18 hours ago About sharing Watch: Ryan Gosling sings live at the Oscars By Emma Saunders & Holly Honderich at the Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles & in Washington This year’s Oscars brought more than three hours of glamour, tears, and full-frontal nudity. Here are some of the best moments from the biggest night in Hollywood….
6 minutes ago About sharing By Theo Leggett Business correspondent, BBC News A former Boeing employee known for raising concerns about the firm’s production standards has been found dead in the US. John Barnett had worked for Boeing for 32 years, until his retirement in 2017. In the days before his death, he had been…
4 minutes ago About sharing A major Tory donor has apologised after reportedly saying Diane Abbott made him “want to hate all black women” and that she “should be shot”. Frank Hester made the remarks about the then-shadow home secretary during a meeting in 2019, The Guardian reports. Mr Hester, who runs a health tech…
8 hours ago About sharing Kneecap are a hip-hop trio from Belfast who use the stage names Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and DJ Próvaí By Riyah Collins BBC Newsbeat Belfast band Kneecap have pulled out of South by Southwest (SXSW) in Texas over the arts festival’s sponsorship with the US Army. The group is the…
Billie-Jo Suffill says she never received her dad’s ashes from Legacy Independent Funeral Directors
1 hour ago About sharing Hindu people in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan are among those who will be able to seek citizenship By Kathryn Armstrong BBC News India’s government has announced plans to enact a controversial citizenship law that has been criticised for being anti-Muslim. The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will allow non-Muslim religious minorities…
28 minutes ago About sharing Penguins gather on South Georgia in prodigious numbers By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent @BBCAmos Bird flu has been confirmed in 10 penguins on South Georgia, one of the world’s great wildlife havens. Avian influenza had already infected other seabirds and mammals on the British Overseas Territory, but scientists report gentoo…
44 minutes ago About sharing Watch: BBC Verify examines royal Mother’s Day picture By Andre Rhoden-Paul, Joshua Cheetham & Jake Horton BBC Verify The Princess of Wales has apologised for confusion over edits to a newly released photo which was pulled by several major photo agencies over concerns the image was “manipulated”. The picture, taken…
10 minutes ago About sharing Troy Philipp B admitted to raping and murdering a woman near the popular Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria A US man has been sentenced to life in prison for the rape and murder of a fellow American tourist and the attempted murder of her friend near one of Germany’s top visitor…
18 minutes ago About sharing By Daniel Sandford BBC News home affairs correspondent Constance Marten has told a jury that she planned to smuggle her newborn baby abroad, because her family had obtained a “travel ban” from the High Court. “My family have a lot of money, a lot of clout and a lot of…