King Charles III began his Throne Speech in Canada, which was intended to be a rebuke of Donald Trump’s push to make Canada the 51st state (a supremely bad idea, by the way, although it almost certainly is a troll), began with a land acknowledgment, which amounts to saying that Great Britain stole Canada away...
Alex Green BBC News, Devon West Dartmoor Mission Community The church mission has thanked people for sharing its appeal far and wide A hand-carved wooden eagle stolen from a church in Devon has been returned. The sculpture was sawn off a lectern at St Paul’s in Yelverton on Monday evening, the Reverend Andrew Thomas said....
Emily Wood BBC News, Devon BBC Dr Catherine Ross from the Met Office in Exeter has researched how the weather forecast was shared during World War Two With the outbreak of World War Two in 1939, daily weather forecasts, which had been broadcast on the BBC since 1923, had to stop. The forecasts put together...
Emma Saunders Culture reporter Getty Images Actress Cate Blanchett has said she wants to quit acting to do other things, joining a long line of big Hollywood stars who gave up the red carpets for a different lifestyle. The 55-year-old is seen as one of the most talented and bankable actresses in film, but she...
Tom Edgington, Lucy Gilder & Rob England BBC Verify PA Media Sir Keir Starmer has highlighted his government efforts to tackle illegal immigration, saying: “We’ve returned more than 24,000 people who have no right to be here.” He was speaking at an international summit in London aimed at tackling people-smuggling gangs. The Home Office has...