Bayeux Museum It will be the first time that the tapestry has been shown in the UK since it was made, almost 1000 years ago The Bayeux Tapestry is returning to the UK more than 900 years after its creation, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has confirmed. The 70m-long masterpiece, which tells...
BBC There are extraordinary secret surveillance images – now largely forgotten – that in their own grainy and mysterious way, tell the story of missed opportunities that maybe, just maybe, could have stopped the horrific suicide attacks that took place in London 20 years ago. They are images of the ringleader of the 7/7 bombings...
Lynton Town Hall is celebrating its 125th anniversary in spectacular style. To mark the milestone, the community of Lynton and Lynmouth, in north Devon, has transformed the town hall with a breathtaking display of handcrafted decorations. Thousands of knitted, crocheted and sewn flowers, leaves, animals and insects now adorn the building, recreating its original Victorian...
It’s a night that thousands of music fans have been waiting for: Oasis has finally returned to the stage after 16 years. The Gallagher brothers reunited on Thursday for their first gig since famously breaking up in 2009. Cardiff’s Principality Stadium hosted Noel and Liam Gallagher’s highly-anticipated show, with their set kicking off at 20:15...
Pop star Katy Perry and actor Orlando Bloom have officially confirmed they have split, US media outlets say, six years after getting engaged. The couple have been romantically linked since 2016 and have a four-year-old daughter. A joint statement said “representatives have confirmed that Orlando and Katy have been shifting their relationship over the past...
When he joined Williams in 2022 – as a replacement for George Russell when his friend moved to Mercedes – it was something of a lifeline. His had been a circuitous route to F1. A childhood karting rival of Verstappen, Russell and Leclerc, for a long time it looked as if F1 might pass Albon...
Gary Woodland will be part of his first Ryder Cup in September – two years after undergoing brain surgery. It will be in a non-playing role, with United States captain Keegan Bradley naming the 41-year-old as his fifth and final vice-captain for the 45th Ryder Cup, which will take place at the Bethpage Black course...
French journalists’ unions on Tuesday called on Algeria to release a French football writer who has been jailed for seven years for supporting terrorism. Christophe Gleizes, who is 36, was sentenced on Sunday, after being found guilty of holding exchanges with a proponent of self-determination for Algeria’s Kabyle minority. The journalist, who specialises in African...
UK house prices saw their biggest monthly fall for more than two years in June, according to mortgage lender Nationwide. Prices fell by 0.8% last month, the biggest monthly decline since February 2023, which the building society said may reflect weaker demand following the changes to stamp duty in April. Over the year, prices were...
Rosie Blunt & Hsin-Yi Lo BBC News, South East PA Media Sarah Payne was eight-years-old when she was abducted and murdered by Roy Whiting Sarah Payne was just eight years old when she was abducted while playing near her grandparents home on 1 July 2000. Her body was found 17 days later, several miles away...
Stephen Ireland was the co-founder a Surrey Pride, a pro LGBT group launched in 2018. He used that position to repeatedly attack J.K. Rowling as a hateful “TERF” over several years. Today, Ireland was convicted of raping a child and sentenced to 30 years in prison. His then-boyfriend was also convicted. A man has been...
Sarah Rainsford Eastern and Southern Europe correspondent EPA Sergei Tikhanovsky was so ematiated after his release that even his daughter didn’t recognise him Sergei Tikhanovsky has barely spoken for more than five years. All that time he was held in solitary confinement in a high security Belarusian prison for daring to stand up to a...
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Alex Bish South East Investigations Team Jonathan Fagg BBC England Data Unit PA Media The specialist national team the NTRG was deployed 44% more in 2024 compared with 2022 There has been a sharp increase in the number of times a specialist team that deals with serious incidents in prisons has been deployed in England...
New Zealand all-rounder Jimmy Neesham is set for his first red-ball game since 2022 after being named in Durham’s squad for their County Championship match away to Surrey. Neesham’s last four-day game was for Northamptonshire against Kent three years ago, with him exclusively playing white-ball cricket since. He was signed by Durham for their T20...