‘Love you bro’ – Zayn Malik’s tribute to Payne at gig
Getty Images Zayn Malik has paid tribute to his former One Direction bandmate Liam Payne at his show in Leeds on Saturday night, with a sign which read: “Love you bro”. The message, which has been widely shared on social media, also had Payne’s name and the year he was born and died. Malik’s tour […]
Bryony Page: British Olympic medallist wins trampolining World Cup gold in Switzerland
Great Britain’s Bryony Page won gold at the Trampoline FIG World Cup in Arosa, Switzerland. The 31-year-old won the individual women category with a score of 57.095 at the last of four World Cup rounds this season. Japan’s Hikaru Mori was second with New Zealand’s Madaline Davidson taking bronze. Last month, Page won two golds […]
Drones can ‘complement’ traditional farming methods
Jamie Niblock/BBC Rob Pearson says the drone is a low carbon way of working and is a fraction of the cost of a tractor A company using drones in agriculture said it was not “competing” with traditional farming methods but “complementing” them. AutoSpray Systems started developing the use of drones in farming five years ago […]
COP29 live: $300bn cash deal for poorer countries rescues UN climate talks from collapse
Final draft deal offers $300bn, as talks run through the nightpublished at 21:53 Greenwich Mean Time 21:53 GMTBreaking Mark PoyntingClimate and environment researcher The final draft deal has been published, and covers how much developed countries should give to developing nations to help them tackle climate change. The headline figure is at least $300bn (about […]
The year seen through the eyes of Getty photographers
How do you summarise a year with photography alone? Ken Mainardis of Getty Images has chosen a selection of the best pictures taken by his photographers and explains in his own words how they sum up 2017 to him. Al Bello/ Getty Images In Florida, USA, Amanda Anisimova returns a shot against Taylor Townsend during […]
Twitter blocks Russian claims on hospital attack
Reuters Three people including a child died when Russia struck a hospital on Wednesday Twitter has removed two posts by the Russian embassy in London which claimed the bombing of a Ukrainian hospital by Russian forces had been faked. The Mariupol hospital was attacked on Wednesday, leaving three people dead. But the embassy’s tweets made […]
What will future aerial dogfights look like?
USAF The US Air Force has developed an AI which can fly an F-16 combat jet (left) I’m flying a Typhoon fighter over the Irish Sea and I’ve got a big problem. There’s a hostile jet on my tail, and no matter how I push the joystick, or play with the throttle, this enemy is […]
Wicked author Gregory Maguire on the real meaning of the story that captivated the world
Universal Pictures Before it was a Hollywood blockbuster it was a megahit musical, and before that it was a 1995 novel. Author Gregory Maguire tells the BBC about the inspiration behind Wicked. When author Gregory Maguire was a child, he and his siblings would regularly act out scenes from the classic 1939 film, The Wizard […]
Would you work for free to secure a job?
PA If you didn’t have a job, how far would you go to get one? SNP MP Stewart McDonald thinks some employers are “exploiting” people by asking them to work shifts for free to prove they are up to the job. What’s the issue? Concerns have been raised about unpaid trial shifts. This is where […]
Jeremy Hunt cuts National Insurance but tax burden still rises
The chancellor is challenged on his claim economy has turned a corner Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced a bigger than expected cut in National Insurance in his Autumn Statement. The main rate will go down from 12% to 10% from January – although previous tax changes mean many workers will not be much better off. […]