‘Young people don’t have mom in the kitchen’
Jacqueline Schneider Features correspondent American food icon Ina Garten sits down with the BBC’s Katty Kay on Influential The American television personality, author and food icon opens up about family, fame and life’s greatest joys. Professionally known as the Barefoot Contessa – and affectionately known as the woman who makes Cosmopolitans the size of her […]
East Anglian fishermen vow to fight new medical requirements
Jamie Niblock/BBC Paul Lines is worried he will lose his job because he is overweight Fishermen in East Anglia have vowed to contest new industry regulations that they say discriminate against workers who are obese. Fishermen will need a doctor-approved medical certificate to work at sea from November onward. An ML5 medical certificate asks patients […]
Councillor ‘steps aside’ over court reference
Brendan Hughes BBC News NI political reporter BBC Brian Tierney, a former mayor of Derry and Strabane, gave a court reference for an Irish soldier who was jailed for rape It is unclear if he will remain on the council as an independent. An SDLP spokesman said Tierney had resigned the SDLP whip on the […]
British Cycling wants a million more women riding bikes
Prior to the 2008 Games, British women had won only one Olympic cycling medal: Yvonne McGregor’s bronze in 2000., external But female British riders claimed five medals in Beijing, and five more at London, including Armitstead’s road-race silver. It is has been a similar story at the Paralympics, with Dame Sarah Storey winning six gold […]
Hauliers’ meeting with Michael Gove ‘a washout’
PA Media The Road Haulage Association has described its meeting with Michael Gove about post-Brexit arrangements as “a washout”. The body said there had been “no clarity” from the senior minister on how border checks will operate when the transition period ends after December. Although the UK has left the EU, it has continued following […]
The map store boss who took the long route
Will Smale Business reporter, BBC News Vivien Godfrey Vivien’s family has owned Stanfords since 1946 The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Vivien Godfrey, chief executive of maps and travel books retailer Stanfords. You’d imagine that any secret service worth its salt would […]
The Great Yorkshire Show 2023
Great Yorkshire Show There are competitions to crown champion animals More than 130,000 people have attended the Great Yorkshire Show at the Showground in Harrogate. The four-day event, which started on Tuesday, featured exhibitions and displays of agriculture, farming and food and drink. One of the highlights are the competitions to crown the champion cattle, […]
Wheelchair Tennis Masters to be staged at Olympic Park
London’s Olympic Park will host the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters for three years starting in 2014. The competition is the season finale to the wheelchair tennis circuit and features the world’s top eight men, eight women and four quad players. The site was the only purpose-built venue for the 2012 Paralympics. International Tennis Federation president […]
The place where one in five has never had a job
Laurence Cawley & Charlotte Rose BBC News, Essex BBC Penny Phillips has recently started her first job in three decades. She lives in the part of the UK with the highest level of economic inactivity “I never used to go out, I never used to make friends,” says Penny Phillips, a 52-year-old mother-of-two who was […]
Fred Perry to Andy Murray: Ending the wait for a British Grand Slam
“The serve in Perry’s time was considered more as the way of starting a rally rather than a big offensive shot. “Some of the rules of tennis have changed. You weren’t allowed to be airborne on serves when you hit the ball back then. You had to keep your feet on the ground. “It was […]