Sunderland pay-row elves say Grinch stole their Christmas
Amanda Walker Amanda Walker was owed more than £350 for her three elf shifts Elves who were owed hundreds of pounds by the organisers of a festive event said it…
Yorkshire attractions to get £30m in funding
Various culture projects across Yorkshire are set to receive million of pounds of government funding to boost jobs, tourism and regeneration. The “critical” funding includes £15m for the National Railway…
Could Musk damage OpenAI even if his $100bn bid for it fails?
OpenAI’s board of directors has officially rejected Elon Musk’s nearly $100bn offer for the maker of what is the world’s best-known artificial intelligence (AI) tool, ChatGPT. But the unsolicited bid…
How Trump’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ pledge is affecting other countries
Navin Singh Khadka Environment Correspondent, BBC World Service Getty Images Trump has said the US’s oil and gas will be sold all over the world The UN climate summit in…
Can Europe conjure a united front on Ukraine’s future?
Getty Images French President Emmanuel Macron will be hosting European leaders in Paris for urgent talks on Ukraine’s future Europe’s leaders are scrambling. Their hastily convened security summit in Paris…
The treasure trove of art worth billions ‘hidden’ in Tehran
Armen Nersessian BBC World Service Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images The collection includes Jackson Pollock’s Mural On Indian Red Ground It has been dubbed one of the world’s rarest treasure troves of…
At least nine dead in heavy rain
At least nine people have died over the weekend, as torrential downpours drenched parts of the south-eastern US, submerging roads and houses. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said eight people had…
Trump makes first Supreme Court appeal in test of his power to fire officials
Reuters Hampton Dellinger was fired in a one-sentence email this month President Donald Trump’s attempts to shrink the federal bureaucracy are heading to the Supreme Court, according to US media.…
Nine surprising facts about Indians in the US
Getty Images Indian asylum seekers from Gujarat await US border patrol after crossing into Arizona in 2024 Donald Trump has made the mass deportation of undocumented foreign nationals a key…
Eight highlights from the British film awards
Steven McIntosh Entertainment reporter at the Baftas Baftas 2025: Catch up on the big winners in 100 seconds With two major musicals in the awards race this year, it was…