BBC News He has “smashed” his target this time by bringing in more than £160,000 so far from his climb of the highest peak in Africa. The rapper says he was able to handle the altitude and physical elements of the hike, which others in his group struggled with. But the “big mental challenge” was […]
BBC News A further 55,000 people have been evacuated from six towns in France, as wildfires which have caused devastation across the country pick up pace. The most recent evacuations took place in towns to the south of Bordeaux, in the Gironde region. Wildfires have raged across Europe over the past week, primarily France and […]
BBC News The family of a 20-year-old man who died in a crash on the A27 have paid tribute to his generosity after his organ donation helped save seven lives. Edward Pearce, known as Bunty, from Heathfield in East Sussex, was travelling to work when he suffered fatal injuries in a crash near Pevensey on […]
BBC News “I meet too many people who retire and they are sitting around waiting to expire,” he says. “You don’t know how much time you have been given, so therefore you need to try and ensure you are less dependent on other people.” His message is that wellbeing is important to everyone, “it’s just […]
BBC News On Friday evening, some of the Liverpool squad took the short walk from their hotel in downtown Nashville to Broadway – the famous entertainment district here in the state of Tennessee. Szoboszlai, who was among that group, certainly took some inspiration. Wearing the armband after coming on at half-time and picking up from […]
BBC News Burnham said: “My strength is remaining close to people, close to the public, that will not change as prime minister.” Asked if he would call out Trump if it was the right thing, he said, “of course”, going on to say: “You have to defend your own national interest before anything else. That’s […]
BBC News In an exclusive interview with the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg, Andy Burnham explicitly dismissed the idea of an early general election, saying “I’m going to rule it out… I don’t think people want it.” Explaining his decision, the new prime minister suggested the majority of the electorate “voted for a manifesto” in the last […]
BBC News New Bell – a notorious prison in Douala, Cameroon – is a city within a city. The facility has its own “taxis” (inmates who whizz through congested courtyards on foot to hand deliver messages), its own law enforcement (burly prisoners who help stretched guards police the facility) and market (a string of stalls […]
