2 hours ago Brian Farmer,BBC News, Hertfordshire Chris Radburn/Fixed Point Media Argentina and Spurs legends Ossie Ardiles and Ricky Villa celebrate Argentina Day on FA Cup final day at the Fox & Hounds in Barley, Hertfordshire Two of England’s greatest Argentinian footballing imports have toasted their national independence day in an English village pub. Football...
Just now Noor Nanji,Culture reporter, @NoorNanji Getty Riz Ahmed stars in Dammi, a short film which will be shown at the festival A new film festival in the UK celebrating Muslim cinema will “showcase stories we don’t usually see”, its director has said. Sajid Varda has told BBC News that too often there is a...
27 minutes ago Katy Prickett,BBC News, Northamptonshire Rockingham Forest Trust Experimental archaeologist James Dilley (right) helped guide the volunteers through the project Two Bronze Age-style log boats are ready to float after a team of volunteers completed their build using replica tools and fire. The project is part of a £250,000 Heritage Lottery project to...
An investigation has begun after a 45-year-old man died following a collision between two gliders at an airfield, police have said. Emergency services were called to the airfield in Hinton-in-the-Hedges, Northamptonshire at about 16:00 BST on Saturday, police said in a statement. Officers said they were investigating alongside the Air Accidents Investigation Branch. They have...
Silkie Carlo, director of Big Brother Watch, has filmed the police on numerous facial-recognition deployments. She was there the night Shaun Thompson was picked up by police. “My experience, observing live facial recognition for many years, [is that] most members of the public don’t really know what live facial recognition is,” she says. She says...
News of the broadcaster Eamonn Holmes and Loose Women star Ruth Langsford announcing their decision to divorce features on many of Sunday’s front pages. The Sunday People splashes with the showbiz story, citing the couple blaming work for their split after 14 years married together. Elsewhere, Manchester United’s “teen spirit” is hailed after the Red...
Before Raye, the crowd was thrilled by the likes of Aitch and Mabel. Aitch told Newsbeat he was “very excited” to “do what I do best”. But he came from Wembley Stadium, after watching the first 55 minutes of the FA Cup final between his beloved Manchester United and Manchester City – which United won....
REUTERS/Ana Beltran Italy’s Giorgia Meloni wants to repeat her domestic success on a European scale Far-right parties are on the rise in much of Europe, and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni senses a big moment. “We are on the eve of a decisive election,” the Brothers of Italy leader tells a packed hall in Madrid...
11 minutes ago emma saunders,Culture reporter at the Hay Festival getty Clive Myrie has worked at the BBC since he began as a trainee in 1987 BBC news presenter Clive Myrie has said that his feelings for the US, where he reported from for many years, were affected by covering “ so many mass shootings”....
The Conservative Party has said it would bring back mandatory national service if it wins the general election. It said 18-year-olds would have a choice of either joining the military full-time, or volunteering one weekend every month carrying out a community service. The party is proposing a Royal Commission to consider the details but would...