“We are not fine” has now become the official Eid al-Fitr greeting among Gaza residents and on social media platforms. In previous years, the markets were bustling with shoppers on the eve of the most significant occasion for Muslims, which marks the end of Ramadan. During this time last year, the streets echoed with the…
1 hour ago About sharing Max Whitlock: Three-time Olympic champion to retire after Paris 2024 Three-time Olympic gold medallist Max Whitlock will retire after the Paris 2024 Games. The 31-year-old, who has won 32 major international medals, is Britain’s most successful gymnast. He will become the first gymnast to win four Olympic medals on the…
The UK’s biggest supermarket chain made annual pre-tax profits of nearly £2.3bn up from £882m.
18 minutes ago About sharing US President Joe Biden has said he believes that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is making a “mistake” in his handling of Gaza. “I think what he’s doing is a mistake. I don’t agree with his approach,” he said in an interview. He said Gaza should have “total access to…
2 hours ago About sharing There are more than 10 species of South American fox, including the grey fox By Helen Briggs Environment correspondent Our ancestors may have kept foxes as pets long before domestic dogs came on the scene. Archaeological evidence suggests ancient human societies in South America revered foxes to such an extent that…
30 minutes ago About sharing From left to right, Tsvetka Todorova, Stoyan Stoyanov and Patritsia Paneva all pleaded guilty to fraud and money laundering offences By Michael Buchanan BBC News Five members of an organised gang have been convicted of what has been described by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) as the largest case of…
2 hours ago About sharing By Kate Whannel Political reporter, BBC News Assaulting a shop worker will be made a separate criminal offence in England and Wales as part of a government response to a wave of retail crime. Earlier this year a report found violent and abusive incidents against shop workers rose by 50%…
1 hour ago About sharing By Tom Bateman in Washington DC, & Ali Abbas Ahmadi BBC News Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron has confirmed that UK arms sales to Israel will not be suspended. The announcement follows mounting pressure on the government over its weapons trade with Israel, after an air strike which killed aid workers…
20 minutes ago About sharing By Michael Race Business reporter, BBC News Some 7.4 million UK adults are still struggling to pay bills due to the high cost of living, a survey suggests. The number has fallen from last year, according to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), but many households still feel “heavily burdened”. Its…
29 minutes ago About sharing By Josh Parry, LGBT & identity producer, and Hugh Pym, health editor BBC News Children have been let down by a lack of research and “remarkably weak” evidence on medical interventions in gender care, a landmark review says. The Cass Review, published on Wednesday by paediatrician Dr Hilary Cass, calls…