 1996 to 2016 and that their divorce was finalised in 2019.

She said they kept in touch via phone calls and messages and that in December 2022 Quinn had told her that he had been “arrested and let go” about an incident that happened in 2003.

The trial opened at Manchester Crown Court (Image: Anthony Moss)

Mrs Quinn said: “He said it was about a lady who had been attacked at about that time.”

She added that the rape attack was “massive news at the time”.

Security guard Andrew Malkinson was arrested, convicted and spent 17 years in prison for the crime, of which the prosecution say he was entirely innocent.

Questioned by John Price KC, prosecuting, Mrs Quinn said she remember how her then husband had gone out on his own the night of the attack and came home with his shirt missing.

She said she remembered that when Quinn was hot or was dancing he would “take it off or open it” and that he would often go out on nights out in Farnworth without her.

Pressed by Mr Price, Mrs Quinn said she first heard about the rape investigation off Cleggs Lane when she saw a report about it on the television news.

The prosecution say Andrew Malkinson was wrongly convicted of the crime (Image: GMP)

This was after Quinn had come home with his shirt, which she described as cotton, white with vertical and horizonal blue stripes, missing.

Mrs Quinn said that on seeing the news about the rape investigation she jokingly told Quinn “I hope they don’t find it anywhere near there”.

Questioned by Lisa Wilding KC, defending, about how she could remember the design of the shirt so well after 20 years, Mrs Quinn said “Paul didn’t have many shirts”.

Ms Wilding suggested that Mrs Quinn could not have seen the TV report about the rape investigation the same day as her husband came home without his shirt.

She said no such report appeared until a day later and asked if Mrs Quinn could have been mistaken in how she remembered the timings.

Mrs Quinn said anybody’s memory could have been affected after “that amount of time”.

Further pressed by Mr Price on what she meant about hoping Quinn’s shirt was not found near the scene of the alleged rape, Mrs Quinn agreed it was a “kind of joke”.

She could not remember if in response he had laughed.

Next to give evidence was Clifford Anthony Minor, a friend of Quinn’s since primary school who had gone on to work with him as a fencer between 2002 and 2010.

Mr Minor said as a younger man he had often gone out to Chuffers nightclub on Market Street in Farnworth with Quinn, who had sometimes stayed out longer than him after meeting women.

He said he had never seen Quinn use cocaine or other drugs until around 2007 to 2008.

Questioned by Mr Price, Mr Minor said that if Quinn had ended the night in Chuffers by “getting off with girls” then he would end up going home on his own.

Quinn, of Whipton Barton Road, Exeter, denies two counts of rape, one count of attempt to strangle, and one count of assault, intending to cause grievous bodily harm.

The trial, before Mr Justice Robert Bright, continues.

The staff member ended up with a cut on his nose and bite marks on one of his fingers

A man has been jailed after attacking a member of staff at a hotel with a Bible. William Poyning, 45, was asked to leave the Bull Hotel, in Westgate, Peterborough, on February 12, late last year.

Poyning was escorted to an exit, becoming violent and hitting a member of staff in the face with the Bible he was holding.

Poyning also kicked out at the victim. Staff and a member of the public were able to get him out of the hotel.

The victim received a cut to his nose and bite marks on one of his fingers. The police were called and he was arrested.

At Cambridge Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, March 10, Poyning, of no known address, was jailed for nine months after pleading guilty to assault causing actual bodily harm.

PC Jess Broome: “Poyning’s behaviour was aggressive and intimidating as he lashed out with the Bible and attacked someone who was simply doing their job.

“We won’t tolerate attacks like this on staff working in hospitality or the nighttime economy. I’m pleased Poyning has now appeared in court to answer for his actions.”

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