British & European
BBC Europe
- Ukraine war: Market hit as Russians shell frontline city Slovyansk July 6, 2022Two people died in Russian strikes on Ukraine's eastern city of Slovyansk, local officials say.
- Ukraine war: The Russian woman rescued from a Kyiv bomb site July 5, 2022Russian-born Ekaterina Volkova was injured in an air strike on her apartment that killed her Ukrainian husband.
- Ukraine round-up: 'Massive' shelling and playing dead to survive July 5, 2022Russian artillery pounds Slovyansk in eastern Ukraine and surviving Russian brutality in Bucha.
- Drought emergency declared in northern Italy July 5, 2022The drought is threatening more than 30% of Italy's farm produce, an agricultural union warns.
- Suspected people smugglers arrested across Europe July 5, 2022"Biggest ever" operation targets criminal gang accused of smuggling people across the English Channel.
- Belgium reveals aid worker held for months in Iran July 5, 2022Olivier Vandecasteele's plight emerges as Belgian MPs are asked to back a prisoner swap treaty.
- Who are 'terrorists' Turkey wants from Sweden and Finland? July 5, 2022The BBC speaks to three people sought in return for support of Swedish and Finnish Nato membership.
- Drug smuggling: Underwater drones seized by Spanish police July 4, 2022Spanish police say it is the first time they have discovered this kind of unmanned submersible.
BBC UK
- Boris Johnson fights for political survival as he prepares to face MPs July 6, 2022The PM makes it clear he plans to stay after his chancellor and health secretary resign.
- Education: Integrated sector to get £2m in government funding July 6, 2022NI Secretary Brandon Lewis has previously said the demand for integrated education is not being met.
- Bereaved father wants access to child's social media July 6, 2022Mariano Janin believes daughter Mia saw bullying messages the night before she killed herself.
- Blind woman explains how guide running 'feels like flying' July 6, 2022Ruth Forrest is doing the Great North Run after discovering she could train with a partner.
- The Papers: Johnson 'on the brink' and 'battling for survival' July 6, 2022The resignation of Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid from Boris Johnson's government dominates headlines.
- A one-off Bob Dylan recording could sell for £1m July 5, 2022A new version of the star's 1960s classic Blowin' In The Wind is expected to make £1m at auction.
- Tech firms told to do better on child abuse images July 5, 2022The government is giving Ofcom extra powers to tackle child sexual abuse and exploitation content.
- Roe v Wade: How Norfolk's Sir Edward Coke was invoked in US abortion ruling July 5, 2022The lasting and occasionally peculiar legacy of one of England's most illustrious jurists.
The Guardian
- Nike and UK designer Martine Rose promote unsung heroes of women’s football July 6, 2022Ad campaign for trainers at start of Euro 2022 highlights women who overcame challengesIt’s taken long enough for women football players to reach the kind of prominence that their male counterparts have enjoyed for decades, but according to the cult London-based menswear designer Martine Rose, there is much more work to do. This week sees […]
- Families sue TikTok after girls died while trying ‘blackout challenge’ July 6, 2022Parents blame platform’s algorithms for choking deaths of eight- and nine-year-oldThe families of two young girls who allegedly died as a result of a viral TikTok challenge have sued the social media platform, claiming its “dangerous” algorithms are to blame for their children’s deaths.Parents of two girls who died in a 2021 “blackout challenge” on […]
- ‘Johnson on the brink’: what the papers said about Boris Johnson’s cabinet resignations July 6, 2022The front pages are almost unanimous in declaring that the prime minister’s time in No 10 could be up soonPolitics latest – liveAfter limping along in the wake of the Partygate investigation, multiple sex scandals and successive policy failures, Boris Johnson is approaching the endgame of his time in Downing Street, according to the papers.“On […]
- Daphne Caruana Galizia: suspect confesses to killing Maltese journalist July 5, 2022George Degiorgio says he would have asked for bigger payment for murder had he known more about victimOne of the men accused of detonating the car bomb that killed the anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has confessed to the crime and said he would have asked for a bigger fee for the murder had he […]
- Mona Hammond obituary July 5, 2022Trailblazer for black actors in Britain best known for her roles in EastEnders and Desmond’sMona Hammond, who has died aged 91, was a trailblazer for black actors in Britain who co-founded the Talawa theatre group before finding television stardom in EastEnders as Blossom, matriarch of the Jackson clan.Her EastEnders character moved in with her grandson, […]
- How Netflix’s The Upshaws shows that the family sitcom is still thriving July 5, 2022The second season of the underrated multi-cam comedy continues to keep the spirit of Norman Lear alive with deft interweaving of real drama in a glossy formatThe second season of The Upshaws picks up where the previous season left off – with a small girl dropping in on the family claiming to be a long-lost […]
- Marcus Rashford Book Club to give away 50,000 books this summer July 5, 2022Initiative led by the footballer will distribute copies of his own children’s adventure book to young readers with little access to readingFootballer Marcus Rashford’s debut children’s book will be given to 50,000 children this summer as part of an initiative by his book club.The Marcus Rashford Book Club, which is run in partnership with Macmillan […]
- ‘Times have changed’: how attitudes to black hairstyles are evolving July 5, 2022Newsreader Lukwesa Burak says views in broadcasting have changed but racism towards black hairstyles still persistsWhen the news presenter Lukwesa Burak first started working at the BBC, she was told that her afro-textured hair was “too ethnic”.Ten years later, a photograph of the black British broadcaster wearing sweeping braids as she presented the news went […]
