by Keng Lam | July 26, 2013. Boba milk tea, also known as pearl milk tea or bubble milk tea, is a cold, sugary drink that usually contains little black balls of starch called tapioca. I admit: It is the drink I go to every time the weather is hot.
Monday 15 December 2008 06.10 EST First published on Monday 15 December 2008 06.10 EST. Friends and co-stars have paid tribute to Last of the Summer Wine star Kathy Staff, who has died aged 80. Staff played Nora Batty, famous for her curlers, wrinkled tights and razor-sharp tongue, in the long-running BBC1 comedy, making her last appearance in August at the end of the show's 29th series.
In pictures: Last Of The Summer Wine. 1  After 37 years long-running comedy Last Of The Summer Wine is being axed. 2  First broadcast on BBC One in 1973, the classic line-up of characters-Foggy, Compo and Norman Clegg-became a hit with audiences. 3  Michael Bates (right) was part of the original line-up.