Category: Women Doing Amazing Things
The eyewear designer for the stars
Jack Hill Tom Davies didn’t initially plan to design glasses The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles a different business leader from around the world.…
Seven takeaways from BBC Newcastle’s election debate
BBC Candidates from five political parties took part in Tuesday’s BBC Newcastle election debate Poverty, public transport and sewage in the River Tyne were all…
Afghan women slate UK MP’s video praising ‘country transformed’
Getty Images Tobias Ellwood is a former army veteran who served with British forces Afghan women have derided a British Conservative MP for being naïve…
How Morocco went big on solar energy
Getty Images Morocco is home to the world’s largest concentrated solar array (Credit: Getty Images) Morocco has become famous for its vast, world-leading solar arrays.…
‘I had £18,000 stolen after my drink was spiked’
Ben Gregory Two separate overdrafts were created on Ben’s accounts “Thinking about [what happened] over and over is actually very worrying and quite scary.” Ben…
Camila Cabello, Louis Tomlinson and more memorable moments
To paraphrase the immortal words of Shania Twain, Man, I Feel Like A Sit Down. The 2024 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts has drawn…
A Royal touch of tartan from Meghan
BBC BBC BBC BBC BBC BBC BBC BBC BBC BBC BBC BBC Pictures from the Royal visit to Edinburgh dominate the front pages. However, The…
Why was British India divided 75 years ago?
Getty Images Every evening since 1959, Indian and Pakistani troops have lowered their flags together at the Wagah border crossing When Britain granted India independence,…
Free ‘trishaw’ rides in Sunderland to help tackle loneliness
BBC Friends Nadine Bainbridge and Marion Clarke were among the first to try the trishaw A service offering people free rides on a “trishaw” to…
Inside the routine at the Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas
Federal Bureau of Prisons Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has swapped life in California for a minimum-security women’s prison facility, roughly 100 miles (160 km) from…