France’s Bogdanoff TV twins die of Covid six days apart
Getty Images Grichka and Igor Bogdanoff had tried in recent years to relaunch their media careers Grichka and Igor Bogdanoff became France’s most famous twins, hosting a TV science and science-fiction show in the 1980s on a spaceship set. They died of coronavirus within days of each other in hospital, Grichka on 28 December and […]
How her own illness led one woman to set up a global firm
Rob Northway Jules Miller started to research dietary supplements with her grandfather The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Jules Miller, founder of dietary supplements firm The Nue Co. Jules Miller says she became so ill that she had internal bleeding. “I was […]
Will Cape Town be the first city to run out of water?
Getty Images There’s water all around Cape Town, South Africa, but little of it is drinkable Cape Town, home to Table Mountain, African penguins, sunshine and sea, is a world-renowned tourist destination. But it could also become famous for being the first major city in the world to run out of water. Most recent projections […]
Phil Neville: How does a man with no managerial experience come to lead England?
There is no doubt Neville’s candidacy came as a shock, and the intrigue about how his name emerged is fuelled by a tale about how a well-known broadcaster suggested him to FA chiefs as a joke remark at a Christmas party. That aside, questions remain about how the recruitment process worked and the part played […]
Norfolk medical secretary gets hoax email 150,000 times
Andrew Sadler Cressida Sadler discovered thousands of copies of the same email when she logged on to her account after Christmas A medical secretary said her email account was bombarded with the same message 150,000 times in a week, leaving her unable to do her job. Cressida Sadler said the emails, purporting to be from […]
Public finances facing ‘challenge’ and Capt Sir Tom Moore’s funeral
Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Saturday. We’ll have another update for you tomorrow morning. 1. Public finances facing ‘challenge’ – chancellor Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said he will use the Budget to level with the British people about the state of the economy in the wake of […]
Keir Starmer says Labour is working on a fairer student fees system
PA Media Sir Keir Starmer says he could not afford university if he was a student today Sir Keir Starmer said Labour would make the student fees system fairer in England but didn’t give any details about what their plans would look like. Scrapping university tuition fees was one of his pledges during his leadership […]
Facebook sorry for ‘disturbing’ disabled comment
PA Wire Vicky Balch had her leg amputated after being injured in the Alton Towers rollercoaster crash in 2015 Facebook has apologised to a disability rights activist after he was told people might find images of disabled people “disturbing”. Simon Sansome, who runs Ability Access, discovered Facebook had blocked his page from being shared with […]
Women’s FA Cup: Karna Solskjaer makes Manchester United debut
Karna Solskjaer, daughter of Manchester United legend Ole Gunnar, made her Red Devils debut in their 2-0 Women’s FA Cup fourth round win at Bridgwater. Her father, the former United forward and manager, and mother were among the capacity crowd of 2,500 to watch the 19-year-old come off the bench. Her late introduction came after […]
Not enough women nominated for Brits
BBC Joy Crookes came fourth on BBC Music’s Sound Of 2020 poll Joy Crookes has said it’s “important” for artists to talk openly about a lack of women nominated for this year’s Brit Awards. The singer, who was up for this year’s Rising Star award, told Newsbeat it was “fantastic” to be alongside Celeste and […]