37 minutes ago About sharing By Noor Nanji Culture reporter A lost BBC interview with street artist Banksy has been unearthed in which the mysterious artist reveals what his first name is. In the 2003 recording, BBC reporter Nigel Wrench asks him if he is called “Robert Banks”, and the artist replies: “It’s Robbie.” This…
Jevon Hirst, Harvey Owen, Wilf Henderson and Hugo Morris have not been seen since Sunday.
5 hours ago About sharing James Bond actor Rory Kinnear calls for safer film sets By Sophie van Brugen Entertainment reporter As Hollywood returns to work following the recent writers and actors’ strikes, industry figures are calling for health and safety to be made a priority to avoid any more lives being put at risk….
1 hour ago About sharing The US lawsuit accuses former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch, Mike Jeffries, of rape By Rianna Croxford, investigations correspondent BBC News and BBC Panorama Abercrombie & Fitch says it’s stopped providing additional retirement income to its former boss following allegations of sex trafficking. On top of his standard pension, Mike…
England manager Gareth Southgate believes “he has learned a lot” despite his side finishing their European Championship qualifying campaign unbeaten with a disappointing draw at North Macedonia. Already-qualified England got the point they needed to secure a top seeding at Euro 2024 in Skopje, but were unable to improve on their underwhelming performance in Friday’s…
55 minutes ago About sharing By James Gregory & Hugh Pym BBC News Sir Chris Whitty, the government’s most senior medical adviser in the pandemic, will give evidence to the Covid inquiry this morning. It comes a day after former chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said the pair had differing views over when to…
7 hours ago About sharing After her death, Melissa Kerr’s family said it hoped others would avoid “cosmetic tourism” By Helen Burchell BBC News, Norfolk The UK government said it would meet with officials in Turkey to discuss regulations around medical and cosmetic tourism, following several deaths. Melissa Kerr, 31, died at the private Medicana…
1 hour ago About sharing By Megha Mohan, Yousef Eldin and Emma Ailes BBC 100 Women Three of the world’s most influential women have told BBC News they want to end child marriage within a generation. Michelle Obama, Amal Clooney and Melinda French Gates announced last year a collaboration between their foundations to combat the…
36 minutes ago About sharing By Max Matza BBC News Elon Musk’s social media platform X has sued a left-leaning pressure group that accused the site of allowing antisemitic posts next to advertising. X’s lawsuit alleges that Media Matters for America “manipulated” data in an attempt to “destroy” the platform formerly known as Twitter. Firms…
1 hour ago About sharing What do parents think about proposals to cut school summer holidays? By Bethan Lewis & Antonia Matthews BBC News School summer holidays in Wales will be cut by a week with the possibility of moving to a four-week break in future under new Welsh government plans. The changes would see…