2019 Australia election: Morrison celebrates ‘miracle’ win
Scott Morrison: “I said I was going to burn for you, and I am” Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has thanked voters for re-electing his conservative coalition in a shock result at the federal polls. He told supporters he had “always believed in miracles” as partial results showed the Liberal-National Coalition close to a majority. […]
Liberia’s big school experiment
Getty Images How can Liberia provide the next generation with a better chance in school? In a bid to improve the availability and quality of schools, the West African country has been carrying out a controversial experiment. It has asked a range of non-government organisations to run some of the country’s state schools, to see […]
Review of Northern Ireland’s 2012 sporting year
Manager Jim McGuinness won many plaudits for his tactical expertise and man-management skills and was subsequently appointed to a part-time role working with young players at Scottish Premier League champions Celtic. At club level, Crossmaglen and Loughgiel made it an Ulster double by claiming All-Ireland titles in football and hurling respectively. In football, Northern Ireland […]
Cybersecurity firm rejects Google’s $23bn takeover offer
Getty Images Wiz CEO Assaf Rappaport told staff they company was “flattered by offers” it had received Israeli cyber-security firm Wiz has rejected a $23bn (£17.8bn) takeover offer from Google parent company Alphabet, in what would have been its largest-ever acquisition. In an internal memo to staff seen by the BBC, Wiz founder and chief […]
Are celebrities workers? South Korea says no
Getty Images NewJeans is one of the biggest K-pop acts currently They’ve sold more albums than any other K-pop girl band last year, have tens of millions of fans worldwide and are arguably one of South Korea’s hottest acts. What the members of NewJeans aren’t however, are workers, according to the government. The country’s Ministry […]
Glasgow 2014: Footballer Lauren Price swaps boots for boxing
But Price, who was raised by her grandparents, missed her family and hometown of Caerphilly. After discovering she was “better with my arms than my legs”, she moved back home and took up boxing because it seemed a natural solution. Her “football legs” have come in particularly handy in the boxing ring. Price and her […]
Little Italy festival returns to Bedford to revive ‘diluted heritage’
Getty Images Italian workers eat lunch in the canteen of the Marston Valley Brickworks in the 1950s A Little Italy Festival has been revived to stop the “dilution” of a town’s Mediterranean heritage. Bedford became known as “Little Italy” after thousands of Italians moved to the town from the 1950s, primarily to work in the […]
New Welsh Labour leader to be announced
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY/BBC Three candidates (left to right) are in the running – Eluned Morgan, Vaughan Gething and Mark Drakeford The new leader of Welsh Labour – and the person set to become Wales’ next first minister – will be announced shortly. Three candidates – Eluned Morgan, Vaughan Gething and Mark Drakeford – are hoping to […]
World Women’s Matchplay: Rhian Griffiths to make darts history
“I played in local league, then it went to super league, county and then I was chosen to play for Wales, which was such a honour,” she said. “It just proves that anything is possible, I never thought I’d be doing anything with darts like this.” The PDC recently announced the Women’s Series will expand […]
The Olympic windsurfers and rowers fighting invasive alien species
Max Miechowski British windsurfers, sailors and rowers have been helping in the fight against invasive species – showing big sporting events like the Olympics can leave a legacy of biodiversity. Pumping the sail to gain speed, windsurfer Alice Read lifts out of the water and glides across the sparkling blue of Portland Harbour. The only […]