Riyah Collins BBC Newsbeat BBC Greg James got in touch with Sir Richard Branson for the segment inspired by a listener texting in Sir Richard Branson has responded to BBC Radio 1’s Greg James’ bid for an “Air Force Hun” mission to create a British version of the all-female flight that sent pop star Katy…
Robin Levinson-King and Mike Wendling BBC News Watch: ‘It’s not right’ – Students react to Trump freezing Harvard’s federal funding Harvard University says it will not acquiesce to US President Donald Trump’s demands – whether it continues to get federal funding or not. “No government – regardless of which party is in power – should…
While Oppenheimer depicts many different parts of the famous physicist’s life, there is one vital part of the film that is a crux which the movie relies on from the beginning to the end: the feud between Lewis Strauss (Robert Downey Jr.) and J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy). Though this rivalry could be seen as…
Kevin Peachey Cost of living correspondent Getty Images The rate of rising prices – inflation – has eased for the second month in a row, official figures show. In March, prices rose at an annual rate of 2.6%, far slower than the 11% inflation peak seen in 2022. Petrol and toy prices have fallen, a…
Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Last of Us season 2, episode 1, and mild spoilers for The Last of Us Part II. There are some key moments in The Last of Us’ season 2 premiere that might not seem too important now, but viewers who didn’t play the video game should pay attention…
The categories in today’s puzzle for Connections are extremely vague compared to previous days, so be ready for some real head-scratching words. Some of the phrases used today deliberately fooled me, making it hard to create pairings when they seem easy on the surface. To not get tricked like I did, you’ll need to follow…
Laura Goodwin and Ken Banks BBC Scotland BBC Brian Watt, with dog Winnie, says he tries to have a healthy lifestyle after his diagnosis in 2016 Northern Scotland has one of the highest rates of Huntington’s disease in the world, according to a new study. Huntington’s is a hereditary disorder that slowly damages the brain,…
In mid-September 1883 the British steamer Pembroke Castle, traversing the North Sea, made an unscheduled stop in Denmark. Upon landing at Copenhagen the dignitaries on board, including British prime minister William Ewart Gladstone, received an invitation to dine with the Danish royal family at Fredensborg Palace, where Gladstone spent a convivial evening with the Danish…
Suranjana Tewari Asia Business Reporter Getty Images Li Chenggang is a former World Trade Organisation and UN representative China has unexpectedly appointed a new trade envoy, as officials said the US’ practice of “tariff barriers and trade bullying” is having a serious impact on the global economic order. Li Chenggang, a former assistant commerce minister…