Charli XCX and the fight to save club culture
Getty Images Charli XCX is performing in arenas this week, but started her career sneaking to raves underage Don’t put away your strappy top and bic lighter just yet – Charli XCX’s Brat arena tour has just landed in the UK. Kicking off in Manchester on Wednesday, the gigs will be hoping to keep the […]
Chinese student Wu Huayan died ‘after donations withheld’
Feng Video Wu Huayan ate only rice and chillies in order to save money to help her sick brother Anger is increasing in China after it was revealed only a fraction of the million yuan ($144,000; £111,000) donated to a severely malnourished student reached her before her death. People across the country had given money […]
what next for ‘The Everything Company’?
Amazon Three decades on from the day it began, it is hard to get your head around the scale of Amazon. Consider its vast warehouse in Dartford, on the outskirts of London. It has millions of stock items, with hundreds of thousands of them bought every day – and it takes two hours from the […]
JG Windows music store in Newcastle ‘closes permanently’
BBC JG Windows music store in Newcastle’s Central Arcade had traded since 1908 A store described as the “cornerstone” of a region’s musical heritage for more than 100 years has “closed permanently”. Directors of JG Windows music store in Newcastle’s Central Arcade said it could no longer compete with online retailers. They said the decision […]
Syria rebels claim to have entered country’s second city
Rebel forces in Syria have taken control of several neighbourhoods in the country’s second-largest city, Aleppo, according to the UK-based monitoring group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). The move is the biggest offensive against the Syrian government in years and the first time rebels fighting the forces of President Bashar al-Assad have reached Aleppo […]
Wiltshire folk exhibition features items never seen by the public
Create Studios Wessex Museums An ancient custom from the village of Great Wishford is explained, with Create Studios making video for the exhibition. Hundreds of objects sit alongside stories in the exhibition which will tour to other places in the area. An exhibition focusing on the folklore, art and customs of the Wessex area is […]
‘We use pawnbrokers to be able to pay for food’
BBC Vicki, pictured with her partner Michael, says she uses a pawnbroker because her only alternative source of credit would be door step lending or loan sharks “Basically so we can buy food and just survive,” says Vicki. The 36-year-old from Chester is explaining how she used the money she got from pawning a games […]
US pays Moderna $176m to develop bird-flu vaccine
The US government has given Moderna $176m (£139m) to develop a messenger-ribonucleic-acid-based (mRNA) pandemic influenza vaccine that would work against bird flu. It says it wants to be “better prepared” for public-health crises, having learned lessons from Covid. Bird flu is not a big threat to people, despite outbreaks in poultry and cattle. But experts […]
Sundown Festival near Norwich will not return in 2025
Sundown Festival 2024/jakhoward Grammy award-winner Flowdan performed at this year’s festival A music festival that over the years featured the likes of Jess Glynne, Olly Murs and Chase & Status will not return next year, organisers have said. The Sundown Festival was set to be held at the Norfolk Showground, near Norwich, on 29 August. […]
Oxford Waitrose Unpacked campaign: Shoppers give verdict
BBC Customers of Waitrose in Oxford can fill their own tubs with groceries – if they remember to bring them A Waitrose store in Oxford is on the second day of an 11-week trial in which customers can fill their own containers with groceries, including lentils, pasta and rice, as well as beer and wine. […]