Tag: bbc.com
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Four things the US wants from Canada on trade
With US-Canada trade talks still on hold, American officials have laid out their clearest demands yet for keeping free trade in place between the two countries. The list includes further opening the Canadian dairy market to US farmers, and overhauling an online streaming law that the US says “discriminates” against American tech and media firms.…
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Plans to turn old Inverness hospital building into a hotel
Plans have been submitted to convert a historic Georgian hospital building in Inverness into a hotel. The Royal Northern Infirmary by the River Ness was most recently used as offices by the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) but has been lying empty for the last two years. Developer C J Hospitality has applied…
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Giant cloth art celebrates town’s story
The Chewits mascot, Hairy Biker Dave Myers and a famous seabird are all replicated in an artwork celebrating a town. A collection of 80 images, representing all things Barrow in Cumbria, have been printed on fabric, known as a toile de Jouy. Artists Karen Evans and Maddy Humberstone created the giant cloth artwork with Theatre…
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Waterloo Road actor William Rush dies aged 31
Waterloo Road actor William Rush has died aged 31, his family has announced. Rush played schoolboy Josh Stevenson in the BBC One drama, appearing in 168 episodes between 2009 and 2013. As a child actor, he also appeared in Grange Hill and Shameless, and later went on to roles in Casualty and Vera. His mother,…
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UK to ban deepfake AI ‘nudification’ apps
The UK government says it will ban so-called “nudification” apps as part of efforts to tackle misogyny online. New laws – announced on Thursday as part of a wider strategy to halve violence against women and girls – will make it illegal to create and supply AI tools letting users edit images to seemingly remove…
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Will pre-Christmas interest rate cut be enough to boost UK economy next year?
The future of the economy can sometimes be seen in minor gestures of a Bank of England governor, such as the arch of his eyebrows. So what to make of Andrew Bailey sporting a rather exuberant festive tie full of Christmas trees at the moment he delivered his so-called “Santa cut”? It probably means nothing.…
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Trump Media to merge with fusion energy firm in $6bn deal
The firm behind President Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform is merging with a Google-backed energy company in a deal valued at more than $6bn (£4.4bn). Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) and TAE Technologies announced the plans on Thursday in a joint statement, which said the move would “create one of the world’s first publicly…
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Bondi bravery: Lifeguards, a ‘superhero’ mum and a couple who died fighting
When bullets began flying at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday, strangers Wayne and Jessica found themselves in the same nightmare scenario. They couldn’t find their three-year-olds. In the chaos, separately, they desperately scanned the green. People who’d gathered to celebrate the first day of Hanukkah screamed and ducked. Others ran. Some didn’t make it far.…
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Boys to be sent on courses to tackle misogyny in schools
Teachers will be given training to spot and tackle misogyny in the classroom, while high-risk pupils could be sent on behavioural courses as part of the government’s long-awaited strategy to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) in the next decade. The plans for schools in England – which focus on preventing the radicalisation of…
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French police capture teen who escaped prison using bed sheets
A 19-year-old who escaped from a French prison in November has been arrested, authorities have told the BBC. Yanik Touoibati Chaduli, along with a 32-year-old man, had fled a prison in the eastern city of Dijon. They sawed through cell bars and climbed down a wall using bed sheets, according to local media. The prosecutor’s…