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Grant Faint/Getty Images (Credit: Grant Faint/Getty Images) BBC Travel is a feature section within BBC.com that offers high-quality stories about destinations around the world that aim to amaze, immerse, inspire and connect. It is fuelled by new, unexpected and emotionally engaging stories from a global community of editors, writers, photographers and video journalists who provide […]
What Olympic runners can learn from cheetahs
Alamy Cheetahs’ athletic performance is about much more than speed (Credit: Alamy) Cheetahs are famous for being the fastest land animals – but research suggests there’s much more to their athleticism than just speed. Imagine you are an impala, racing across the African savannah to try and escape a cheetah – the world’s fastest land […]
Why urban sketching retreats are taking off
Alicia Aradilla (Credit: Alicia Aradilla) Many travellers snap pictures during their trips, but others find that slowing down to illustrate a place helps them appreciate it in a more meaningful way. Back in the 1800s, French artists like Eugène Louis Boudin and Claude Monet packed their paint brushes and set off on long excursions to […]
Trump names Pam Bondi for attorney general after Gaetz withdraws
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated veteran prosecutor Pam Bondi as his new pick for attorney general, hours after Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration. Bondi has a long track record in law enforcement and previously served as Florida’s attorney general. A long-time Trump ally, Bondi was part of his legal team during his first […]
Former UKFast boss charged with rape
Other Lawrence Jones is accused of rape and four counts of sexual assault A co-founder of an internet technology firm has been charged with rape and sexual assault offences. Lawrence Jones, the co-creator of Manchester-based UKFast, is accused of assaulting two women in 2010 and 2013, Greater Manchester Police said. The 52-year-old, of Brooks Drive […]
Yorkshire Water must improve after serious pollution incidents
Yorkshire Water has been downgraded in its environmental performance for its “unacceptable” and “disappointing” record. The company was downgraded from a three-star rating to two out of four in the Environment Agency’s Environmental Performance Assessment (EPA) for 2023. It was also among four of England’s nine water companies to be rated red, meaning “significantly below […]
English National Opera reveals first Manchester plans after relocation row
Getty Images The ENO staged Iolanthe by Gilbert and and Sulivan at the London Coliseum last year The English National Opera has announced its first productions and plans for Manchester after being forced to relocate out of London. In 2022, the prestigious opera company was controversially told to leave the capital or lose its £12m […]
Tired of working from home? Put the office on wheels
N Vivion Nick Vivion runs his business from his mobile home “I had always wanted to do this,” says Nick Vivion of his decision to live and work full-time in a mobile home or recreational vehicle (RV). “I took some house money and bought myself a house on wheels, with no mortgage and no rent. […]
Patient sues Algerian author over claims he used her in prize novel
Getty Images Saada Arbane said she had refused to meet Kamel Daoud when she found out he wanted to use her as the basis of his book This year’s winner of France’s biggest book prize is being sued in Algeria over claims he stole the story from a patient of his psychiatrist wife. Kamel Daoud […]
Russia gives North Korea a million barrels of oil, report finds
BBC The latest of 43 journeys made by North Korean oil tankers to Russia since March 2024, documented by the Open Source Centre Russia is estimated to have supplied North Korea with more than a million barrels of oil since March this year, according to satellite imagery analysis from the Open Source Centre, a non-profit […]