1 hour ago By Paul Moseley, BBC News, Norfolk Paul Moseley/BBC Sister Catherine says she has been on “an amazing journey” Would you give up the chance to have a partner, children and a choice of career? Probably not, but some take a very different path. Just 85 women in England and Wales became nuns or religious […]
2 days ago By Rumeana Jahangir, BBC News @kate_rackham Kate Rackham shared updates about her treatment on social media Tributes have been paid after the death of a teacher who raised awareness of incurable secondary breast cancer. Kate Rackham was diagnosed with oestrogen-receptive breast cancer at the age of 39. The Manchester-based teacher, who shared updates on […]
In Russellville, Arkansas, 300 couples from across the country signed up, saying “I do” just before the sky went black. As the sky brightened, the group cut wedding cakes and danced – all part of the aptly named Total Eclipse of the Heart festival. Following the Moon one state over, in Ellsinore, Missouri, was amateur […]
There’s the Tory tax-cutting rhetoric and then there’s the tax-rising reality: between 2019 and 2024 the Conservatives delivered the largest rise in tax as a share of GDP of any postwar parliament (3.3%, equivalent to more than £3,000 per household). Higher taxes should mean more pressure for fair taxes – to maintain public consent for paying in. […]
Stay informed on all the biggest stories in Formula One. Sign up here to receive the Prime Tire newsletter in your inbox every Tuesday and Friday. What do you want to be when you grow up? An astronaut chef. A jet pilot. A dancer. A racing driver. Children’s imaginations run wild, and these dreams can sometimes seem […]
10 minutes ago By Mark Simpson, BBC News NI Community Correspondent BBC Leo Varadkar said preparations needs to be stepped up for a possible end to the border The former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said the next Irish government should push harder for a united Ireland. Speaking at an Ireland’s Future event in Belfast, he said there […]
The campaigner and former sub-postmaster, Alan Bates, was at the public inquiry into the Post Office scandal when he received the news that he was to be knighted in the King’s Birthday Honours. He had travelled from his home in Llandudno to hear former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells give evidence, breaking her near-decade long […]
During Apple’s showcase this week for new artificial intelligence and other software, one company employee after another strode into view and assumed the position: standing with legs spread and toes pointing out. This Apple Stance — as it was dubbed by a private group chat on X, according to one participant — looked awkward when […]
1 day ago By Steven McIntosh, Entertainment reporter Cowles Filmmaker Duncan Cowles says the idea of the “old-fashioned man” is still a “seductive idea” to some The topic of male mental health has received much more prominence in the last decade – something many would argue is long overdue. But while the high rates of male suicide […]
Fasano, Italy – This year’s G7 summit bore the hallmarks of a fragile club, yet one that still manages to put up a good fight when it comes to shielding Western interests. On Saturday, the leaders of what were once the wealthiest countries in the world concluded the three-day G7 summit in Borgo Egnazia, a […]