A US TikTok ban could take a bite out of small businesses
Stephanie Kaloi Features correspondent Without the popular social media platform, some creators and small enterprises across the globe could see their revenue plummet. Many devoted fans of the social media platform in the US – more than 150 million users – may see their favourite leisure activity disappear. Yet some of the people who stand […]
MeToo founder Tarana Burke defiant after Harvey Weinstein ruling
Getty Images “This is not a blow to the movement,” MeToo founder Tarana Burke stated defiantly as she responded to the overturning of Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction in New York. “It is a clarion call and we are prepared to answer that call,” she proclaimed. She spoke after a New York Court of Appeals […]
The forgotten event that took the world to Wembley
Alamy Roman chariots were raced around Wembley Stadium as part of the exhibition’s entertainment On St George’s Day one hundred years ago, King George V stepped on to the turf of the newly created Wembley Stadium to open the British Empire Exhibition – and in doing so became the first UK royal to make a […]
Sheffield croquet champs prove sport not just for ‘toffs’
Simon Thake Sheffield Croquet Club won the Yorkshire Croquet Federation in 2023-24 Members of a Sheffield croquet team will represent Yorkshire against the best players in the rest of the country after winning their league. The Sheffield Croquet Club, which in recent years has overcome an arson attack and a sloping pitch, finished top of […]
Public asked to help focus Isle of Man police priorities
Ashlea Tracey BBC Isle of Man BBC Eight priorties have been set out by the island’s police force People are being asked for their views on how safe they feel living on the Isle of Man and what the police’s priorities should be. A survey by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) asks residents to […]
The female explorer who transformed travel
Eliot Stein Features correspondent Hilary Bradt Peru has remained one of Bradt’s favourite has destinations (Credit: Hilary Bradt) For the past 50 years, the co-founder of the world’s largest independently owned guidebook publisher has been inspiring travellers to go off the beaten path. In 1973, Hilary Bradt and her then-husband George were two young backpackers […]
Parkour athletes say the sport boosts mental health
Bea Swallow BBC News, West of England Wizzy Gang Parkour originated in France and became popularised in the late 1980s Parkour athletes say the daring discipline has helped to boost their mental health by facing fears, managing setbacks and building confidence. The sport sees participants, called traceurs, attempt to get from point A to point […]
Is this the most controversial film ever made?
Alamy (Credit: Alamy) Fifty years after Liliana Cavani’s provocative and disturbing film The Night Porter was released to widespread critical disgust, how have views of it changed? “To write a poem after Auschwitz is barbaric,” wrote the German theorist Theodor Adorno, suggesting, in his 1949 essay Cultural Criticism and Society, that artistic expression had been […]
American TikTok star Kalani Ghost Hunter tries Hull chip spice
American TikTok food reviewer @kalanighosthunter has given his thumbs up to chip spice The iconic Hull chip spice could soon be getting taste buds tingling on the other side of the Atlantic after US TikTok star Kalani Smith gave it a go – and loved it. Known to his 2.9 million followers as Kalani Ghost […]
Women’s Champions League: Barcelona’s Aitana Bonmati says Chelsea ‘can compete for everything’
Bonmati was the star of the show the last time Chelsea travelled to Barcelona and she finished the 2022-23 campaign as a world champion with Spain. She won every tournament her club and country entered and picked up all the individual accolades available, including the Ballon d’Or, Fifa Best Player and Uefa Player of the […]