What is a prohibition notice?
Getty Images/miodrag ignjatovic Bars, restaurants and cafes reopened in Northern Ireland on 3 July There have been 35 prohibition notices served on licensed premises in Northern Ireland since the reopening of the hospitality industry on 3 July. But what actually is a prohibition notice and what can bars do to stay open? BBC News NI […]
All male Labour leader race ‘no accident’, minister claims
Labour must justify a potential all male leader race says Eluned Morgan There is a campaign to “actively prevent a woman” from getting into the race to become the next Welsh Labour leader, a minister has claimed. Eluned Morgan is currently one nomination short of getting on the ballot paper. Local Government Secretary Alun Davies […]
100-year-old takes computer classes at local library
Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC Margaret Griffiths says she retired as a teacher before computers were used A 100-year-old woman is taking IT classes in a bid to “catch up” on technology she missed out on when she was a primary school teacher. Margaret Griffiths, from Ynyshir, Rhondda, said she enrolled in the weekly classes to […]
The ancient practice reviving North America’s birds, bears and berries
Brandon Withrow The destruction a fire brings can be crucial for certain species to thrive. Meet the conservationists reviving the ancient art of “good fire”. Every spring, more than 600,000 sandhill cranes migrate through Nebraska following the Platte River. Having arrived from as far as the southern US and Mexico, the birds linger in a […]
Bristol festival worker to become Antarctic postmaster
George Clarke will run the most southerly post office in the world A man whose usual job involves setting up big tops at music festivals is preparing to run the world’s most southerly post office in Antarctica. George Clarke, 34, from Bristol, who has never worked in a post office, said: “I’m used to working […]
Michael Gove rejects DUP claim about food production
BBC Mr Gove said the bulk of the bill was to do with farming The environment secretary has rejected a suggestion by a DUP MP that food production is not prominent enough in the Agriculture Bill. Michael Gove was replying to David Simpson at a Westminster committee on Wednesday. Mr Simpson said it was his […]
How the best of political double acts fell apart
PA Media For 10 years Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon showed how to be a successful political duo. They campaigned hard, won elections and brought to the fore a shared dream of Scottish independence. That irresistible combo is gone, having given way to personal silences and a public war of words. As MSPs continue investigating […]
Bobsleigh World Cup: Mica McNeill & Montell Douglas finish fourth
Britain’s Mica McNeill and Montell Douglas missed out on a medal by 0.04 seconds in the two-women bobsleigh at the World Cup in Altenburg, Germany. They led by 0.04secs after the first run, but a disposable cup which found its way on to the track hit McNeill on the hand early in the second. A […]
‘By far the best popcorn film of the year’
Aidan Monaghan (Credit: Aidan Monaghan) Paul Mescal is the “mesmerising centre” of Ridley Scott’s long-awaited Gladiator sequel, which balances emotional drama and social themes with all-out action spectacle. How can you not love a film that has swords, sandals, sharks in the flooded Roman Colosseum, Denzel Washington in flowing robes and Paul Mescal biting a […]
‘I was moderating hundreds of horrific and traumatising videos’
Getty Images Social media moderators check for distressing or illegal photos and videos which they then remove Over the past few months the BBC has been exploring a dark, hidden world – a world where the very worst, most horrifying, distressing, and in many cases, illegal online content ends up. Beheadings, mass killings, child abuse, […]