34 minutes ago About sharing Starmer: Is PM proud to be bankrolled by man using racist words? By Brian Wheeler Political reporter Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has resisted opposition calls to return money to a Conservative donor who reportedly said MP Diane Abbott “should be shot”. The PM said Frank Hester’s alleged comments were “wrong”…
Summary The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that could lead to a nationwide ban on TikTok It would require the Chinese tech giant ByteDance to sell its stake in the app within six months or face a ban from US app stores and web hosting platforms It follows previous efforts by American…
23 minutes ago About sharing By Chris Mason Political editor, BBC News Frank Hester. Diane Abbott. Lee Anderson. Azhar Ali. Four people, over the last four weeks or so, who tell us something about money, power, individuals and institutions. And also tell us something about language and labels. Their capacity to anger, enrage, offend. It…
1 hour ago About sharing Head Jason Ashley shared images of food served at the school with parents By Stephen Stafford BBC News, Southampton A head teacher has asked “how difficult is it to bake a potato?” in a despairing letter to parents about the state of food at his own school. Jason Ashley, head…
2 hours ago About sharing Watch: Hollinrake questioned if he’d take £10m from Tory donor By Henry Zeffman, chief political correspondent, & Andre Rhoden-Paul BBC News A Tory minister has said his party would take another £10m from a donor who allegedly made comments about Diane Abbott that No 10 called “racist”. Donor Frank Hester…
2 hours ago About sharing The UN said the convoy was able to use an Israeli military road that runs along the Gaza border fence to reach the north By David Gritten BBC News The UN says a new land route has been used to deliver food to northern Gaza for the first time in…
As we mentioned earlier, postal affairs minister Kevin Hollinrake said this morning that the Conservatives have no plans to return the money donated by Frank Hester. Speaking to the Today programme, Hollinrake was asked about Andy Street saying he would have returned the money. “Andy is entitled to his own opinion of course… that’s Andy’s…
8 hours ago About sharing Gyung-ho, Mi-sun and their children are among the youngest residents of a South Korean village inside the Demilitarised Zone By Jean Mackenzie Seoul correspondent Gyung-ho and Mi-sun’s is a classic love story. They locked eyes at a party, and immediately felt a spark. They quickly fell in love, and Gyung-ho…
1 hour ago About sharing Mel B says her abusive marriage left her penniless and powerless By Charlotte Gallagher Culture reporter Melanie Brown made millions from the Spice Girls, but a few years ago, after leaving an abusive marriage, she was left with almost nothing. She left California, returned home to Leeds and moved into…
According to the Office for National Statistics, the economy grew by 0.2% in January.