Dominating Thursday’s front pages are pictures of the 80th anniversary of D-Day, and the veterans commemorating it. Under the headline “Eternally in their debt”, the Daily Express has a picture of 99-year-old veteran Peter Smoothy, standing on Juno Beach in Normandy. A picture of the Queen appears on the front of a number of the […]
Women’s eight: Heidi Long, Rowan McKellar, Holly Dunford, Emily Ford, Lauren Irwin, Eve Stewart, Hattie Taylor, Annie Campbell-Orde Men’s eight: Sholto Carnegie, Rory Gibbs, Morgan Bolding, Jacob Dawson, Charlie Elwes, Tom Digby, James Rudkin, Tom Ford Women’s four: Helen Glover, Esme Booth, Sam Redgrave, Rebecca Shorten Men’s four: Oli Wilkes, David Ambler, Matt Aldridge, Freddie […]
After Tony Blair swept to victory in 1997, his aides set out to establish who some of their new and unexpected Labour MPs actually were. Unlike them, Keir Starmer will have a clear idea. A group of his advisers led by his campaign chief, Morgan McSweeney, has maintained a vice-like grip on the selection of […]
50 minutes ago Hannah Ritchie,BBC News, Sydney BBC SunDrive’s Maia Schweizer thinks Australia has what it takes to become a solar panel manufacturing hub Hidden among thick bushland in the outer suburbs of southern Sydney sits an expansive facility housing a technological breakthrough. It’s here that Australian company SunDrive Solar makes its “special sauce”: a […]
CNSA China’s craft displayed the country’s flag after finishing its sampling mission – the first time any country has flown a flag on the far side of the moon China says its lunar probe has successfully taken off from the far side of the moon to begin its journey back to Earth carrying the first […]
Washington, DC – United States President Joe Biden has imposed new restrictions that would bar most migrants who cross the US southern border without authorisation from seeking asylum in the country. The White House announced the new measures on Tuesday, saying that the US “must secure” its borders. “These actions will be in effect when […]
Rodtang “The Iron Man” Jitmuangnon, ONE of ONE Championship’s most dominant fighters returns to the ring next week – and has promised to make opponent Denis Puric ‘know what hell on earth is like’. Now the 39-year-old has had his wish granted on the back of some impressive performances that have propelled him to the […]
BBC Seamus Breslin, from Friends of Derry City Cemetery, says he has witnessed several people dumping waste at the site Serious concerns have been raised over repeated illegal dumping at a cemetery in Londonderry. Derry City and Strabane District Council has appealed for an end to the continued dumping of waste material at the City […]
2 days ago Georgina Rannard,Laura Bicker A video captured Chang’e-6’s final approach to the Moon’s surface China says its uncrewed craft has successfully landed on the far side of the Moon – an unexplored place almost no-one tries to go. The Chang’e-6 touched down in the South Pole-Aitken Basin at 06:23 Beijing time on Sunday […]
2 hours ago Grace Parnell & Tom Airey,BBC Yorkshire Rob Burrow: The rugby legend’s final message A final message from rugby league legend and Motor Neurone Disease (MND) campaigner Rob Burrow urges people not to “waste a moment” of their lives. The speech was recorded for BBC documentary There’s Only One Rob Burrow, with the […]