Women’s League Cup round-up: Rachel Daly hits Aston Villa hat-trick, while Man City also win
England striker Rachel Daly scored a hat-trick as Aston Villa claimed their first victory of the season in the Women’s League Cup group stage. After five straight league defeats, Villa won 5-0 at Women’s Championship side Sheffield United as Daly netted three goals in 26 minutes. Ebony Salmon and Danielle Turner were also on target […]
The unsavoury row over ‘forced’ restaurant tips in India
Geeta Pandey BBC News, Delhi Getty Images On Thursday, as the Indian government meets representatives of restaurants to sort out the contentious issue of the service charge that customers have to pay most times when they eat out, the BBC explains the unsavoury tussle over tips. A couple of months back, Nicole Ruth Ellis visited […]
The 420-year-search for Shakespeare’s lost play
Getty Images The First Folio established canon and is held responsible for preserving Shakespeare’s legacy (Credit: Getty Images) To celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio, BBC Future investigates a mysterious vanishing – a play that hasn’t been seen for centuries. In 1953, Solomon Pottesman held what appeared to be an ordinary, albeit very […]
Thirty killed in crush at India’s Kumbh Mela festival
Vikas Pandey and Samira Hussain BBC News, Prayagraj Zoya Mateen BBC News, Delhi Getty Images The crush has people anxiously waiting at lost and found centres at the Kumbh Mela At least 30 people have been killed in a crush at the world’s largest religious gathering, the Hindu festival Kumbh Mela in northern India, officials […]
Boris Johnson vows to block indyref2
The Scotsman The Scotsman features a picture of Prime Minister Boris Johnson enjoying a “wee dram” on his first campaign visit to Scotland. The paper leads with his pledge to reject a request for a second independence referendum, even if the SNP win a Holyrood majority in 2021. Scottish Sun The Scottish Sun features the […]
Women’s Champions League: Emma Hayes says leading Chelsea to glory would be ‘fairytale’
Departing manager Emma Hayes says leading Chelsea to Women’s Champions League glory in her final season at the club would be a “fairytale”. Hayes, 47, has been named as the new manager of the United States women’s national team. The Blues have enjoyed major success since Hayes took charge in 2012 but are yet to […]
Type 2 diabetes cases in Scotland ‘up by 40% in 10 years’
Getty Images The number of people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in Scotland has increased by 40% over a decade, according to a new study. Diabetes Scotland figures show cases rose from 190,772 to 267,615 between 2008 and 2018. There are also an estimated 26,347 people living with the condition who have yet to be […]
Scotland’s deer population ‘should be cut’
Getty Images It is thought there could be up to one million deer in mainland Scotland The number of deer in Scotland should be cut sharply, a report has recommended. A review into the management of Scotland’s deer said Highland populations should not exceed 10 per square kilometre. This amounts to a halving of the […]
Ridley Scott’s biopic is ‘an awe-inspiring achievement’
Nicholas Barber Features correspondent Alamy (Credit: Alamy) With spectacular battle scenes and plenty of pithy vignettes, Ridley Scott’s latest – starring Joaquin Phoenix as the French military commander – is ‘a proper, old-fashioned historical epic’, writes Nicholas Barber. Martin Scorsese is 80 and Ridley Scott is nearly 86, but neither director is showing any signs […]
Dorset seafood exporter warns of ‘end of the industry’
BBC Charlie Samways has written to MPs highlighting problems with seafood exports The “end of the seafood industry” on the south coast of England could be caused by post-Brexit export problems, a Dorset fish merchant has said. Charlie Samways said extra paperwork and IT issues mean perishable seafood exports from West Bay were taking twice […]