Where do midterm elections leave Biden?
Getty Images Joe Biden’s Democrats face a tough battle to keep control of Congress A day after midterm Election Day with no definitive answer about which party will control Congress, President Joe Biden hailed a “good night” but he has immense challenges ahead. Republicans appear to have won or are leading in enough races to […]
Trailer has fans guessing over Cillian Murphy’s fate
Getty Images Will Oscar-winning star Cillian Murphy reprise his 28 Days Later role? It’s been quite the wait, but the highly-anticipated follow-up to horror films 28 Days Later (2002) and 28 Weeks Later (2007) is out next summer, with fans getting their first taste of what’s in store, from the trailer for 28 Years Later. […]
Relatives of missing Syrians ‘suspended between hope and despair’
A Syrian woman whose grandfather, father and two brothers were detained by the military nearly 12 years ago has told the BBC it is “devastating” that her loved ones remain missing, despite the country’s most notorious prison being emptied. “Now, miles away from that most brutal prison, we are huddling around screens, our hearts suspended […]
The decades-old feud that still divides communities
PA In Nottinghamshire, the majority of miners carried on working “Even now people ignore me if I say hello,” says Yvonne Woodhead, 35 years since her husband decided to join miners across the UK in going on strike. Between March 1984 and March 1985, more than half the country’s 187,000 miners left work in what […]
Jamie Foxx reveals he had a stroke in 2023
Getty Images Hollywood star Jamie Foxx has revealed the cause of his hospital admission in April last year. Speaking during a Netflix special, the Django Unchained star told the audience he’d suffered a “brain bleed that led to a stroke”. He said he had a bad headache one day and asked for an aspirin but […]
New NI fishing boat rules ‘create hard border’
Getty Images The new rules came into effect at the end of the Brexit implementation period Post-Brexit restrictions on where Northern Ireland boats can land their catch in the Republic of Ireland have “created a hard border on the island”, fishermen in the north-west say. NI-registered vessels can now land at just two Irish ports […]
Gurgaon: The global tech hub with no public transport
India’s so-called “millennium city” Gurgaon has been transformed from an economic wasteland to a thriving technology hub, thanks to the call centre and outsourcing industries. However, its success has come with little support from government and the city remains an oasis in an area lacking in sanitation and transport infrastructure. Shilpa Kannan asks whether Gurgaon […]
Food exemption scheme delayed until Monday
Getty Images New Covid daily contact testing sites for workers at supermarket depots and food manufacturers won’t begin operating until next week. Supermarket depot workers and food manufacturers in England will be exempt from quarantine rules as the government tries to prevent food supply problems. The government had initially promised to begin testing at 15 […]
Britishvolt buyer hasn’t made final payment, administrators say
Britishvolt The Australian company that was meant to buy failed battery firm Britishvolt has missed the deadline to pay for the business, casting doubt on the deal. Filings from administrators EY show that the final instalment of a total payment of £8.57m, which was due on 5 April, is still outstanding. EY said that the […]
Bedford pigeon art project reveals why people moved to town
Journeys of people who have settled in a town have been championed in artworks of a bird that can always find its way home. The Hometown Birds project, using the symbol of a pigeon, encouraged people to come forward to share their stories of how they ended up in Bedford. They have been invited to […]