4 hours ago Ian Youngs,Culture reporter 80s Casuals/Mead Unseen footage and photos of the seminal gig will be used in a new documentary and book It has gone down in history as one of the legendary gigs in British music history. But the Stone Roses’ full performance at Spike Island in 1990 wasn’t thought to...
Two far-right Israeli ministers have threatened to quit and collapse the governing coalition if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agrees to a Gaza ceasefire proposal unveiled by US President Joe Biden on Friday. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said they were opposed to striking any deal before Hamas was destroyed. But...
19 minutes ago Deborah Weitzmann,Business reporter Getty Images European retailers are rushing to place their Christmas orders early as soaring shipping costs and trade route disruption threaten holiday deliveries, experts say. For the last few months, vessels belonging to Western firms have been attacked in the Red Sea by Houthi rebels backing Hamas in its...
46 minutes ago Paul Seddon & Becky Morton,Political reporters Getty Images Georgia Gould is a councillor in Sir Keir Starmer’s constituency Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of freezing out left-wingers and promoting his supporters, as Labour heads into the general election. The party now has a full slate of candidates in place after scrambling...
8 hours ago Evan Davis,Presenter, The Bottom Line, @evanhd BBC You want to step out of the world of wage slavery, and set up a business of your own? Preferably a business that will be more than a mere lifestyle for you – one that you can sell and from which you can retire on...
15 hours ago Sean Coughlan,Royal correspondent, @seanjcoughlan Getty Images When Prince William presented the men’s FA Cup trophy at Wembley last weekend, he’d have been forgiven for thinking how life can come at you fast – compared with when he appeared at the same fixture last year. A year ago he was still in the...
When Europeans vote in elections for the European Parliament this coming week, their choices will reflect the national mood in 27 different countries. Right and far-right parties are set to make gains, but the picture is widely different across the continent. Here is a snapshot of what to expect from BBC correspondents ahead of the...
Leading the Sunday Times is a report that Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has offered several of the party’s MPs, including Diane Abbott, peerages “to quit and make way for allies”. In international news, the newspaper reports that right-wingers in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet have threatened to “dissolve the government” rather than take...
13 minutes ago Wedaeli Chibelushi,BBC News, London Larkin Durey Aboudia’s work has been shown in exhibitions held in Abidjan, London, New York and Tel Aviv Back in September, global art experts were taken aback by the name topping a fresh list of the world’s best-selling artists. Aboudia, a graffiti-inspired artist from Ivory Coast, had beaten...
India’s election, the biggest in the world, saw more than six weeks of gruelling campaigning – often in blistering heat. So what were the big talking points? And just how huge was it? The BBC’s Christian Parkinson tells you what the key moments and issues of the election were. Produced by Nikita Mandhani and Danish...