35 minutes ago Bethan Lewis,Education correspondent, BBC Wales News BBC Testing the school sprinkler system is one of head teacher Gareth Lewis’ duties now he’s taken on the caretaker role A head teacher has been forced to moonlight as his school’s caretaker in a bid to save money within its squeezed budget. Gareth Lewis now...
14 minutes ago Darran Marshall ,Mark Simpson GAA An artist’s impression of the new proposed stadium Hosting Euro 2028 games in Northern Ireland could be worth more than £106m to the local economy, according to a new analysis. The economic assessment, by accountants Grant Thornton, was commissioned by Ulster GAA. Northern Ireland is due to...
13 minutes ago Sofia Ferreira Santos,BBC News Getty Images Police have raided a Florida mansion believed to be the residence of Sean Kingston. The singer, whose legal name is Kisean Anderson, was named as living at the residence near Fort Lauderdale in court documents from February. He was accused in February by a company of...
Four people have died and 21 are injured after a two-storey building collapsed in Majorca, emergency services say. Spanish media say the building was a beachside restaurant on Cartago Street in Palma de Majorca. Several people are believed to be trapped at the site. The incident reportedly happened at about 20:30 local time (19:30 BST)....
Professor Katie Urch, Chief Medical Officer at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, said: “Our surgery staff are committed to delivering the best, safest care to our patients, often in challenging situations. “Surgeons do not work as individuals, they work collaboratively in teams. Those teams are highly skilled, performing complex surgery that is never without...
The BBC spends a month inside Myanmar, where young medics, teachers and fighters are powering the revolution against the ruling military junta. Source link
54 minutes ago Quentin Sommerville,Karenni State, Myanmar BBC Teacher Maw Hpray Myar uses music to drown the din of war for children in Myanmar’s jungle In Myanmar’s eastern Karenni State, the sleepy jungle town of Demoso has come alive with revolutionary fervour. In the burnt-red soil along the sides of the town’s main road, a...
British tech magnate Mike Lynch has appeared in court in the US to rebut claims that he committed fraud to inflate the value of his company ahead of its sale to Hewlett-Packard in 2011. He told the jury that he was uninvolved with the transactions that had been described in the trial, reportedly describing watching...
At least nine people died after strong wind gusts brought part of a stage to the ground at a campaign event. Source link
Just now Mark Savage,Music correspondent Getty Images The duo played together at the Glastonbury festival in 2022 Sir Paul McCartney affectionately mocked Bruce Springsteen, as he presented him with a prestigious prize at Thursday’s Ivor Novello Awards. Springsteen was in London to receive the ceremony’s highest honour – a fellowship of the songwriting academy. He...