Fleming Fulton cafe gives Belfast pupils confidence and life skills
The cafe has been getting into the spirit for St Patrick’s Day Senior pupils at a Belfast special school have turned the tables on their teachers by running their own cafe. But the staff do not seem to mind as Cafe 15 at Fleming Fulton is packed every time it opens. The pupils, aged between […]
The largest dam removal in US history is complete – what happens next?
Getty Images (Credit: Getty Images) The Klamath River is free of four huge dams for the first time in generations. But for the Yurok tribe, the river’s restoration is only just beginning – starting with 18 billion seeds. Brook Thompson has been fishing on the Klamath River ever since she could stand up in a […]
‘Magical’ immersive display back at Peterborough Cathedral
A digital light and sound show has returned to a city cathedral for a fourth year. Peterborough Cathedral is beginning its festive season with the launch of Starlight by Luxmuralis, billed as an immersive light and sound display. From Tuesday, the historic building will be transformed with the installation on the interior walls and ceiling […]
Staff at Glasgow music venue stage 48-hour walkout
Google Members of staff at a popular Glasgow music venue are striking for 48 hours amid an ongoing dispute over pay and safety concerns. Employees at the 13th Note will walk out on Friday, and then again every weekend until 6 August. The workers hope to secure better wages, improvements to health and safety and […]
Woodbridge Tide Mill repairs to replace flood-worn wood frame
Video East A mill has stood on the site in Woodbridge since the 12th Century A tide mill – one of only two still producing stoneground wholemeal flour in the UK – is set to be revamped, after the trust that runs it secured about £17,000 in grants. The Trustees of Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum […]
Trump mulls national security adviser and Rubio for secretary of state role
Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name Rep Michael Waltz, a Florida Republican, to serve as national security adviser, two sources familiar with the matter told CBS News, the BBC’s US partner. A veteran of the war in Afghanistan and a long-time Trump supporter, Waltz was re-elected to Congress last week – though […]
Extraction from Scotland’s only gold mine ramped up
Scotland’s only gold mine is ready to ramp up extraction As a four-wheel drive truck with a large red metal box on its flatbed rumbles into the gaping mouth of the Cononish mine, near Tyndrum in the west of Scotland, geologist Rachael Paul explains what’s happening. “They can carry explosives in there”, she says. We […]
What will happen as the Titanic wreck disintegrates
Walt Disney Pictures Metal-munching bacteria have been slowly corroding the steel structure of the Titanic, and it is now starting to collapse (Credit: Walt Disney Pictures) The wreck of the Titanic is showing clear signs of decay on the sea floor at its resting place miles below the surface. What will its final fate be? […]
Uganda’s Kanungu cult massacre that killed 700 followers
. Twenty years on, the whereabouts of (from L to R) Ursula Komuhangi, Credonia Mwerinde, Joseph Kibwetere and Dominic Kataribabo are unknown Judith Ariho does not shed any tears as she recalls the church massacre in which her mother, two siblings and four other relatives were among at least 700 people who died. Exactly 20 […]
Telegram repeatedly refused to join child protection schemes
The BBC has learned that Telegram – the messaging app service whose boss has been arrested in France – refuses to join international programmes aimed at detecting and removing child abuse material online. The app is not a member of either the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) or the Internet Watch Foundation […]