New UK travel quarantine rules a stunt, says Ryanair boss
BBC New rules requiring all people arriving in the UK to self-isolate for 14 days have come into effect. Those arriving by plane, ferry or train – including UK nationals – must give an address where they will self-isolate. Rule breakers will be fined. Home Secretary Priti Patel has said the laws were designed “to […]
Impending eviction leaves tenants ‘sick with worry’
Stephanie Miskin BBC News, West Midlands BBC Barbara Smathers said when she and partner Les Harvey moved into the house in 2006, it was derelict and every window had been smashed A tenant has told the BBC that an eight-week deadline to leave her home for the last 16 years is leaving her “sick with […]
What’s the point of the Teesside Archives?
Duncan Leatherdale BBC News Teesside Archives The archives have more than 700 plans for the Sydney Harbour Bridge The Teesside Archives contain millions of documents from the area’s councils and industrial past. With the archives set to move to a new home, what’s the point of them and what secrets do they hold? Sydney Harbour […]
Fishing industry warning over future of small boats before Brexit
Ross Hawkins Political correspondent, BBC News Getty Images The UK is set to stay in the Common Fisheries Policy until the Brexit transition period ends in December 2020 Hundreds of small fishing boats will be lost before Brexit is complete unless they are allowed to land bigger catches, industry figures have warned. They fear a […]
Plans for ‘fairer greener future’ , says Mark Drakeford
PA Media Single use plastic bags could be banned under the legislation Proposed new laws to ban a range of single-use plastics, improve air quality and reform agricultural support will be put before the Senedd over the next year, the first minister has said. There will also be bills on coal tip safety and to […]
Businesses adapting to life under lockdown
Lora Jones Business reporter, BBC News Andrei Lussmann Andrei Lussmann owns a chain of six restaurants across the south of England “A restaurant kitchen is completely different from a production kitchen, and we had never delivered a unit of food,” Andrei Lussmann says. His firm now completes about 400 online orders in one weekend. Andrei […]
Broadway workers fight to stay afloat with theatres closed
Zoe Thomas BBC Business reporter, New York BBC After waiting for years to have her own chair in a Broadway orchestra, Katie Kresek’s show was closed in March Violinist Katie Kresek waited for more than a decade to have her own chair in a Broadway orchestra. Last year, she became the co-orchestrator and violinist for […]
Ukraine hopes to ‘finish war this year’, not in another three, Zelensky says – live updates
What we know – and don’t know – about the US-Ukraine minerals dealpublished at 12:36 Greenwich Mean Time 12:36 GMT Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, An open-pit mine in Donetsk, Ukraine As we’ve been reporting, a senior Ukrainian official says the country is close to finalising a minerals deal with the US. Donald Trump says […]
Will a new name give Wales’ sparkling wine cheers?
Luned Phillips & Elen Davies BBC Wales News Getty Images The industry in Wales could be boosted with a better name, says the Welsh Vineyards Association Champagne, prosecco, cava and now… pefriog? That’s the Welsh word for sparkling and it has been mooted by some in the industry as a blanket name for sparkling wine […]
How Covid-19 has changed the ‘big fat Indian wedding’
Copyright: Sahil Arora Chaitali Puri married Nitin Arora in her living room Marriage ceremonies across India have been put on hold due to the coronavirus lockdown. But some couples chose to swap their big fat weddings for small intimate affairs. So, could that be the new normal? The BBC’s Geeta Pandey in Delhi reports. Nitin […]