‘Mohamed Al Fayed would be enraged if he could see us now’
BBC/Graham Hodson Minutes before Jen is about to appear, composed and resolute, on live TV to an audience of millions, she is vomiting in the studio’s toilets. She and four…
Who are the candidates and what’s at stake?
AFP Ghana is due to get a new president after December’s election. The current vice-president, Mahamudu Bawumia, and a former head of state, John Mahama, are the two leading candidates…
Was India’s top judge an icon or a pushover?
Getty Images Justice Chandrachud retired as India’s 50th chief justice on Sunday How will history judge my tenure? That’s a question Dhananjay Yashwant Chandrachud, who retired as India’s 50th chief…
Echoes of Wisdom devs talk about how they made the new Nintendo game
Nintendo Echoes of Wisdom is the first Nintendo-published game to star Princess Zelda Princess Zelda is one of Nintendo’s best-known characters, but she’d never starred in one of its games…
NHS offers ‘improved’ stop-smoking pill varenicline
The NHS will start offering an “improved” stop smoking pill to tens of thousands of people in England who want to quit cigarettes. Varenicline, a daily tablet given over a…
Is it worth making your home more energy efficient?
Simon Duffy Getting good advice on making your house more energy efficient is not easy says Simon Duffy When Simon Duffy gets another energy bill, his heart sinks. “It’s madly…
Jan 6 rioters expect Trump will keep pardon promise
Reuters Out of all of Donald Trump’s supporters, Derrick Evans has a particular reason to be happy with November’s election results – he hopes the president-elect will give him a…
How will the ‘border tsar’ approach immigration?
Watch: New ‘border tsar’ Tom Homan discusses his approach Veteran immigration official Tom Homan will be in charge of the country’s borders following Trump’s inauguration in January. With a decades-long…
Siemens Gamesa factory in Hull wins £1bn wind turbine contract
A Hull factory will supply wind turbine blades for Scottish Power in a contract worth more than £1bn. Siemens Gamesa will manufacture the blades for 64 turbines, which will be…
Assisted dying bill has strict safeguards, MP Kim Leadbeater says
Reuters Labour MP Kim Leadbeater says the UK’s current law is not fit for purpose Terminally ill adults who are expected to die within six months would be able to…