‘It’s important to take the shame from bulimia’
Courtesy of Crush Music Marina says at one point her throat was so damaged she couldn’t sing Marina Diamandis has released five albums – but she’s writing like she never has before, in a poetry book exploring, among other things, her experience of an eating disorder. The singer, who was formerly known as Marina and […]
Guernsey learning disability charity awarded £10k funding grant
BBC Grow moved to a new purpose built facility in January A charity which provides occupational training for people with learning disabilities has been awarded a £10,000 grant. Grow Limited, which offers training opportunities through a vinery, workshop and café, has been awarded Dougie’s Grant, which it plans to use to fund five flood benches […]
Electricity supplier Power NI announces price increase
Getty Images Power NI, which is the only regulated electricity supplier in Northern Ireland, has about 500,000 household customers Northern Ireland’s largest electricity supplier Power NI has announced its first price increase in more than a year. Household electricity prices will rise by 4% from next month adding about £38 onto the typical household annual […]
Tayce wins Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special
BBC Tayce has made Strictly history as the dance competition’s first-ever drag artist Strictly Come Dancing’s first drag queen competitor, Tayce, and professional dance partner Kai Widdrington have been crowned the winners of this year’s Christmas special. Judge Craig Revel Horwood praised their cha-cha to 100 Degrees by Kylie and Dannii Minogue, saying it was […]
Lorryload of cheese theft ‘difficult loss’ says Somerset supplier
A supplier whose cheese was among 22 tonnes targeted by thieves said the theft is a “very difficult loss”. Tom Calver, director of Westcombe Dairy in Westcombe, Somerset, said he was “hugely distressed” when he heard the news. The cheese was delivered by London-based Neal’s Yard to an alleged fraudster who posed as a wholesale […]
OpenAI whistleblower found dead in apartment
An OpenAI researcher-turned-whistleblower has been found dead in an apartment in San Francisco, authorities said. The body of Suchir Balaji, 26, was discovered on 26 November after police said they received a call asking officers to check on his wellbeing. The San Francisco medical examiner’s office determined his death to be suicide and police found […]
17 flops and fails in culture in 2024
Getty Images Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt starred in The Fall Guy, one of the year’s big movie flops Money, success, power, beauty – it often seems as if celebrities have everything they could possibly want. So it’s just as well they also get tangled up in their fair share of mishaps, blunders and own […]
Wildlife and characters on the Welsh coast
BBC Jay Lewis travels from Pontypool to fish off Penarth pier From wildlife spotters to anglers, day-trippers and cold dippers, Wales’ piers are a hive of activity. In mid Wales, Aberystwyth Royal Pier in Ceredigion attracts both amusement arcade enthusiasts and roosting starlings who draw crowds when they flock to create magnificent murmurations. In the […]
Royal Cornwall Hospital silent nurse call cutting stays
BBC Ashley Tindale spent a week in Wheal Fortune ward after giving birth to her son, Soren A trial in Cornwall which uses smart technology to make a ward quieter and calmer for new mothers and babies has reduced the length of a patient’s stay by half a day, according to medics. As part of […]
Celebrated Indian author dies at 91
MT Vasudevan Nair, a legendary writer from the southern Indian state of Kerala, has died at the age of 91. Nair died in a hospital in Kerala’s Kozhikode district, where he was admitted a few days ago with breathing difficulties. Apart from being a celebrated writer, MT, as Nair was popularly known, was also an […]