ObituaryFreddie Mercury obituaryQueen were never a run of the mill pop group. The guitarist Brian May studied to be an infra red astronomer, and was once asked to work at Jodrell Bank by Sir Bernar Lovell. The bassist John Deacon swotted for his BSc, while the drummer Roger Taylor studied biology. But the group's towering international success could never have been achieved without Freddie Mercury, whose death was reported yesterday.

Soccer This article is more than 20 years oldHow total football inventor was lost to HungaryThis article is more than 20 years oldIt is 50 years since the Magic Magyars shattered England's invincibility. Norman Fox remembers the Lancastrian who inspired the rout but was treated as a traitorFifty years ago next Tuesday, English football's castle crumbled. On a dank afternoon at Wembley, Hungary finally ended England's unbeaten home record against continental opposition.

PFAS This article is more than 6 months oldNew report finds most US kale samples contain ‘disturbing’ levels of ‘forever chemicals’This article is more than 6 months oldPFAS was found in seven of eight samples bought at US stores, with organic kale containing higher levels of the toxic compounds Seven out of eight US kale samples recently tested for toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” contained high levels of the compounds. The testing looked at conventional and organic kale bought at grocery stores across the country, and comes after Food and Drug Administration analyses conducted between 2019 and 2021 found no PFAS contamination.

Newcastle United This article is more than 2 months oldNewcastle’s Sven Botman may face long injury lay-off, says HoweThis article is more than 2 months oldDefender has not featured since knee injury last monthGordon or Joelinton could start up front in Carabao CupNewcastle will be without Sven Botman in Wednesday night’s Carabao Cup tie at Manchester United and the £35m Netherlands defender could be absent for some time. Botman has not played since sustaining a knee injury in September’s 8-0 win at Sheffield United and Eddie Howe did not reject suggestions that the centre-half may be sidelined long-term.

Texas This article is more than 3 months oldRecord-setting US cave diver dies during underwater excursionThis article is more than 3 months oldWhen Brett Hemphill, 56, did not return from a dive in Texas’s Phantom Springs, his colleagues dove to recover his body Brett Hemphill dived more than 40 stories deep in Texas’s Phantom Springs underwater cave system in 2013 to set a national record, breaking a mark he had set just five years earlier.