Backlash as workers’ rights left out of Queen’s Speech
Getty Images An employment bill had been expected to allow workers to keep all their tips The omission of measures to improve workers’ rights from the Queen’s Speech has been criticised. Unions accused the government of “turning its back” on workers while industry groups said they were disappointed the bill had been omitted. Flexible working […]
How French winemakers outwitted the Nazis
Alamy (Credit: Alamy) From hiding their best bottles to providing secret intel to Allied forces, French winemakers played an essential role in the French Resistance, which helped pave the way for D-Day. While Adolf Hitler wasn’t a wine drinker, his top guns definitely were. In fact, Luftwaffe commander-in-chief Hermann Göring, foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop […]
Where Ozzy, Oasis, Queen and Coldplay took off
Peter Shuttleworth BBC Wales News BBC “Musical Hogwarts” is how Chris Martin describes it. To Liam Gallagher it’s the “Big Brother House with tunes”, but for Ozzy Osbourne it’s the birthplace of heavy metal. It’s where Oasis created their masterpieces, where Bohemian Rhapsody came to life and where Coldplay’s journey into the musical stratosphere took […]
Musk and Trump defend Doge cuts, say they plan to ‘restore will of the people’ – follow live
Trump and Musk respond to criticismpublished at 03:16 Greenwich Mean Time 03:16 GMT Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Protesters demonstrate against Donald Trump and Elon Musk in Washington DC on 17 February 2025 Next on their joint interview on Fox, Trump and Musk are asked how they view their critics. They both assert that critics […]
Businessman close to Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro arrested in Cape Verde
BBC Saab was charged with money laundering in the US last July Cape Verde authorities have arrested a businessman accused by the US of corrupt dealings with the government of Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro. Alex Nain Saab, who is Colombian, was indicted by the US justice department for money laundering last July. The 48-year-old was […]
Vast corruption network in food programme, US says
Getty Images The state-run Clap programme was created to distribute food boxes at subsidized prices US officials have accused Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his allies of profiting from a food subsidy scheme as the country suffers acute shortages. For years, a “vast corruption network” made money from overvalued contracts while only a fraction of […]
Monica Lewinsky x Reformation and the power of unorthodox celebrity collabs
Mia Taylor Features correspondent Monica Lewinsky and Reformation have collaborated on a new fashion campaign. (Alamy) Monica Lewinsky is making headlines again. Almost three decades after the one-time White House intern became a household name amid explosive revelations about an affair with President Bill Clinton, Lewinsky has unexpectedly returned to the spotlight. This time, however, […]
Supermarket pizza firm fined after Bolton workers seriously injured
Google Inspectors found checks on machinery at the pizza factory were not to standard A firm which makes millions of pizzas for supermarkets has been fined after two workers were seriously hurt after getting trapped in a conveyer belt. Stateside Foods Limited was ordered to pay £800,000 for two separate incidents in 2020 at its […]
Super Furry Animals’ Gruff Rhys pulls out of festival in protest
Getty Images / Jeff Spicer Gruff Rhys says he is “in dismay at the utter collapse of coherent diplomacy in the West” Super Furry Animals’ singer Gruff Rhys has pulled out of a major US festival in protest over “the hyper violence inflicted on civilians in Gaza”. On Instagram, the Welsh musician said he was […]
Unilever is cutting jobs and splitting off its ice cream unit
Steve Russell A rainy summer in Europe meant sales of ice cream dropped Marmite and Dove soap-owner Unilever is to cut about 7,500 jobs worldwide, as part of an extensive three-year cost-saving plan. The group also said it would split off its ice cream business which includes the Wall’s, Ben & Jerry’s and Magnum brands. […]