Craig Williams BBC Scotland News Wattie Chung Michelle Mone started Ultimo with her then husband in 1996 Michelle Mone spent 25 years building her business empire and public profile through the British media. A brilliant self-publicist, she was regularly described as one of the UK’s most successful businesswomen. She was the plucky underdog who, through…
99 years ago today, jazz trumpeter and composer Miles Davis, was born. One of the most influential and innovative musicians of the 20th century, Davis broke long-held musical rules and helped popularize jazz fusion with his 4-time platinum 1959 album, Kind of Blue. From 1944 to 1948, Davis played in Charlie Parker’s revolutionary hard pop…
The EU’s chief has said she is ready to move “swiftly” to agree a trade deal with the United States, but says the bloc needs until 9 July to agree a “good deal”. President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said she had a “good call” with US President Donald Trump on Sunday…
University of Oregon researchers have uncovered a molecule produced by yeast living on human skin that showed potent antimicrobial properties against a pathogen responsible for a half-million hospitalizations annually in the US. It’s a unique approach to tackling the growing problem of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. With the global threat of drug-resistant infections, fungi inhabiting human skin…
James Waterhouse BBC Ukraine correspondent Jaroslav Lukiv and Jemma Crew Reuters A resident looks at an apartment building that was damaged in a Russian drone strike on Kyiv Russia has intensified strikes on Ukraine, with the highest number of drones and missiles launched in a single night yet. At least 12 people, including three children,…
39 years ago today, the Hands Across America fundraising event was held, hoping to create a human chain across the entire country. Hosted over Memorial Day weekend, the hope was to raise tens of millions to fight hunger and homelessness, with volunteers encouraged to donate for a space in the chain. This seemingly fanciful goal…
Several front pages lead with stories over benefits for children and the elderly. The Observer has a full-page spread on the government’s plan to scrap the two-child benefit cap, describing Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s Downing Street operation as bowing to “party pressure”. The paper reports the Treasury has been told to find the £3.5…
Diver Finds WWII Navy Ship’s Bell Missing on Shipwreck for 80 Years And Believed to be Lost (LOOK)
Diver Dom Robinson with ship bell found on WWII wreck HMCS Trentonian SWNS A diver discovered the coveted ship’s bell from a WWII Canadian naval vessel after it was missing on the shipwreck for 80 years. Dom Robinson, who has been diving and exploring shipwrecks for over 40 years, said people have spent 20 years…
Four people, a 43-year-old woman and three boys, aged 15, eight and four, have been killed in a house fire in Brent, north-west London. The emergency services were called to the blaze in Tillett Close, Stonebridge, at about 01:20 BST. A 41-year-old man was arrested at the scene in connection with the fire and remains…
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