Several of Friday’s front pages cover plans for a future military deployment in Ukraine. “Starmer threatens Putin” is the I Paper’s headline, after the prime minister warned of “severe consequences” for the Russian president if UK troops were attacked, the paper reports. It comes as Sir Keir “steps up plans” for a “31-nation military force”…

Photo by Anastasiya Dragun on Unsplash Now from Turkiye comes the story of an annual spring reunion that has captivated the hearts of a nation for 14 years. It involves a simple rural fisherman Adem Yilmaz, waiting in his boat for the return of a dear friend: a white stork named Yaren. Casting his lines…

Annabel Rackham Culture reporter Disney Rachel Zegler plays Snow White in the live-action remake British film critics have mostly panned Disney’s live-action remake of Snow White, while US reviewers have been somewhat more positive. Chief film critic for The Times, Kevin Maher, said: “Believe the anti-hype, it’s that bad”, although Hollywood Reporter’s David Rooney called…

10 years ago today, no doubt some lucky souls in the path of totality were able to see the 2015 solar eclipse that also fell on the date of the vernal equinox. Those able to watch the eclipse with their glasses would have noticed that the moon was 15% bigger, because this cosmic double turned…

Vanessa Clarke Education correspondent BBC Annual nursery costs for a child under two in England have fallen for the first time in 15 years, according to the children’s charity Coram. It comes as the government continues to roll out its funded childcare scheme, which will provide all eligible working parents of pre-school children, not only…

An artist’s illustration of the planets around Barnard’s Star – credit: International Gemini Observatory/NSF’s NOIRLab/International Gemini Observatory Astronomers have identified 4 exoplanets orbiting the nearest single star to Earth, an effort that had been ongoing for 50 years and produced many false positives. These rather small planets are a stone’s throw from Earth in galactic…

Turkish authorities have detained the mayor of Istanbul, just days before he was due to be selected as a presidential candidate. Ekrem Imamoglu, from the secular Republican People’s Party (CHP), is seen as one of Turkish President Recep Tayip Erdogan’s strongest political rivals. Prosecutors accused him of corruption and aiding a terrorist group, calling him…

James at his birthday party – credit: Ashley Giselle Jeffords A young boy was celebrating his 8th Birthday in the park, and was ready to blow out the candles on a delicious cake when he received an unexpected surprise. Strangers: just a few, but enough to raise James’ eyebrows in surprise, came over to help…

Netanyahu: Strikes are ‘just the beginning’, fighting resumes with ‘full force’ Israel has “resumed combat in full force” against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday night. In a defiant video statement, he warned that “negotiations will continue only under fire” and that “this is just the beginning”. His comments…

Jayceon Branch (in white) performing the Heimlich maneuver – credit Raleigh Oak Charter School, released In surveillance video from a North Carolina school, a 9-year-old boy stepped in to save his friend from choking by using the Heimlich Maneuver. The boy said he learned this classic, lifesaving technique for clearing the airways by watching YouTube,…