Marian Robinson shunned the spotlight and rarely gave interviews – her daughter, Michelle Obama, once described her as a “sweet, witty companion who doesn’t need the limelight”. But it was that privacy, tightly guarded by the Obamas, that afforded Robinson the rare luxury of being able to live relatively freely in the White House and...
Author: superadmin
Post
Michelle Obama’s mother, Marian Robinson, dies at 86
Marian Robinson, the mother of former US First Lady Michelle Obama, has died at 86, the Obama family has announced. In a statement, the family said that Robinson died “peacefully” on Friday morning. Robinson was a well-known fixture at the White House during the eight years of Barack Obama’s administration between 2009 and 2017. She...
Post
Why young delay ‘adulting’ with milestones out of reach
Just now Charlie Buckland,BBC News Ellie Harris Ellie Harris and her dad, who was married with three children by the time he was 25 Get married, buy a house and have children. That’s how most of our parents did it and they probably think other people should too. However a TikTok trend with more than...
Post
Americans react to Trump's guilty conviction
The ex-president was found guilty on all counts of falsifying business records. Americans have mixed opinions about the verdict. Source link
Post
Attack Trump verdict or be exiled
4 hours ago Katty Kay,US Special Correspondent REUTERS/Andrew Kelly There’s a new front line in Donald Trump’s battle to get elected. Just minutes after he was found guilty on all 34 felony counts on Thursday, I heard from a person close to the former president who described this moment as a “civil war” within the...
Post
Growth takes the spotlight in election campaign
PA Media Sir Keir Starmer and Anas Sarwar in Greenock Change is afoot for the economy, whatever the result of the general election on 4 July. While the battle for Westminster votes and seats takes place, the ground is also being prepared for the next Scottish Parliament election in less than two years. Parties are...
Post
Man charged with murdering woman
A 20-year-old man has been charged with murdering a woman who was fatally stabbed on a beach. Two women from Poole, Dorset, were attacked on Durley Chine Beach in Bournemouth at about 23:45 BST on 24 May. Amie Gray, a 34-year-old personal trainer, died at the scene, while a 38-year-old woman was taken to hospital...
Post
UK ambassador to Mexico sacked after reportedly pointing gun at staff
The UK ambassador to Mexico reportedly left his post earlier this year after he pointed a gun at a local member of embassy staff. A video posted on social media, originally reported by the Financial Times, purports to show Jon Benjamin aiming a rifle at another man while looking down the weapon’s sights. It was...
Post
Micah Richards denies being pundit’s stooge or puppy
39 minutes ago Liz Jackson & PA Media,BBC News PA Media Micah Richards told a court he “grappled” with defendant Scott Law during the incident on 3 September Former Manchester City defender Micah Richards said he “felt sorry” for Roy Keane but denied being his “stooge” or his “puppy”, as he gave evidence in the...
Post
Police Scotland assessing new Michael Matheson iPad data charge complaint
PA Media Michael Matheson was suspended from parliament earlier this week Police are assessing a new complaint over SNP MSP Michael Matheson’s iPad data roaming bill. The former health secretary resigned after admitting the £11,000 charge racked up on an official device during a family holiday to Morocco was caused by his sons using it...