Category: GoodNews


  • Boy charged with murder of Harvey Willgoose

    Victoria Scheer BBC News, Yorkshire Facebook Harvey Willgoose was fatally injured at All Saints Catholic School in Sheffield on Monday A teenager has been charged with murder after the fatal stabbing of a 15-year-old boy at a school in Sheffield. Harvey Willgoose suffered serious injuries at All Saints Catholic High School, in Granville Road, at…

  • Philippines parliament votes to impeach vice-president

    The Philippines’ parliament has voted to impeach Vice-President Sara Duterte following complaints about alleged corruption. Duterte, the daughter of former president Rodrigo Duterte, has been accused of misusing millions of dollars in public funds and threatening to have President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr assassinated. She has denied the charges and alleged she is the victim…

  • 'Nothing short of greatness' – Rio on Ronaldo

    Rio Ferdinand looks back at the career achievements of his former Manchester United team-mate, Cristiano Ronaldo ahead of the Portuguese star’s 40th birthday on 5 February. Source link

  • Ros Atkins on…What is the US getting out of tariffs?

    The BBC’s Analysis Editor takes a look at the latest round of tariffs announced by President Trump – and what the US has got in return. Source link

  • US Postal Service stops accepting parcels from China

    The US Postal Service (USPS) says it has temporarily stopped accepting parcels from mainland China and Hong Kong. Letters will not be affected by the suspension, according to a statement on the company’s website. It said the suspension will be in place “until further notice” and did not offer a reason for the decision. USPS…

  • Idea of grey belt is largely redundant, Lords committee says

    The government’s idea of re-designating areas as “grey belt” land in its bid to build more homes is “largely redundant”, a House of Lords committee has said. Ministers had said that, if a council’s housing targets ccould not be met, some protected land known as green belt would be re-labelled grey belt and thereby freed…

  • Time limit for child sex abuse claims to be removed

    PA Media A three-year time limit for child sexual abuse victims to sue for damages will be removed in England and Wales under “long overdue” government reforms, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has said. The MoJ said laws would also be refined to encourage employers to apologise for the actions of current or former employees,…

  • Phone bans in schools don’t help grades or health, study suggests

    Getty Images Banning phones in schools is not linked to pupils getting higher grades or having better mental wellbeing, the first study of its kind suggests. Students’ sleep, classroom behaviour, exercise or how long they spend on their phones overall also seems to be no different for schools with phone bans and schools without, the…

  • Banksy fan badger wins hearts in wildlife photo competition

    Maddie Molloy BBC Climate & Science Ian Wood A badger appearing to admire a Banksy – of a badger – has won the Natural History Museum’s 2024 Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award. Captured on a quiet road in St Leonards-on-Sea, England by British photographer Ian Wood, the badger appears to glance up…

  • Google owner Alphabet drops promise over ‘harmful’ AI uses

    Alphabet, the parent company of technology giant Google, is no longer promising that it will never use artificial intelligence (AI) for purposes such as developing weapons and surveillance tools. The firm has rewritten the principles guiding its use of AI, dropping a section which ruled out uses that were “likely to cause harm”. In a…