Memorial service held at Grimsby Minster
BBC Austin Mitchell served as the Labour MP for Grimsby for 38 years A public memorial service has been held in Grimsby to remember the town’s former MP Austin Mitchell. Mr Mitchell, who was the Labour MP for Great Grimsby from 1977 to 2015, died in August aged 86. During the service at Grimsby Minster […]
Presenter to stop hosting Match of the Day, BBC confirms
Gary Lineker seen after stepping down from Match of the Day He will also front the BBC’s coverage of the FA Cup 2025/2026. “The BBC and Gary Lineker have agreed in principle a contract extension through to the 2026 World Cup,” the BBC said, while confirming his Match of the Day tenure was ending. Lineker […]
UK plans to keep post-transition trade with EU flowing
Getty Images The way British businesses trade with the European Union is set to change fundamentally at the end of the year. The UK left the EU on 31 January but remains in the single market and customs union until 31 December, while the two sides try to hammer out a trade agreement. The end […]
Prison officer Hollie ‘felt like Hannah Montana’
Ministry of Justice Hollie Peabody has returned to work at a prison after making it to The Voice semi-finals Hollie Peabody’s first day back working at a category B men’s prison has been “a big crash down to reality”. For four months this year, Hollie swapped cells for singing as they took part in ITV’s […]
What went wrong at Germany’s Gütersloh meat factory?
BBC Meat factory workers housed in Verl are now fenced off from the rest of the world There is intense scrutiny here in Germany on why meat production factories have been one of the most common sources of coronavirus outbreaks across the country. It’s an issue that’s reflected Europe-wide. Scientists believe they may have found […]
Keir Starmer tries to define his Europe ‘reset’
AFP What’s the meaning of “reset”? That’s the question hanging over the prime minister’s visit to Berlin today. No one is denying that the mood music is good. Both centre-left leaders who entered office after long periods of conservative dominance, Sir Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz are comfortable in each other’s company. And […]
Openings and warnings for Africa
Reuters It is difficult to try to predict the decisions that US President-elect Donald Trump will make when he returns to the White House. But one thing seems unlikely to change: his dislike of patient, principled diplomacy as a means to peace and his preference for transactional politics and populist gestures. This brings openings and […]
Brexit and the booming British strawberry
PA British consumers are eating more than twice as many strawberries as they did 20 years ago. A big part of the reason for this, say farmers, is the army of East European workers flown in each year to pick them, which has helped keep prices down. What’s going to happen after Brexit? Not so […]
Nigeria’s Black Axe mafia dealt ‘big blow’ by Interpol
Interpol The operations to tackle the Black Axe gang included arrests made in Switzerland Police units around the world have joined forces in a series of covert operations targeting one of West Africa’s most feared criminal networks – Black Axe. Operation Jackal III saw officers in body armour carry out raids in 21 countries between […]
Jordan Stephens on drug abuse amid music comeback
Getty Images Jordan Stephens, one half of Rizzle Kicks, has outlined his struggles with drug abuse, fame and grief Jordan Stephens has revealed how a drug addiction contributed towards the break-up of hip-hop duo Rizzle Kicks. Their debut album, Stereo Typical, which came three years after the group formed in Brighton in 2008, sold more […]