Emer MoreauBusiness reporter Getty Images The increasing popularity of weight loss jabs presents an “opportunity” for the fast-food chain Leon, its boss believes. John Vincent told the BBC the dishes the brand is serving are the “sort of food people on weight loss jabs want to eat”. Vincent, an original co-founder of the chain, bought…
50 years ago today, Frampton Comes Alive! was released in the US to critical acclaim. As arguably the most famous live album ever made, the versions it contains of Frampton’s singles “Do You Feel Like We Do” and “Baby, I Love Your Way” monopolized radio airtime such that many people have never even heard the studio…
Watch: Machado says she “presented” her Nobel Peace Prize medal to Trump Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado told reporters she presented the medal for her Nobel Peace Prize to President Donald Trump at a private White House meeting on Thursday, but did not say if he accepted it. “I think today is a historic…
Inspired by Asthma Attack, New Delhi Teens Recycle 2 Million Pounds of Waste Across 14 Indian Cities
Brothers in India recycled a million kg of trash in 14 cities – OneStepGreener’s YouTube channel Youth comes with gifts: one of them is the inability to recognize when you should be intimidated. When two teenagers in New Delhi wanted to do something to improve the city’s waste collection, age and experience would have told…
Harry FarleyPolitical correspondent Getty Images West Sussex is among the councils requesting an elections delay More than a third of eligible councils in England have asked to postpone their elections due in May, according to BBC research. Last month ministers told 63 local authorities they would authorise delays to the polls if there were “genuine…
25 years ago today, Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger launched Wikipedia. The collaborative online encyclopedia created and maintained by a community of volunteer editors, Wikipedia is one of the most-visited websites on the internet. The nonprofit funded primarily through donations has 6.2 million articles in English—and also features articles in 250 languages, altogether attracting 1.7…
A jury at the Old Bailey have been shown CCTV footage of a cargo ship crashing into an oil tanker in the North Sea, causing an explosion and killing a crew member. Footage from the bridge of the Stenna Immaculate shows the Solong hitting its left-hand side and flames engulfing the ships. A video from…
Sunken ship’s frame was made of wood from the Netherlands – Credit: Viking Ship Museum For 600 years, the waters off Copenhagen have hidden an exceptional secret. Now, maritime archaeologists from the Viking Ship Museum in Denmark reveal the discovery of the world’s largest “cog,” a medieval cargo ship whose size and previously unknown construction…
PA Media Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, pictured at an earlier court appearance A member of the Irish language rap trio Kneecap is due to appear at the Royal Courts of Justice in London to hear an appeal against the decision to throw out terrorism charges brought against him last year. Supporters of Liam Óg Ó…
126 years ago today, Tosca debuted in Rome. A mainstay on opera calendars around the world, Giacomo Puccini’s enduring tale of feminine resilience and defiance in the face of corruption has featured some of the best-known singers in the art. Puccini’s arias in Tosca are some of his finest, and The Three Tenors often featured E Lucevan le stelle (And…
