The UK’s Chief Rabbi has strongly criticised “the airing of vile Jew-hate at Glastonbury” after a live broadcast of Bob Vylan’s performance at the festival went out on the BBC, during which the band’s singer led the crowd in chants of “death, death to the IDF [Israel Defense Forces]”. Writing on X, Sir Ephraim Mirvis...
Kate Whannel Political reporter Robert Jenrick confronts ‘lawbreaking’ on the tube Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick has said he hopes his video of himself confronting fare evaders on the London Underground will “shame people into action”. Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live’s Matt Chorley, Jenrick said activities such as fare dodging along with graffiti and...
Andrew Harding Reporting fromParis, France BBC Rick (left) covered up the US flag logo on his baseball cap before venturing out in Paris Strolling in bright sunshine across the immaculately raked gravel of Paris’s Tuileries gardens, Barbara and Rick Wilson from Dallas, Oregon, were not exactly in disguise. But earlier that morning, on their very...