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When a friend of mine in PR sent me a review copy of a new book on the excavation of an ancient site outside Jerusalem, I was skeptical that I would have much to say about the book. The subject, while intellectually interesting, is not exactly in my wheelhouse. But, being a friend, I said...
Top military officials from India and Pakistan are due to speak later on Monday to discuss finer details of the ceasefire agreed between them on Saturday. The US-brokered ceasefire between the nuclear-armed neighbours appears to have held overnight after nearly four days of intense shelling and aerial incursions from both sides. On Saturday, President Donald...
Emily Anderson & Tom Oakley BBC News, Nottingham BBC Sharon and Wayne were on their way to work when Valdo Calocane carried out the attacks For Wayne Birkett and Sharon Miller, the morning of 13 June 2023 started like any other. They both, separately, got ready for work and caught buses into Nottingham city centre,...
Kevin Hay & Caroline Robinson BBC News, South West BBC Nora Hoskin was evacuated to Lanner near Redruth World War Two evacuees have told BBC South West about their experiences ahead of the 80th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe. Nora Hoskin, 94, said she had vivid memories of the day she...
Paul Adams BBC News, Jerusalem BBC Ex-spy boss Danny Yatom is among the thousands to have signed letters demanding an end to the Gaza war Israel’s war in Gaza grinds on, but opposition is growing. In recent weeks, thousands of Israeli reservists – from all branches of the military – have signed letters demanding that...
Phil McCann BBC North West Tonight Eleanor Lawson BBC News, West Midlands Cheshire Police Richard Burrows, 80, had admitted 47 sex abuse charges, before being convicted of 50 more offences A paedophile who spent almost three decades on the run left his victims with PTSD having destroyed their childhoods, a court heard. Richard Burrows is...
    Disdain for President Donald Trump translates into a refusal to accept reality if doing it gives Trump a political victory. Examples include, but are certainly not limited to, the continuing assertion that Trump, about Charlottesville, said some variation of, “There were good and bad white nationalists and neo-Nazis on both sides”;...
Kirk England BBC South West Environment Correspondent BBC Christine from Plymouth said she felt “very angry” her bill had increased because she did not have a water meter Disgruntled South West Water (SWW) customers have been speaking out after the utility company announced average customer bills for this year would go up by 28%. The...
Keir Starmer, Prime Minister of England and he of ‘Two Tier’ policing fame, has yet more dishonor to heap on what is supposed to be his British plate, although that is increasingly questionable. Early in his term (back in September 2024), the PM and his ruling party introduced something called ‘Respect Orders.’ Labour had always...
Vitaliy Shevchenko Russia editor, BBC Monitoring Getty Images A file photo shows a woman and child walking past a poster proclaiming “For Russia! For the President! For Sevastopol!” “Russians are trying to ban everything Ukrainian here: language, and also traditions. Even Ukrainian holidays are forbidden.” This is the sorrow and fear of a rarely heard...