Next climate leaders in Northern Ireland urge action
BBC Áine Murray is a senior sustainability engineer and podcaster Young environmental leaders in Northern Ireland have urged the Stormont assembly to step up to…
Lizzy Yarnold: Brit says rest is key to Olympic defence in 2018
Great Britain’s Lizzy Yarnold wants to become the first woman to defend an Olympic skeleton title. “No-one has ever done that before and it would…
What will happen as the Titanic wreck disintegrates
Walt Disney Pictures Metal-munching bacteria have been slowly corroding the steel structure of the Titanic, and it is now starting to collapse (Credit: Walt Disney…
Uganda’s Kanungu cult massacre that killed 700 followers
. Twenty years on, the whereabouts of (from L to R) Ursula Komuhangi, Credonia Mwerinde, Joseph Kibwetere and Dominic Kataribabo are unknown Judith Ariho does…
Tories should ditch MP, peer says
Senior Conservative Muslim peer Lord Sheikh calls on party to take whip away from Johnson Conservative Muslim Forum founder Lord Sheikh told Newsnight demands from…
Are women let down by period trackers?
Orla Barry When journalist Orla Barry received a notification from her iPhone informing her that her period was due “any day in the next three…
Lizzy Yarnold aims to complete skeleton career ‘grand slam’
It happened during her comeback victory at Lake Placid, United States, the week before. “I was concerned at the start when I was competing and…
Telegram repeatedly refused to join child protection schemes
The BBC has learned that Telegram – the messaging app service whose boss has been arrested in France – refuses to join international programmes aimed…
BBC Match of the Day host to leave at end of season
”Any good?” – Gary Lineker first presented Match of the Day, on 7 August 1999 Broadcaster Gary Lineker is to step down as host of…
Ex-supermarket boss Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover dies at 94
Sainsbury’s Lord Sainsbury hosted a visit by the Queen to celebrate the supermarket’s 150th anniversary The former chairman and chief executive of supermarket chain Sainsbury’s,…