Getty Images Edwards admitted on Wednesday to having 41 indecent images of children, which had been sent to him by another man on WhatsApp Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy will speak with BBC director general Tim Davie after former newsreader Huw Edwards pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children. The pair are … Read more
Lola James’s mum rang 999 after her partner brutally attacked her daughter, claiming she had fallen down the stairs There were “missed opportunities” to intervene before a toddler was murdered by her mother’s boyfriend, a review has found. Children’s services at Pembrokeshire council were “overstretched and morale was low” prior to the death of two-year-old … Read more
Getty Images Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have both been through the intensive vice-presidential vetting process themselves As Democratic presidential hopeful Kamala Harris vets potential running mates, spare a thought for the contenders as they undergo a process that one past participant likens to “a colonoscopy performed with a telescope”. Have you ever paid for … Read more
Jacki Thrapp American Jacki Thrapp found that it was cheaper to fly to Europe to see Taylor Swift For Nashville native Jacki Thrapp flying to Europe this summer to see her idol Taylor Swift perform live was a “no brainer”. With the cheapest tickets for the remaining US dates of Swift’s continuing Eras Tour now … Read more
UNHCR/Cole Burston Judoka Nigara Shaheen is competing in women’s judo at the 2024 Paris Olympics Nigara Shaheen’s journey to becoming an Olympic judoka did not begin with judo. Instead, it began with a 30-minute karate lesson on her family’s balcony in Peshawar, Pakistan. She was 11 years old and had already been a refugee for … Read more
Italy, which receives the most migrant arrivals in the European Union, is partially outsourcing the challenge from today, as it opens the first of two planned camps in neighbouring Albania. The centres will be used to house up to 3000 migrants per month rescued en route to Italy as part of Europe’s first “offshoring” scheme, … Read more
Getty Images Tang Muhan is on China’s 31-member swim team at the Paris Olympics The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) says it is “unfairly caught” in a row between the US and China, with their geopolitical tensions spilling onto the Olympic stage. China’s top swimmers have been in the spotlight after a slew of doping allegations, … Read more
BBC “Invasive alien birds” sounds like the strapline to a scary Hollywood blockbuster but for the people of coastal Kenya it is not a matter of fiction. The authorities there are so worried about the nuisance created by Indian house crows that they have begun the process of culling a million of them. They have … Read more
Getty Images Actors from the world of gaming went on strike last week, in a row about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and the threat it poses to their livelihoods. It has reignited the debate about how the entertainment industry is adapting to new technology. When actor Jennifer Hale talks, you listen. Her delivery … Read more
AFP Finding work is often about following the news cycle – here a woman stitches election material Syeda X, a poor migrant woman living in shanty towns that skirt India’s capital Delhi, struggled through more than 50 jobs in 30 years. She trimmed jeans threads, cooked savouries, shelled almonds and made tea strainers, door knobs, … Read more