Jayne McCormack BBC News NI political correspondent PA Images Storm Éowyn brought down trees and damaged power lines across Northern Ireland Some customers in Northern Ireland could have to wait up to another fortnight to have their internet and phone connectivity restored after Storm Éowyn, a Stormont politician has said. DUP assembly member Deborah Erskine […]
Since its debut in 1986, the TAG Heuer Formula 1 collection has embodied the spirit of high-performance racing. The original model introduced a new generation to Swiss watchmaking with its bold colours and forward-thinking design. Nearly 40 years later, the collection remains a favourite among enthusiasts, evolving with cutting-edge materials and engineering advancements. The latest […]
Mark Savage Music Correspondent Paul Glynn Entertainment reporter Getty Images The pony didn’t win any awards, but it did win our hearts Sunday night saw Beyonce and Kendrick Lamar win big at the Grammy Awards, which was dedicated to fundraising for wildfire relief efforts in Los Angeles. It also saw plenty of memorable performances, impassioned […]
You wonder what went through the mind of Alaves’ left-back, Manu Sanchez, three minutes into the game against Barcelona at Montjuic yesterday. Lamine Yamal, the player who Sanchez was assigned to mark for the next 87 minutes or so of his life, had dribbled past him and four other team-mates in practically his first involvement […]
In early February 2020, China locked down more than 50 million people, hoping to hinder the spread of a new coronavirus. No one knew at the time exactly how it was spreading, but Lidia Morawska, an expert on air quality at Queensland University of Technology in Australia, did not like the clues she managed to […]
Spain’s World Cup winner Jenni Hermoso testified in the trial of former football federation boss Luis Rubiales on Monday, saying the kiss that triggered a national “Me Too” moment “ruined one of the happiest days of my life.” The 34-year-old forward was the first witness to appear at Madrid’s high court, with Rubiales, 47, accused […]
Evan Williams did not want to start another start-up. He had already enjoyed the kind of rare, unfathomable success most entrepreneurs only dream of, starting tech companies that made products used by millions — the early blogging site Blogger, the social media giant Twitter, the publishing platform Medium. Along the way, Mr. Williams had grappled […]
Barcelona suffered their first defeat in Liga F this season. Oscar J. Barroso/Europa Press via Getty Images Another weekend of women’s football is in the books and there were a few surprises, a few surprises that nearly came off, and a belter or two. The big news came from Spain’s Liga F where, after a season […]
Kevin Keane BBC Scotland’s environment correspondent BBC The banks of Loch Long at Arrochar are strewn with plastics from the River Clyde At the head of beautiful Loch Long in Argyll sits one of Scotland’s biggest plastic problems. A combination of prevailing winds and the rotation of the earth drive litter up the loch to […]
Peter Harmsen Journalist and author of Fury and Ice: Greenland, the United States and Germany in World War II Reporting fromCophenhagen BBC On a hill above Nuuk’s cathedral stands a 7ft statue of the protestant missionary Hans Egede. He had reopened Greenland’s link with Northern Europe in the early 1700s and laid the groundwork for […]