12 of the best films to watch this December
Searchlight Pictures From a steamy age-gap thriller starring Nicole Kidman to a Bob Dylan biopic featuring Timothée Chalamet, these are the films to stream and watch at the cinema this month. Disney It was in February 1964 that the US succumbed to Beatlemania. The Fab Four spent three weeks in the country that had influenced […]
How Paris’s cathedral was restored after fire
Reuters French President Emmanuel Macron has toured Paris’s Notre-Dame cathedral live on TV, giving the public a first look inside the building since much of it was destroyed or damaged in a huge fire in 2019. From the spire to the stained glass, it has been completely transformed. It is not just a renovation after […]
UK and Norway fail to reach fishing deal
EPA The UK and Norway have failed to reach a fishing deal for this year, with the industry warning that hundreds of crew members will be left out of work. It means UK fleets will have no access to Norway’s sub-Arctic waters, known for their cod catches. The government said its “fair offer” had been […]
No new Covid rules ‘today or tomorrow’
Reuters The home secretary has said the government will not announce new Covid restrictions on Thursday or Friday, but did not rule out further measures being announced next week. Priti Patel told ITV her focus was on enforcing the current lockdown rules. It is thought ministers are considering measures like requiring masks outside or allowing […]
Suffolk BME Business Awards celebrate ‘excellence and diversity’
Jon Wright/BBC Clem Turner, Veronica Akrofi, Beverley Uter, Lydia Forrester and Angelina Quamina MBE, from the Caribbean and African Community Health Support Forum, said the charity sees what needs doing, and gets on with it A charity that supports Caribbean and African communities says receiving a business award shows “you can make a lot of […]
Environment prize goes to Flint water activist
Goldman Prize Lead levels in Ms Walters’ home were found to be seven times acceptable limits The founder of a citizens’ movement that helped expose the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, is one of the recipients of the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize. Nearly 100,000 residents of Flint were left without safe tap water after lead […]
The Guatemalan god that ‘gets people out of jail’
Gavin Haines The hard-drinking, heavy-smoking deity, San Simón, brings hope to impoverished citizens and criminal gangs in Central America. The temple’s car park appeared to be on fire, but it was alright because the shamans had it under control. In fact, they’d lit the fires in the first place, for the pilgrims, who were taking […]
Basildon computer giveaway aims to tackle digital divide
Stuart Woodward/BBC Families have been invited to take a computer One hundred computers are being given away to families in Basildon who cannot afford to buy one. Everyone Digital is providing desktop PCs, along with a monitor, keyboard, mouse and cables to invited families in need. The initiative aimed at closing the “digital divide” between […]
Kemi Badenoch blames ‘cowardly’ Labour for settlement
Michael Cooper Kneecap were denied the grant on the grounds that they “oppose the United Kingdom itself” Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has said it is “unbelievable” that the Labour government have decided to no longer contest a discrimination case brought by Belfast rap group Kneecap. The group won its case against the UK government […]
Venezuela’s opposition leader briefly detained
AFP After his brief detention, Mr Guaidó addressed supporters at a political rally The head of Venezuela’s opposition-controlled parliament was briefly detained days after saying he was ready to assume the country’s presidency. Juan Guaidó was travelling to a rally when intelligence agents intercepted his car north of the capital, Caracas. The agents have been […]