‘We knew Christmas before your ancestors’
AFP Orthodox Ethiopian Christians celebrate Christmas on 7 January Forty years on from the original recording, the cream of British and Irish pop music past and present are once again asking whether Ethiopians know it is Christmas. In 1984, responding to horrific images of the famine in northern Ethiopia broadcast on the BBC, musicians Bob […]
Afghanistan’s Nila Ibrahimi wins Children’s Peace Prize
Getty Images Nila Ibrahimi beat 165 other nominees to be named this year’s International Children’s Peace Prize winner When Nila Ibrahimi set out to build a website telling the stories of Afghan girls, it wasn’t just to give them a voice. The 17-year-old Afghan refugee was also determined to remind her fellow Gen Zs in […]
UK pub numbers rise for the first time in a decade
Getty Images The total number rose by 315, or 0.8%, last year to 39,130, driven by food sales. The ONS said that the first increase seen since the financial crisis also saw a boost for smaller pubs. The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) said it “cautiously welcomed” the news. According to ONS data, the […]
Global services slowly recovering after bug causes chaos
EPA The outage has caused major delays at airports around the world Businesses and services around the world are slowly recovering after a massive IT outage affected computer systems for hours on Thursday and Friday. Businesses, banks, hospitals and airlines were among the worst-hit after cyber-security firm CrowdStrike issued a faulty software update which affected […]
Landmark $300bn for poorer nations in climate deal
Eko Siswono Toyudho/Getty Images New funding could help vulnerable countries prepare for the worst impacts of climate change Richer countries have pledged to give a record $300bn (£238bn) to the developing world to help them prepare for and prevent climate change. The talks at the UN climate summit COP29 in Azerbaijan ran 33 hours late, […]
Lincolnshire beans could provide British solution to imports
MartinRLee/Getty The haricot beans used by the major British baked bean brands are currently imported from the US, Canada, Ethiopia and China Farmers and scientists say they are optimistic that a commercial crop of beans sown in Lincolnshire will mark the start of home-grown beans on toast. Until now, it has been impossible for farmers […]
why purpose is good for your health
Getty Meaningful care and volunteer work has been shown to help with a plethora of health issues (Credit: Getty) In a bid to improve health and wellbeing, social prescriptions can cover everything from volunteering and art classes to support with household bills. But do they really work? Akeela Shaikh is a natural carer. After becoming […]
‘Love you bro’ – Zayn Malik’s tribute to Payne at gig
Getty Images Zayn Malik has paid tribute to his former One Direction bandmate Liam Payne at his show in Leeds on Saturday night, with a sign which read: “Love you bro”. The message, which has been widely shared on social media, also had Payne’s name and the year he was born and died. Malik’s tour […]
Drones can ‘complement’ traditional farming methods
Jamie Niblock/BBC Rob Pearson says the drone is a low carbon way of working and is a fraction of the cost of a tractor A company using drones in agriculture said it was not “competing” with traditional farming methods but “complementing” them. AutoSpray Systems started developing the use of drones in farming five years ago […]
COP29 live: $300bn cash deal for poorer countries rescues UN climate talks from collapse
Final draft deal offers $300bn, as talks run through the nightpublished at 21:53 Greenwich Mean Time 21:53 GMTBreaking Mark PoyntingClimate and environment researcher The final draft deal has been published, and covers how much developed countries should give to developing nations to help them tackle climate change. The headline figure is at least $300bn (about […]