Tag: bbc.com
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Strictly Come Dancing: YouTube creator John Nellis to compete
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/0833/live/5a58e640-b96f-11f1-b1d1-571ed4d7ff2c.jpg”] BBC/PA Social media star John Nellis has been paired with Katya Jones in this year’s series of Strictly Come Dancing. Away from his day job of interviewing the likes of Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappé, John Nellis has taken to a different discipline to showcase his talents. The social media star, from…
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Rui Pinto: The hacker who tried to take down Manchester City
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/35d3/live/b39074f0-f4ed-11ef-896e-d7e7fb1719a4.jpg”] Sport Insight The computer hacker who tried to take down Man City Published3 hours ago Image source, AFP ByLaura Scott, Sports news correspondent, Sarah Dawkins, BBC Sport Senior Journalist and Patrick Nathanson , BBC Sport Mention Rui Pinto’s name to Manchester City fans outside Etihad Stadium, and you mostly get blank faces. But while they might not know…
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Did Facebook help or hinder search for missing Corrie Mckeague?
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/906e/live/8c6777a0-b686-11f1-97fb-8d66d3951490.png”] Supplied Corrie Mckeague disappeared 10 years ago after a night out Desperate for answers after the disappearance of her son, Nicola Urquhart went online and set up a Find Corrie Facebook page – little did she know how big it would become. RAF gunner Corrie Mckeague, 23, went missing on 24 September…
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The Lost Children of Tuam: Liam Neeson involved in new movie revealing story behind babies discovery
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/bb6e/live/1070f570-b8d1-11f1-ad1f-538855f30ba1.jpg”] Enda Bowe Catherine Corless is played by English actor Monica Dolan in the film The story of the amateur historian whose research helped uncover the Tuam babies scandal is being brought to the big screen, with the help of actor Liam Neeson. The Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home institution for unmarried…
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White House bars CNN from travelling with Trump on Air Force One
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/4476/live/87b5fae0-b962-11f1-b1d1-571ed4d7ff2c.jpg”] PA CNN had been scheduled to fly with Trump on Air Force One Broadcaster CNN has been barred from travelling with US President Donald Trump on Air Force One for a trip to Tennessee on Saturday. The move is the latest in a battle between the White House and the media after…
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Brazil’s Lula bans online gambling ahead of presidential election
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/c10f/live/bf3283b0-b95a-11f1-b4ff-03f89ad0727d.jpg”] Reuters Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announcing new economic measures in São Paulo Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has announced a ban on online gambling, just days before an election in which he is seeking a fourth term as the country’s leader. Lula, who is running against the son of…
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TikTok to pay $100m, limit daily child usage in Alabama settlement
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/0514/live/9c315500-b935-11f1-9f63-299d77d07e85.jpg”] Getty TikTok has become one of the most popular social media platforms in the world. TikTok and its parent company ByteDance will pay the US state of Alabama $100m (£75.45m) and make a series of changes to restrict children’s usage in the state as part of a lawsuit settlement. The deal was…
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Ethiopia fighting: Are Tigray’s TPLF forces and the army heading back to war?
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/058e/live/a94bfae0-b905-11f1-b1d1-571ed4d7ff2c.jpg”] Reuters Tigrayan forces have been patrolling the streets of Tigray’s capital, Mekelle, this week Fighting has erupted in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray between regional forces and the national army. Tigray residents, who have been trying to recover from a brutal two-year war that ended in 2022, fear a return to full-scale…
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‘Indie and punk music made me feel I was betraying my race’
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/e942/live/6b417a00-b800-11f1-97e1-83bf52ec4acd.jpg”] Anna-Rose McChesney A new book by musician and author Stephanie Phillips sets out the history of black people and alternative music Growing up in Wolverhampton, Stephanie Phillips says she was initially pretty much into the same chart music as her friends. But alongside TLC, Aaliyah and Destiny’s Child, she developed a passion…
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Classy or classist? How bare nails became a hot issue
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/942b/live/73fb0ed0-8cd2-11f1-a7ab-8b30adf0800a.jpg”] Getty Images In recent months, Paloma Buddemeier has watched a stream of people walk into her nail salon with the goal of looking as if they’d never been there at all. “It’s crazy,” the owner of Wumman Spa in London says. These customers still get their nails filed, buffed, and trimmed. “You…