Wizard of Oz ruby slippers go on display in London
Heritage Auctions The slippers going on display in London are thought to be one of only four surviving pairs worn by Judy Garland in the 1939 film An original pair of red glitter slippers worn by Judy Garland in the famous film The Wizard of Oz are going on display in central London. The slippers, […]
Should organ donors be paid? The heavy toll of US kidney shortage
BBC Duane Oates spends four mornings a week on a dialysis machine Time is not on Duane Oates’ side. His body is being slowly poisoned. Three years ago he found out that his kidneys had begun to shut down. Now, most days the 56-year-old spends hours hooked up to a dialysis machine that removes excess […]
Football fans warned over Premier League ticket scams
Getty Images Thousands of young people in the UK were tricked into paying money for non-existent Premier League football tickets last season, according to an estimate by Lloyds Bank. It said that football ticketing fraud against its customers was up by around a third compared with the previous season, and warned fans to be on […]
Egyptians offered loans to buy books as inflation soars
Reuters Egyptians are used to paying for costly items such as cars or washing machines in instalments, but rocketing inflation means they can now buy books this way. “A book has become a luxury item here in Egypt. It’s not a basic commodity like food and people are saving on luxuries,” says Mohammed El-Baaly of […]
NHS Dumfries & Galloway hackers unlikely to be convicted
BBC Global hackers who attacked a Scottish health board are unlikely to end up in court but could face sanctions and the dismantling of their criminal network, police said. Earlier this year, a group called INC Ransom stole 3TB (terabytes) of data from NHS Dumfries and Galloway, including confidential information on patients and staff. The […]
Jennifer Lawrence and Malala on their film about the Afghan women fighting back
Getty Images Malala Yousafzai and Jennifer Lawrence tell the BBC about their new documentary Bread & Roses, which highlights the stories and voices of Afghan women resisting the Taliban. It’s being called “gender apartheid” by the UN. In August 2021, the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan. A generation of women who had new opportunities to work, […]
Agri-food sector at ‘game-changing moment’ in Northern Ireland
BBC Northern Ireland’s agri-food sector “does not have a positive story to tell right now”, according to the review The agri-food sector in Northern Ireland is at “a game-changing moment”, according to an Independent Strategic Review. Sir Peter Kendall, who led the review, found “in terms of its environmental credentials” the sector “does not have […]
The ‘flying rivers’ causing devastating floods in India
Getty Images Floods are common in India and South Asia at this time of the year Heavy rains and floods have affected several parts of India in recent weeks, killing scores of people and displacing thousands of others. Floods are not uncommon in the country – or South Asia – at this time of the […]
The transgender bus driver in 1970s Belfast
Wilma Creith; the transgender bus driver in 1970s Belfast Wilma Creith is believed to have been one of the first people from Northern Ireland to have undergone gender reassignment surgery back in 1980. At the age of 47, she made the life-changing journey from Belfast to Leeds but died just three days later. An inquest […]
Ukraine uses US long-range missiles for first time, says Russia
Russia says Ukraine has fired US-supplied long-range missiles into the country, a day after Washington gave its permission for such attacks. Ukraine used the Army Tactical Missile System (Atacms) in a strike on Russia’s Bryansk region this morning, the ministry of defence in Moscow said. Five missiles were shot down and one damaged, with its […]