Tests for overseas travel and sports back ‘vaccine passports’
Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Friday morning. We’ll have another update for you this evening. 1. Tests for all travellers in ‘traffic light’ plan The UK government has given more detail on the resumption of international travel. A traffic light system to categorise countries based on risk […]
How the 2019 coffee crisis might affect you
Getty Images In 2019, a latte – foam art and all – costs the average US coffee drinker around $5 (£4). So why are the farmers who grew the beans behind your morning brew abandoning their plantations for different crops, different jobs, or even to seek asylum in a different country? The world’s coffee industry […]
North Atlantic right whales in crisis
Jessica Murphy BBC News, Shippagan, New Brunswick Getty Images Once hunted to near extinction, North Atlantic right whales are now facing new human threats that could end the species. Here are the people risking their lives to save them. For whale rescuer Mackie Greene, there’s no feeling in the world like seeing fishing ropes slip […]
The affordable treats driving consumer spending
Tatiana Walk-Morris Features correspondent Alamy Shoppers are abandoning big purchases, instead seeking out smaller products that feel like little treats, like make-up (Credit: Alamy) Consumers may be easing up on splurge purchases, but they’re still buying pick-me-up products that make them feel special, a bit at a time. If 2023 was the year consumers helped […]
Has Hollywood animation woken up to racism?
David Jesudason Features correspondent Alamy (Credit: Alamy) In 1996, cartoon mash-up Space Jam was pioneering in centring a strong black lead. Now, as a sequel comes out, has Hollywood animation as a whole caught up, asks David Jesudason. When picking the most pioneering films of the 1990s, Space Jam might not seem the most obvious […]
The greatest TV series of the 21st Century: Who voted
BBC Culture Features correspondent Efe Suárez/ BBC (Credit: Efe Suárez/ BBC) We polled 206 TV experts from around the world for their greatest TV series of the 21st Century, here are their votes in full. BBC Culture polled TV experts on their greatest TV shows of the 21st Century. In total 206 critics, academics and […]
Ukraine not invited to US-Russia peace talks in Saudi Arabia, source says
Kyiv has not been invited to talks between the US and Russia aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, a senior Ukrainian government source has told the BBC. The US special envoy to Ukraine Keith Kellogg had said Kyiv would be involved in Monday’s talks in Saudi Arabia, but the source said no delegation would […]
The jobs employers just can’t fill
Kate Morgan Features correspondent Getty Images Some sectors are crying out for employees – but workers think they can do better elsewhere. Throughout the past few years, workers have been resigning from jobs in record numbers. Some have been switching careers, some have been job-hopping for faster advancement and some have left the workforce altogether. […]
The town fighting its killer reputation
Lorcan Archer Features correspondent Lorcan Archer The fibrous crystals used to make asbestos have been found to be carcinogenic (Credit: Lorcan Archer) A small Canadian mining town is trying to leave its past behind, but can Asbestos ever escape the shadow cast by its history? This quiet settlement, just east of a kink in the […]
The food you buy really is shrinking
Veronique Greenwood Features correspondent Matthew Healey Photography Retired lawyer Edgar Dworsky has bottles, boxes, and packets that document how US products have been shrinking over the past few decades (Credit: Matthew Healey Photography) What makes downsizing so hard to swallow? It’s probably happened to you in a supermarket aisle, or maybe at home while making […]