This story was originally published by Capital & Main. Every year brings its own unique challenges for California farmers: water shortages, fires, finding laborers to do the work, bureaucrats in Sacramento adding new requirements and fees, and more. But the second term of President Donald Trump has made this year very different. As part of...
On Saturday night Lady Gaga performed for her biggest audience ever, two million people on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro. However, the evening could have ended in disaster for the huge crowds in Brazil. Police said they thwarted a bomb attack that was planned to take place at the concert. The BBC’s Mimi Swaby...
Manning’s appointment as head coach in November 2023 was not universally welcomed by fans, following the controversial sacking of Nigel Pearson. At 39, Manning is a young coach who has worked his way up the ranks from West Ham’s academy, to coaching in Belgium, managing League Two MK Dons and was at then League One...
Of all the reasons to start supporting a football club very few can compare with the story of one Argentine’s love for Bradford City. The then 10-year-old Ivo Soboleosky could have no idea that tuning in to see the Bantams’ stunning 4-2 FA Cup win at Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea in 2015 would lead to a...
Ottilie Mitchell and Tiffanie Turnbull BBC News, Sydney Annelise Rees The remote Heard and McDonald Islands haven’t been visited by humans in almost a decade Two tiny, remote Antarctic outposts populated by penguins and seals are among the obscure places targeted by the Trump administration’s new tariffs. Heard and McDonald Islands – a territory which...
Woad was back in Scotland for last year’s Women’s Open, which was held over the Old Course in St Andrews. She had missed the cut at the US Women’s Open and Evian Championship but arrived in Fife in buoyant mood for her fourth major. Woad would be in contention all week and finish joint 10th...