Canadian donair sandwich costume sells for $16,000
Nadine Yousif & Jessica Murphy BBC News, Toronto Government of Alberta The costume was initially bought for an anti-drug awareness campaign that in the end was never produced. It now belongs to a popular donair chain in Alberta. A dusty costume of a tinfoil wrapped donair sandwich has sold in Canada for C$16,025 ($11,900; £9,400). […]
The Japanese craft that helps us heal
Rosalind Jana Features correspondent Alamy (Credit: Alamy) With a major exhibition and a hit TV show celebrating our love of fixing objects, Rosalind Jana reflects on the restorative power of repair. Yuko Edwards’ textiles piece Untitled (Skeleton) (2022) is made from many hands. The skeleton in question is soft: an assembly of fabric and thread, […]
PM says everyone should avoid office, pubs and travelling
Boris Johnson: “It look as though we are now approaching the fast growth part of the upward curve” The PM has said everyone in the UK should avoid “non-essential” travel and contact with others to curb coronavirus – as the country’s death toll hit 55. Boris Johnson said people should work from home where possible […]
Nine TV shows to watch in March
Eddie Mullan Features correspondent Disney+ The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (Credit: Disney+) From Line of Duty to The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Eddie Mullan picks the programmes worth seeing this month. BBC One Line of Duty (Credit: BBC One) The gaffer and his AC-12 team are back chasing down crooked cops in the […]
Donald Trump hits China, Mexico and Canada with sweeping tariffs
US President Donald Trump has announced sweeping new tariffs on all goods imported from America’s three largest trading partners, China, Mexico and Canada. Trump said the US would impose tariffs of 25% on Canada and Mexico, and 10% on China. Canadian energy faces a lower 10% tariff. He had threatened to impose the import taxes […]
‘A hotel without linen is not a hotel’
Robert Plummer Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images A lack of clean bedclothes is holding up check-ins Lilliput Services in Belfast is one of the unsung companies without which the UK’s hotel industry could not exist. The fresh bed linen you’re used to seeing in your hotel room is not owned by the hotels themselves, […]
Beautiful photos of an ugly history
Andrew Dickson Features correspondent The Gordon Parks Foundation (Credit: The Gordon Parks Foundation. Courtesy the Gordon Parks Foundation and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York) Gordon Parks documented deep, wounding issues that have long been a part of the US story. Andrew Dickson explores the work of a man who compared his camera to a weapon, […]
Japan nuclear crisis ‘will be overcome’, says IAEA
Over the weekend spinach and milk produced near the nuclear plant was found to contain levels of radioactive iodine far higher than the legal limits. However, senior government official Yukio Edano told a news conference that eating or drinking the contaminated food would not pose a health hazard. “I would like you to act calmly,” […]
Lauren Price: The girl who reached for the moon and came down with Olympic boxing gold
“I’d always watched the Olympics from a young age,” Price said. “I remember seeing Kelly Holmes [at Athens 2004] and people like that. “It’s the biggest sporting event ever. It just gave me goosebumps. I just wanted to compete in it one day. I didn’t know in one sport or how.” Her kickboxing and football […]
Trump tariffs: US hits Mexico, Canada and China with import taxes – live updates
Mexicans look to president for responsepublished at 22:55 Greenwich Mean Time 22:55 GMT Will GrantCentral America and Cuba correspondent Image source, Getty Images All week, the Mexican President, Claudia Sheinbaum, has been bullish about the threat of tariffs from the Trump Administration. She felt confident they wouldn’t be imposed, she said, and if they were, […]