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…
2 hours ago About sharing Russia complained that Jamala’s Eurovision-winning song should have been ruled out for being too political By Kathryn Armstrong BBC News Russia has added Ukrainian Eurovision song contest winner Jamala to its wanted list, according to state media. The singer, whose real name is Susana Jamaladinova, has reportedly been accused of…
34 minutes ago About sharing By Hannah Miller Political correspondent Tax on period pants will be abolished in the Autumn Statement, the BBC has been told. On Wednesday, the chancellor is expected to announce that the underwear – which is absorbent, washable and reusable – will be “zero-rated” and no longer subject to Value Added…
48 minutes ago About sharing By Nick Triggle and Jim Reed BBC News There was a complete lack of leadership as Covid cases rose in autumn 2020, the Covid inquiry has heard. By mid-October, the then prime minister had become frustrated by talk of a second lockdown, the UK’s chief scientific adviser in the pandemic,…