Paul Glynn Culture reporter Getty Images Ipswich punk-rap duo Bob Vylan grabbed the headlines at Glastonbury Festival over the weekend, but for many readers, the name might be a new one. Organisers of the festival said they were “appalled” after frontman Bobby Vylan led a crowd in chants of “death, death to the IDF [Israel...
Controversial changes to the statutes of Formula 1’s governing body the FIA have been passed by members despite a warning the organisation is in a “dark period of democratic backsliding”. Austria’s national motoring club, the OAMTC, criticised the statute changes in a letter to the FIA World Council for Automobile Mobility and Tourism (WCAMT) sent...
Miles Davis BBC Devon political reporter BBC Jess Bailey said the fight to stop the quarry plans had been a “David and Goliath battle” A controversial plan to create an industrial quarry on farmland in Devon has been shelved after 10 years of planning battles. Aggregate Industries wanted to build a quarry on the 100-acre...
Matt Murphy & Kevin Nguyen BBC Verify BBC The masked and armed security contractor atop a dirt mound watches thousands of Palestinians who have been kettled into narrow lanes separated by fences below. He makes a heart shape with his hands and the crowd responds – the fence begins to bend as they push against...
Skittles in the US are no longer being made with titanium dioxide, a colour additive that was banned in the European Union in 2022 over possible health risks. Sweets giant Mars said it had stopped using the ingredient in its US Skittles portfolio at the end of last year. The move follows years of criticism...
The head of an organisation set up to distribute aid in Gaza as part of a controversial Israel-backed plan has resigned, saying it could not work in a way that adhered to “humanitarian principles”. Jake Wood quit the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) late on Sunday, saying it would not be able to fulfil the principles...
Marinakis is the founder and chairman of Capital Maritime & Trading Corp, an international shipping company, and was voted Greek Shipping Personality of the Year by British publication Lloyd’s List in 2017. He has also invested in the media and his company, Alter Ego Media, bought two of Greece’s best known daily newspapers – Ta...
Romanians will try again to elect a new president today, six months after the first attempt ended in scandal and confusion. A radical outsider with mystical leanings, Calin Georgescu, came first on 24 November, but that result was annulled over allegations of campaign fraud and Russian interference. In February, US Vice President JD Vance sharply...
Miles Davis BBC Devon political reporter BBC Plans to bring an electricity cable onshore at Saunton Sands in north Devon have been recommended for approval A controversial plan to bring an electricity cable from an offshore wind farm onshore at a Devon beauty spot has been recommended for approval by council officers. White Cross offshore...
Ben King Business reporter Getty Images Doug Barrowman pictured with his wife Michelle Mone One of Prince Andrew’s prized business assets was administered for two years by a company controlled by the controversial millionaire Doug Barrowman, the BBC can reveal. After the prince’s disastrous Newsnight interview in 2019, legal ownership of his Dragon’s Den-style start-up...
Donald Trump has signed a controversial executive order aimed at stepping up deep-sea mining within US and in international waters. Thursday’s order is the latest issued by the US president to try to increase America’s access to minerals used by the aerospace, green technology and healthcare sectors. The deep sea contains billions of tonnes of...
Paul Glynn Culture reporter BBC The statue was seen being unveiled with a new protective covering on Wednesday morning A controversial statue carved by the sculptor Eric Gill has been restored and is being unveiled outside the BBC’s London headquarters. The Grade II-listed statue was damaged in 2022 and 2023, when it was attacked by...
Coventry’s career has been intertwined with politics for years. In 2008, she accepted a $100,000 reward from Zimbabwe’s authoritarian leader president Robert Mugabe – given to her in a suitcase – for winning four medals at the Beijing Games. The gift came at a time of severe food shortages and inflation, and the swimmer announced...
Miles Davis BBC Devon political reporter Reuters A large solar park will be built on farmland in north Devon A controversial large solar park will now go ahead on farmland in north Devon. Plans for solar panels and a battery storage facility on an 80-acre site near Torrington were first refused by Torridge District Council...