Last month, the Golden Globes drew 10.1 million viewers. No, wait, maybe 9.3 million. The very same night, “Sunday Night Football” attracted 28.5 million people. Scratch that, perhaps it was 25.8 million. The “Yellowstone” finale? Possibly 11 million — or 8 million? Ratings have long been the currency of the TV business, helping to determine […]
Archie Farmer BBC News, Devon Reuters The Pilgrims progressed to the fifth round of the competition after a 1-0 win Plymouth Argyle fans are celebrating after their side beat Premier League leaders Liverpool in the FA Cup. Comedian and Argyle fan Josh Widdicombe said: “Suddenly people want to talk about Plymouth Argyle for the first […]
The US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has been told to stop minting one-cent coins, or pennies as they are widely called, by US President Donald Trump in an announcement on his Truth Social media account. “Let’s rip the waste out of our great nations budget, even if it’s a penny at a time,” Trump’s post […]
Sinead has lived in her flat in Brighton since 2020 “I fear for his health because I know once it comes back, his health starts to deteriorate all over again,” says Sinead as she shows us the mould staining the walls of the flat she shares with her son. When she and five-year-old Aziyah moved […]
In Washington, Elon Musk has been at the forefront of Trump administration efforts to gut programs designed to promote diversity. At the same time, Tesla, the electric car company that Mr. Musk leads, has in recent days, with little notice, tried to appease critics who have accused the company of racial discrimination. In a little-noticed […]
To many Chinese, DeepSeek’s success is a victory for China’s education system, proof that it equals that of the United States or has even surpassed it. The core team of developers and scientists behind DeepSeek, the Chinese start-up that has jolted the A.I. world, all attended university in China, according to the company’s founder. That’s […]
Adrienne Murray Business reporter BBC Like a third of Norwegian motorists, Ståle Fyen now drives an electric car Norway is the world leader when it comes to the take up of electric cars, which last year accounted for nine out of 10 new vehicles sold in the country. Can other nations learn from it? For […]
Guy Hedgecoe Business reporter Reporting fromSegovia, central Spain Getty Images Spain attracts the second highest number of overseas visitors after France It’s a chilly mid-winter afternoon in Segovia, in central Spain, and tourists are gathered at the foot of the city’s Roman aqueduct, gazing up at its famous arches and taking selfies. Many of the […]
BBC Ellie Newport had a number of suspensions during her school years Park House in Grimsby teaches some of the area’s most disruptive students. It’s known as the “naughty school” because the majority of its 63 pupils have either been permanently excluded or were at risk of suspension previously. But, as the BBC discovered, it’s […]
US president’s executive order provides resettlement for Afrikaners ‘who are victims of unjust racial discrimination’. United States President Donald Trump’s offer to rehouse white South Africans as refugees fleeing persecution may not spur quite the rush he anticipates, as right-wing white lobby groups want to “tackle the injustices” of Black majority rule on home soil. […]