Israel-Gaza latest: Israeli PM Netanyahu heckled by Hamas attack victims’ relatives at memorial
What videos of suspected attack in Israel can tell uspublished at 15:33 Greenwich Mean Time 15:33 GMT Image source, EPA By Richard Irvine-Brown and Benedict Garman Videos on social media have let us pinpoint where a truck drove into people at a bus stop in central Israel and tell us more about the aftermath and […]
Reeves vows Labour will bring ‘good jobs’ to Scotland
Rachel Reeves vows Labour will bring “good jobs” to Scotland A Labour government will bring “good jobs” to Scotland, reduce energy bills and improve energy security, the party’s Treasury spokesperson has vowed. During a visit to Edinburgh, Rachel Reeves said her party’s industrial strategy, a national wealth fund and a Scotland-headquartered energy body would help […]
What life might be like in alien oceans
Getty Images The European Space Agency has launched a spacecraft to search for signs that Jupiter’s moons could support life in the oceans beneath their frozen surfaces. If they can, what would organisms look like? Recent discoveries have led astrobiologists to think that moons are the most promising places for alien life to exist in […]
Ballerina Melissa Hamilton says performing in Belfast is ‘a dream come true’
A world-renowned ballerina has said coming back to Northern Ireland to perform is a dream come true. Melissa Hamilton from Dromore in County Down is a First Soloist of The Royal Ballet in London. The 35-year-old is performing a special Ballet Gala in Belfast’s Grand Opera House this weekend. The showcase will include excerpts from […]
Australia wants to become a renewable energy superpower. Can it?
BBC SunDrive’s Maia Schweizer thinks Australia has what it takes to become a solar panel manufacturing hub Hidden among thick bushland in the outer suburbs of southern Sydney sits an expansive facility housing a technological breakthrough. It’s here that Australian company SunDrive Solar makes its “special sauce”: a new – top secret – formula that […]
The shrinking habitat of the world’s most celebrated hippo
Getty Images (Credit: Getty Images) The illustrious Moo Deng has attracted a frenzy of attention. But in the wild, her species is quietly disappearing. But Moo Deng is a member of a vulnerable and elusive species, Choeropsis liberiensis, which is native to West Africa. And while her fame grows, her relatives in the wild are […]
Married at First Sight bride from Maidstone was left ‘mortified’
Channel 4 Polly Sellman and Adam Nightingale were paired up on the reality TV show Married at First Sight bride Polly Sellman says she has learned how to better solve conflict after her time on the Channel 4 reality show, admitting she is “ashamed” of herself. Ms Sellman, who lives in Maidstone, told BBC Radio […]
A spell at Dogwarts for Harry Potter Tour guide dogs
Warner Bros Studio/Guide Dogs The charity has sponsored three dogs named Harry (right), Ron (middle) and Hermione (left) The studio that is home to the Harry Potter tour has partnered with a charity to improve accessibility for people with visual impairments. The Warner Bros Studio Tour in Leavesden, Hertfordshire, has sponsored three guide dogs in […]
Singer apologises after swearing on live TV during US anthem
A singer has apologised after swearing on live TV and “messing up” a performance of the US national anthem. Loomis prompted mockery on social media when she performed The Star-Spangled Banner at an independent candidate debate on Wednesday which was broadcast live on TV station C-SPAN, as well as on the radio and online. In […]
‘The magic of live TV can’t be matched’
BBC Susie Fowler-Watt has been with Look East for nearly 30 years, and began presenting the programme in 1997 It was an inauspicious start. The first Look East was due to broadcast on 28 September 1964, but transmission notes show it never made it to air, “owing to breakdown”. It was officially born the following […]