Nick Beake Europe correspondent Anadolu via Getty Images For the protesters waving Palestinian flags outside EU buildings in Brussels, it was the moment that everything might change. An EU report presented to foreign ministers had found there were indications Israel had breached human rights obligations under the EU-Israel Association Agreement, ahead of Thursday’s European Union...
Victoria Cook & Jess Warren BBC News BBC David Lopez Ibanez said the theft of his violin was “a musician’s worst nightmare” “An instrument to a musician is way more than an object, it’s more of a companion,” says classical violinist David Lopez Ibanez, whose 18th Century violin was stolen in February. The instrument, which...
Investigators have recovered the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from the crashed Air India flight, a key step in uncovering what caused last week’s deadly accident. The London-bound Air India aircraft, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, crashed soon after taking off on Thursday from the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. At least 270 people have been killed,...
The autobiography of Gloucestershire & England cricketer, David ‘Syd’ Lawrence. Read full article at source...
Jamie Russell BBC Scotland News BBC Gayanne Potter claims recordings of her voice were used unknowingly to train an artificial Scottish speaker called Iona A woman who believes her voice has been used to create ScotRail’s new AI-generated announcement system is calling for it to be removed from trains. ScotRail recently introduced a synthetic Scottish...
When George Sephton first took on stadium announcer duties at Liverpool the club had won seven league titles but had yet to taste success in European football. However, on Sunday, ‘the Voice of Anfield’ will step down after more than five decades, when the Reds host Crystal Palace and lift the Premier League trophy to...
Mainstream right-libertarianism has a long history of tending to prioritize what Albert O. Hirschman called “exit” (i.e., the ability to escape governance through relocation or circumvention) over “voice” (having a say in the governance process that one lives under). Now, there’s nothing wrong with the notion of exit as such. Under an oppressive state, as...
BBC Newsround’s presenter Ricky Boleto speaks to Melanie Zanetti – the voice actor who plays the mum, Chilli, in the popular children’s cartoon series Bluey. The show on CBeebies follows the daily adventures of a family of dogs called the Heeler family. A new 28-minute episode called The Sign, which is the programme’s longest-ever episode,...
Afghanistan-born footballer Nadia Nadim says she wants to represent women “who don’t have access and a voice” when she takes part in this year’s Soccer Aid. Nadim fled Afghanistan for Europe with her mother and four sisters when she was 11 after her father was executed by the Taliban. She took up football at a...
There’s still time to share your views on the final draft of Exeter’s new Corporate Plan 2025-2028. This important document sets out what the council wants to achieve in the years ahead and how it will deliver its vision for a happy, healthy and fully engaged city in the future. It will replace the existing...