Zambia’s foreign minister has warned diplomats against interfering in the country’s affairs, days after the US ambassador raised concerns about the “systematic theft” of drugs donated to the southern African state. Mulambo Haimbe said there was an “increasing tendency” by envoys to ignore diplomatic channels, and this could undermine the “spirit of mutual respect”. He...
Helen Bushby Culture reporter Getty Images Kara Weipz learned from a news report her brother had died in the 1988 Lockerbie plane bombing Richard Monetti was aged just 20 when he was flying home to New York from London for the Christmas holidays, after studying abroad as one of 35 students from Syracuse University. But...
Getty Images Brad Arnold, the singer with US rock band 3 Doors Down, has revealed he has been diagnosed with stage four kidney cancer. The 46-year-old said in an Instagram video that he has “clear cell renal carcinoma that had metastasised into my lung”, adding: “And that’s stage four, and that’s not real good.” The...
City’s first appearance in the Championship play-offs since 2008 – when they lost in the final to Dean Windass-inspired Hull – has also been achieved without the same level of individual goal threat as their rivals. Anis Mehmeti is top scorer with 12 but has not found the target since 8 March, while the only...
Sir John Curtice Professor of politics at the University of Strathclyde BBC There is no doubt that Reform performed well in Thursday’s local council elections. The party won most votes, most seats and overall control of most councils. True, the party’s share of the votes cast across all 23 councils where elections took place on...
Donald Trump raised the matter of making Canada the US’s 51st state in a March call with Prime Minister Mark Carney, the Liberal Party leader acknowledged. The two men spoke on 28 March, the first week of the Canadian election season, but Carney had not previously shared this detail of the call, according to the...
Just two days before his procedure, and no more than a fortnight after finding the lump, Koutroumbis was informed of the news that would change his life. His devastated mother was in the room with him. From that point on, he made sure he was the “strongest one” in his family. “It was a bit...
AFP François Bayrou told reporters it was unbearable for him as a father that the abuse took place and was not known about French Prime Minister François Bayrou says his eldest daughter’s revelation that she was among children who were abused at a Roman Catholic school “stabs him to the heart as a father”. Hélène...
Steven McIntosh Entertainment reporter Getty Images Paapa Essiedu, Janet McTeer and Nick Frost will portray Severus Snape, Minerva McGonagall and Hagrid for a new TV generation Nick Frost, Paapa Essiedu, Janet McTeer and Paul Whitehouse will appear in the forthcoming Harry Potter TV series, US network HBO has confirmed. Frost has been cast as Hagrid,...
Alison Francis Senior Science Journalist Atlantic Productions/Magellan The digital scan shows the bow sitting upright on the sea floor A detailed analysis of a full-sized digital scan of the Titanic has revealed new insight into the doomed liner’s final hours. The exact 3D replica shows the violence of how the ship ripped in two as...
The Duchess of Sussex has revealed she suffered a “rare and scary” medical condition after giving birth to one of her children. In the first episode of her new podcast, Confessions of a Female Founder, Meghan said she was diagnosed with post-partum pre-eclampsia following childbirth. She described it as a “huge medical scare”, and said...
Catherine Lee BBC News, North East and Cumbria Historic England The paintings were created using a secco technique where pigments are applied to dry plaster Rare 16th Century wall paintings have been revealed at a former Tudor hunting lodge. The Grotesque-style images were found behind failing plasterwork at The Ashes, in Inglewood Forest, near Ivegill,...
Anna Meisel & Paul Kenyon BBC File On 4 Investigates Getty Images The Environment Agency (EA) has launched a comprehensive review into shipments of waste tyres from the UK to India. Last week, BBC File on 4 Investigates heard that millions of these tyres – sent for recycling – were actually being “cooked” in makeshift...
Tamasin Ford BBC Global Disinformation Unit and Africa Eye Undercover footage shows Dr Kelvin Alaneme explaining how he sells UK jobs to foreign nationals Recruitment agents who scam foreign nationals applying to work in the UK care sector have been exposed by BBC secret filming. One of the rogue agents is a Nigerian doctor who...
Devon County Council has revealed the perilous state of its finances in its final annual budget before the local elections in May, with its Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND) children’s services spending “now having a significant impact on cash balances”. Its service delivery budget will increase by 5.9% from £743 million 2024-25 to £784...