Signing off after seven dizzying years
Alamy Laura on College Green in 2017, shortly after a General Election was announced. This won’t be the last article I write, but it will be the last one in my job as the BBC’s political editor. Before I move on, I’ve been trying to piece together some of the seismic events that have taken […]
Initial phase of Sheffield’s Attercliffe Waterside development approved
The east end of Sheffield will finally be redeveloped 40 years after councillors first discussed it. The first phase of the Attercliffe Waterside development to transform the city’s former steelworks heartland was approved by councillors on Tuesday. Sheffield Council has partnered with developers Citu, who said Attercliffe would be as successful as the redevelopment of […]
Disney’s Moana 2 features work of Beverley crowd artist Ben Brown
Disney A crowd artist ensures the background of film scenes looks “natural and real” A visual effects artist from East Yorkshire who has worked on some of Hollywood’s biggest films can now add Moana 2 to his impressive list of titles. The Disney animated musical is a follow up to the 2016 original and tells […]
Israeli anger at ‘irresponsible and hasty’ ceasefire
EPA People are afraid to return to their homes in northern Israel Benjamin Netanyahu presented the ceasefire deal in the context of what he said were Israel’s “unprecedented achievements” over the past year of a seven-front war. He said Israel had set Hezbollah back “tens of years” and that it was not the same group […]
What difference would an all-female government make?
Getty / Luke MacGregor Men have been cleared out of government and the women are in charge. That’s the premise of a play, opening on Thursday, which has been collectively written by a group of leading female figures. The Assemblywomen by the Greek playwright Aristophanes was first written in 391 BC. Back then, a play […]
Household bills will fall with new tech
Getty Images Senior business figures including Mark Carney were asked to form a taskforce for the National Wealth Fund announced by Labour Greener technologies will help drive down household bills by the end of the decade, former Bank of England Governor Mark Carney has said. By 2030, the cost of renewable energy will be lower, […]
Winner of 2024 Channel 4 show revealed
Channel 4/Love Productions/Mark Bourdillon Cooking up a storm: The contestants in series 15 of the Great British Bake Off SPOILER ALERT: This article reveals who has won The Great British Bake Off 2024 After 10 weeks of battle in the kitchen, the winner of the 2024 series of The Great British Bake Off has been […]
The strategy behind Trump’s condemnation of Ilhan Omar
Reuters Ilhan Omar last November became one of two Muslim women elected to the US Congress. Hers is a remarkable story. Escaping the protracted civil war in Somalia, she and her family fled and spent four years in a refugee camp in Kenya. She came to America, and now represents Minnesota’s fifth district. It is […]
Married at First Sight wife admits it was ‘tough watching’ marriage collapse on TV
A woman who had never had a boyfriend before appearing in a reality TV series where she married a stranger, said watching the show was “tough”. Emma Barnes, from Bristol, failed to connect with Caspar Todd after he told her on their honeymoon that he was not attracted to “curvier” women. He later apologised. Ms […]
Russian deserter reveals war secrets of guarding nuclear base
Russian defence ministry A ballistic missile on a nuclear base in Russia On the day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Anton says the nuclear weapons base he was serving at was put on full combat alert. “Before that, we had only exercises. But on the day the war started, the weapons […]