40 minutes ago About sharing After Mr Sunak’s Greek row, eyebrows were raised by the pattern on the King’s tie By Sean Coughlan & Brian Wheeler BBC News King Charles’s choice of neckwear at the COP28 conference has sparked speculation that it was a coded message to Rishi Sunak. The King’s tie had a pattern…
1 hour ago About sharing The Christmas version of the series features notable alumni competing on behalf of their former universities By Noor Nanji Culture reporter An episode of Christmas University Challenge has been pulled after two contestants complained about a lack of provision for their disabilities. One of the contestants, who is blind, called…
Explosions are said to have hit trains on the Baikal Amur mainline 500km from the Chinese border.
9 minutes ago About sharing Pontins Prestatyn site was closed “with immediate effect” on Thursday By Jack Grey & Matthew Richards BBC News What was once a staple of British holidaying has now shrunk further to a shadow of its former self. Pontin’s has announced both its Prestatyn and Camber Sands sites are closing with…
The second series of The Traitors is due to begin early next year Yasmin Rufo BBC News 2 hours ago The Traitors is to get a spin-off series, which will show players who have been eliminated finding out who the traitors are. The reality TV hit, hosted by Claudia Winkleman, is due to return in…
1 hour ago About sharing Watch: Omid Scobie denies the Dutch printing error was a publicity stunt By Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent Now that King Charles and Catherine, the Princess of Wales have been widely identified as the names in the race row mistakenly included in the Dutch edition of Omid Scobie’s Endgame book, how…
4 minutes ago About sharing School closures in January 2021 could have been avoided if ministers had taken action earlier the previous autumn, Matt Hancock has said. The former health secretary told the Covid inquiry that avoiding a lockdown led to tougher measures later on. WhatsApp messages from October 2020 showed he was worried then-Chancellor…
Politics / December 1, 2023 The George Santos Show Was Fun, but It’s Time for the Series Finale Santos is undeniably captivating, but he is not a lovable scammer. He’s a hard-right ideologue, and we will all be better off without him. Faith Branch Ad Policy George Santos speaks during a press conference outside the…
Politics / December 1, 2023 The Sensible Dutch Take a Sharp Turn to the Right In an election shocker earlier this week, the far-right anti-immigrant campaigner Geert Wilders emerged as the leader of the largest party in the new parliament. Hans Steketee Ad Policy Geert Wilders, Dutch right-wing politician and leader of the Party for…
Politics / December 1, 2023 Gaza, Biden, and a Path Forward The president’s approach to Gaza has been a moral and political catastrophe that has made Trump’s return to the White House much more likely. What can be done about that? Ad Policy Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greets US President Joe Biden upon his…