Comedian wants statue of ‘groundbreaking’ comic idol
BBC Aherne won a BAFTA in 2000 for her performance as Denise Royle in The Royle Family A comedian has called for a statue tribute to be created in memory of her idol Caroline Aherne, who she applauded for “breaking the stereotype that women aren’t funny”. Stand-up comic Lucy Beaumont said the late Royle Family […]
No-deal Brexit risks cattle cull in NI, industry insiders warn
Getty Images One source told Newsnight the culling of cattle could start within weeks of a no-deal Brexit Some 45,000 dairy cows could be culled in Northern Ireland, in the event of a no-deal Brexit if new higher tariffs are applied to British milk, senior industry figures have warned. Northern Ireland is particularly vulnerable because […]
Auschwitz inmate’s notes from hell finally revealed
Ifz-muenchen.de A page of Nadjari’s faded notes after processing – the original is on the right Chilling testimony from an Auschwitz inmate forced to help the Nazi murder squads has finally been deciphered, thanks to painstaking detective work and digital imaging. On scraps of notepaper Marcel Nadjari, a Greek Jew, described how thousands of Jews […]
The Tunisian MP who was slapped but not beaten
AFP Abir Moussi is a thorn in the side of political Islamists in Tunisia When Tunisian tennis star Ons Jabeur hit global headlines for becoming the first North African woman to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals, another Tunisian woman also made the news but for all the wrong reasons. Abir Moussi, the outspoken leader of the […]
New charges for airman over leaked documents
Reuters Airman Jack Teixeira has been in custody since the FBI arrested him on 13 April A US airman accused of leaking classified defence documents online has been indicted by a federal grand jury in the state of Massachusetts. Jack Teixeira, 21, faces six counts of retaining and transmitting classified information on a gaming website. […]
North East in tier 3 is ‘claggy end of the stick’
Reuters Gateshead currently has the lowest rate of infections in the North East region The north-east of England has been given the “claggy end of the stick” by being kept in tier three coronavirus restrictions, an MP has claimed. Gateshead Labour MP Ian Mearns said the region had been treated differently from London and the […]
Tory MP criticised over Taliban re-engagement call
Getty Images A senior Conservative MP has been criticised for saying Afghanistan has been “transformed” under the Taliban. In a video posted from the country on Monday, former defence minister Tobias Ellwood said corruption was falling and security had “vastly improved”. Fellow Tory Mark Francois called the video “bizarre”, whilst former Tory leader Sir Iain […]
NHS dashboard to predict protective gear shortages
EPA The NHS tool should help identify when hospitals and clinics are about to run out of specific PPE products The NHS has begun feeding health workers’ use of personal protective equipment (PPE) into a “data store”. The system is designed to identify which hospitals and GP surgeries are most at risk of running out […]
Phil Neville: England women’s boss says Pep Guardiola has advised him to manage a club
England women’s manager Phil Neville says Manchester City counterpart Pep Guardiola has advised him to return to coaching in club football. Neville will leave his role with the Lionesses in the summer of 2021 after three and a half years in the job. He told the 606 Savage Social podcast: “I spoke to Pep and […]
Stormont borehole to tap into underground heat
BBC Some of the boreholes will be drilled at the Stormont Estate A project to test if Northern Ireland can plug into the planet to reduce emissions has been launched. Geothermal energy is the heat stored in the ground far beneath us. GeoEnergy NI will use boreholes at two sites – Stormont and Greenmount – […]