Just now Gloria Aradi,BBC News, Nairobi Joy Jeptoo/Instagram Kenyan fan Joy Jeptoo hosts popular F1 viewing parties in Nairobi Joy Jeptoo, a 24-year-old social media influencer from Kenya, spent several thousand dollars last year to attend the Formula 1 season opener in Bahrain and the final race of the season in the UAE capital, Abu...
A child is in serious condition and three adults have been injured after being shot near a restaurant in north-east London. Police were called to Kingsland High Street, in Dalston in Hackney, at about 21:20 BST on Wednesday, after reports of gunshots. Officers, including firearms specialists, and the London ambulance service attended the scene, the...
8 minutes ago Sandro Gvindadze,BBC Monitoring, Tbilisi Rybar.ru A Ukrainian soldier is portrayed surrendering and changing his name to its Russian version War-themed comic books are being used by the Kremlin to sell its vision of the war in Ukraine to the youth. During the first months following the start of invasion of Ukraine, a...
Diana Abbott’s comments at a rally in east London on Wednesday lead several of the front pages. The Guardian says Ms Abbott promised to remain as an MP for “as long as possible”, amid a row over whether Labour will allow her to run for their party in her Hackney North and Stoke Newington seat...
8 minutes ago Elna Schutz,Business reporter Yasmin Shaheen-Zaffar Yasmin Shaheen-Zaffar uses an AI chatbot to help with her writing While for many of us AI chatbots are perhaps just an interesting novelty, for some people they are proving to be transformational. Yasmin Shaheen-Zaffar, from North Yorkshire, has dyslexia, dyspraxia, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)....
21 minutes ago Jennifer Meierhans,Business reporter Getty Images New supermarket “challenges” that reward shoppers with extra loyalty points for buying more could lead to overspending, consumer groups have warned. Four of the UK’s biggest supermarkets – Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons – are now offering members of their loyalty schemes bonus points if they hit...
9 hours ago Ita Dungan,BBC News NI reporter BBC Nasra’s children haven’t been to school since their asylum status changed Nasra Ali’s children haven’t been to school since January, and she doesn’t know when they will be able to return. The mother of five is Somali and has been living in Northern Ireland since August...
US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has rejected political pressure to remove himself from crucial election-year cases after a controversy over flags outside his homes. Justice Alito, a conservative, said in a letter to Democratic senators that the banners in question had been flown by his wife. An upside-down US flag and a pine tree,...
6 minutes ago Chris Dearden,James McCarthy BBC In 10 years four reviews have outlined changes to be implemented by Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board People have died because an under-fire health board has not improved mental health services fast enough, according to a report. The Royal College of Psychiatrists found less than half of 84 recommended...
A Glasgow funeral directors at the centre of an ongoing missing ashes probe has been expelled by the National Association of Funeral Directors. Officers searched A Milne Funerals Ltd’s office in Springburn earlier this month and recovered 19 containers with ashes. Glasgow City Council said 14 families from the Dumbarton and Glasgow areas had been...