Your most-read Scottish stories of 2023
The BBC Scotland news website has looked back at our most-read stories of the year. This is the top 20 for 2023, with the ranking based on the number of page views. 1. Nicola Sturgeon resigns PA Media The most-read story of the year came back in February when Nicola Sturgeon announced she was resigning […]
‘We need a miracle’ – Israeli and Palestinian economies battered by war
Getty Images Jerusalem’s Old City should be teeming with visitors at this time of the year More than six months into the devastating Gaza war, its impact on the Israeli and Palestinian economies has been huge. Nearly all economic activity in Gaza has been wiped out and the World Bank says the war has also […]
EFL Week of Action: Fitness for mums & skateboarding refugees among clubs’ community work
Hayley Kinnaird and Elle Leggatt are new mums who are looking to get back to their former fitness after recently giving birth. Their local football club, Doncaster Rovers, are helping them. And the pair take their babies along too. “I was part of the pilot course,” said Hayley. “I joined when my son was about […]
When is it and what to expect
Getty Images Nikki Haley has risen in the polls since the first debate Seven Republican candidates will battle it out at the party’s second presidential debate on Wednesday – a televised event marked once again by the absence of the contest’s frontrunner, Donald Trump. The former president remains dominant over the rest of the field […]
The UK city where sex work is banned, but hasn’t stopped
Hull News & Pictures Hull is the UK’s only city to have banned sex workers from its red light district, effectively making prostitution illegal. The council says the policy is working, but Millie, who once worked on the streets herself, says it increases the danger for the women involved. Sex work “slithered” into Millie’s life […]
The human limits of roller coasters
Infusion roller coaster at Blackpool Pleasure Beach How the amusement ride industry maintains a fairly sound safety record despite taking the human body to exhilarating extremes. According to the statistics, you are far more likely to die by lightning strike than in a roller coaster accident. In the UK, the odds of being killed on […]
Police investigate ‘offensive’ Leek preacher complaints
Other Members of local churches had been appalled by some of the preachers’ comments, councillor Bill Cawley said Town centre patrols have been stepped up after verbal clashes between a group of religious preachers and a crowd of residents, police say. The religious group, which has been visiting Leek in Staffordshire, say they are simply […]
How Moon missions changed the modern world
Nasa The Apollo programme took humanity to the Moon but also changed the face of technology back here on Earth. Astronaut Mike Massimino was six years old when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took their first steps on the Moon in 1969. “That’s what inspired me to go into space,” Massimino says. “I remember thinking […]
Victims ‘stuck in limbo for years’
Getty Images Suspected trafficking or modern slavery victims are being put at risk by delays in the system designed to protect them, a BBC investigation has found. Government documents obtained by Radio 4’s File on 4 show 2,200 people waiting more than a year for a decision on their status in the UK. Memos reveal […]
Riding the virtual Trans-Siberian
With a virtual reality train trip available, people never have to leave home to cross Siberia. But are they missing out on the best part of the trip? Not doing anything for six days? How about taking the Trans-Siberian Railway from Moscow to Vladivostok for free? That is what a Google/Russian Railways project has begun […]