Tag: bbc.com

  • BBC upholds complaints over Victoria Beckham slur on Have I Got News For You

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/66f1/live/5bcfd180-b840-11f1-aeab-cbd1b7662429.jpg”] BBC/Hat Trick Complaints about the broadcast of a swear word in connection with Victoria Beckham during an episode of BBC One’s Have I Got News For You have been upheld, the corporation’s executive complaints unit (ECU) has ruled. The show, from 7 November last year, hosted by comic and presenter Katherine Ryan,…

  • BBC News quiz of the week: How quickly did this six-year-old girl solve a Rubik’s Cube?

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/4184/live/f8591670-b8b7-11f1-b1d1-571ed4d7ff2c.jpg”] This week, the US and Denmark reached a deal over Greenland, Earl Spencer’s controversial book about Princess Diana was published, and Ed Sheeran apologised to fans for making “mistakes” after Macklemore was dropped from his tour for making pro-Palestinian remarks on stage. But how much attention did you pay to what else…

  • Making it as a musician: ‘Vital to make connections’ if you want to play a festival

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/bf9d/live/97259680-b830-11f1-b1d1-571ed4d7ff2c.jpg”] Getty Images Many artists set their aims of playing a festival As the festival season comes to an end, budding musicians may be wondering “how can I get on stage?”. Well the answers would be, do your homework, make connections and be involved in the “community”. That’s the advice industry professionals such…

  • Criticised AI mural of Bristol on Bedminster pub wall removed

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/1c09/live/43369b40-b82c-11f1-bc1f-3f186ca4140c.png”] A spokesperson for Punch Pubs & Co, which owns the pub, said the AI mural had only been a “temporary solution” A controversial mural which was generated by AI and plastered on the wall of a city pub has been removed. The vinyl sticker, which was put on the side of the…

  • 105-year-old investigated over murders at Nazi PoW camp in Germany

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/a1b2/live/b86b4a70-b811-11f1-a430-4d16ee157c41.jpg”] AP Thirty thousand Russian prisoners of war are buried at Stalag 326 in Senne German prosecutors are investigating a man aged 105 over allegations that he was an accessory to multiple counts of murder at a Nazi prisoner of war camp in World War Two. The suspect is alleged to have been…

  • Why did an OpenAI system hack Australia’s health system – and can it be stopped in the future?

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/c694/live/dc86c7a0-a870-11f1-bbad-43eaf67b94b6.jpg”] Watch: What you need to know about the OpenAI Australian government hack An OpenAI agent has gone “rogue” and “infiltrated” an Australian government website in what cyber-security experts are calling the first hack of its kind. But why did it take the government months to discover what happened – and could it…

  • Reported assaults on Britain’s rail services rise by more than a third

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/b070/live/bbedba70-b811-11f1-9172-17f860da9de7.jpg”] Getty Images Reports of violent incidents and harassment on rail services “rose substantially” last year, figures from the rail regulator show. Reported assaults, including physical and verbal, were up 36% in the year to March 2026 compared with the previous year, according to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). In total…

  • Poland says fire at Starlink station is sabotage as Denmark warns of rising Russian threat

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/34f4/live/bd885cd0-b7ff-11f1-97e1-83bf52ec4acd.jpg”] Telewizja Polska SA A fire at a Starlink satellite station in central Poland was a deliberate “act of sabotage”, a government minister has said. Polish Deputy Prime Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski said the fire in the Masovian Voivodeship province was “deliberately designed to disable the station… disrupting internet access for various institutions, including…

  • Rolls-Royce signs ‘multi-million’ engine deal

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/dc85/live/41e196b0-748d-11f1-bb8c-7bdd252343cb.jpg”] BBC The order includes both the engines and a maintenance package Rolls-Royce has moved forward with a deal to power a new fleet of Airbus long-haul jets for Philippine Airlines. The FTSE-100 firm will provide 18 engines for nine new Airbus A350-1000 aircraft in a deal worth “hundreds of millions of pounds”.…

  • Restored historic buildings make Scottish architecture shortlist

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/fb69/live/91486a80-b768-11f1-a7b2-f3bdba1cd194.jpg”] Angela Pritchard Judges said Tarlair Pool Pavilion’s restoration was “a magical project” Three projects to reuse and restore historic buildings are in the running for the award for best building in Scotland. The outdoor swimming pool pavilion in Macduff, Aberdeenshire, Paisley’s central library in Renfrewshire and Edinburgh Futures Institute made the shortlist…