Gilets Jaunes face big decision as Macron fights back
EPA Thousands of yellow-vest protesters joined forces with a left-wing union for the first time this week After almost three months of protests, France’s yellow-vest movement, which rejected any formal leadership or political affiliation, has split over the question of whether to enter electoral politics. This citizens’ movement has already forced President Emmanuel Macron’s first […]
‘We always knew we were different’
Mowatt family The twins were separated at Birmingham Children’s Hospital in a ground-breaking operation In December 2001, a perilous operation took place in Birmingham to separate three-month-old conjoined twins, Sanchia and Eman Mowatt. They started life in the full focus of the world’s media, such was the rarity of their predicament. What are the 19-year-old […]
Glasgow 2014: Jamaica’s triple jump star wants more medals
“My coach then, Patrick Johnson, he taught me how to triple jump and I loved it ever since.” Her talent was spotted by Florida State University after she won multiple junior championships and was awarded most outstanding high schoolgirl athlete at the 2007 Penn Relays. Williams would go on to become the most successful female […]
Ex-Australia MP alleges inappropriate touching by minister
Alex Ellinghausen/Fairfax Media Julia Bank telling parliament in 2018 that she was quitting the Liberal party prompted government colleagues to leave Former Australian government MP Julia Banks says she was inappropriately touched by a current cabinet minister at Parliament House in 2017. Ms Banks, who made the allegation in a memoir, said the male MP […]
Clydesdale put out to grass
Reuters We shouldn’t get too sentimental about brands. But for some of us, the Clydesdale Bank is family, and for generations back. It’s also about a city, being a significant part of the financial architecture that made Glasgow the industrial powerhouse it became. So while the public is increasingly unhappy about losing branches from the […]
The Tory leader brought down by Brexit
Getty Images Celebrating her elevation to the Tory leadership with husband, Philip Britain’s second female prime minister, like the first, has ultimately been brought down by Conservative in-fighting over Europe. But Theresa May is unlikely to join Margaret Thatcher in the annals of leaders who left an indelible mark on their country. At least not […]
The race to create the world’s next super-app
Getty Images QR codes for payment via super-apps Alipay and WeChat are a common sight on Chinese market stalls How many apps do you have on your phone? If you’re anything like me, it’s a lot. But imagine installing just one app that does almost everything – from buying a pizza, hailing a taxi, chatting […]
Get Inspired in WALES – BBC Sport
Short-track skating – Sort-of like track cycling on ice, minus the bikes. Fast, furious loops of the rink in four-person dashes to the line make this an invigorating sport and great for exercise. Plus you get to wear fancy yellow helmets. Get Inspired: SHORT-TRACK SKATING Skate UK, external | Rinks and clubs, external Skeleton – […]
The 2020 Russell Prize for best writing
Getty Images Bertrand Russell was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950 And so we come again to that glorious moment, just ahead of what I hope is a restful festive season for you and your family, when I wheel out my favourite prose of the year, under the auspices of an implicit endorsement […]
Billionaire Mackenzie Scott marries science teacher
Getty Images Billionaire MacKenzie Scott has married a science teacher at her children’s school, two years after her divorce from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Ms Scott is one of the world’s richest women and has given away more than $4bn (£2.9bn) of her fortune. The news of her marriage to Dan Jewett was revealed via […]