Why there’s no song and dance around India’s killer air
Screengrab from Pink’s trailer Amitabh Bachchan wore a mask in some scenes in the 2016 Bollywood film Pink In the 2016 Bollywood hit Pink, a scene introducing Amitabh Bachchan’s character…
‘I twisted myself into a pretzel to please people’
BBC Lauren Mayberry: “A song can have terrible production but a great story, and I’ll listen to that all the live long day” Lauren Mayberry is a peacemaker. Since 2011,…
Unions pressure ministers to increase workers’ sick pay
The government is facing growing pressure from trade unions to increase Statutory Sick Pay (SSP). A total of 24 union leaders have written to the prime minister, concerned that Labour’s…
Citizen scientists in Timor-Leste help research
Drone footage of pygmy blue whales off Timor Leste coast For about two months each year, fisherman Faustino Mauloko da Cunha and his son Zacarias spend most of their days…
Patients of disgraced surgeon call reports a ‘whitewash’
BBC Images Families of children operated on by a disgraced surgeon have labelled independent reports into their care as a “whitewash” and a “final insult”. Yaser Jabbar, a former surgeon…
Patients of disgraced surgeon call reports a ‘whitewash’
BBC Images Families of children operated on by a disgraced surgeon have labelled independent reports into their care as a “whitewash” and a “final insult”. Yaser Jabbar, a former surgeon…
Someone impossible to buy for? Perhaps AI can help
Getty Images Could AI supersede traditional gift giving inspiration? Like many of us at this time of year, Josie Hughes wracks her brain to think of gifts for friends and…
Worshippers flee arson attack at Melbourne synagogue
Worshippers have been forced to flee an Australian synagogue after it was set on fire in what the prime minister has condemned as an “act of hate”. Firefighters were called…
‘PM drops pledges’ and NHS faces ‘quad-demic’
The prime minister’s “plan for change” speech setting out key benchmarks to judge the government on leads several front pages. But the Daily Telegraph says Sir Keir Starmer has “watered…
Police Scotland ditches plan to ban officer beards
Police Scotland has scrapped plans that would have seen many frontline officers and staff having to shave off facial hair. The clean-shaven policy was due to be introduced in May…