54 years ago today, My Sweet Lord by George Harrison reached number 1 on the UK pop charts. It would hold the same position in the US, Ireland, Canada, Australia, Belgium, Sweden, Switzerland, West Germany, Japan, and others. His first single as a solo artist, the song was the first number-one single by an ex-Beatle. It…
Gatland looked a broken man at times during the latter stages of 2024 but has been publicly defiant before this latest campaign. Pre-tournament comments have included how he believes Wales can win the tournament, how he is building “a siege mentality” and how people should write his side off “at their peril”. He has also…
In November, England suffered narrow defeats by Australia and New Zealand, having led those matches heading into the closing stages. They last won the Six Nations in 2020 and head to Dublin to face champions Ireland on Saturday before hosting France at home. Former England wing Ugo Monye told BBC Sport: “England are at a…
Annabel Rackham Culture reporter Getty Images Lily-Rose Depp, Dua Lipa, Marion Cotillard were on the front row for the Chanel Haute Couture show Brands including Dior, Chanel and Armani Privé showcased their new collections at a high-profile Haute Couture Week in Paris, with their shows attracting a host of global celebrities. Chanel’s show was unsurprisingly…
Sarah Rainsford Eastern Europe correspondent BBC The Russians came for Tetiana and Oleh Plachkov while they were sleeping, bursting into their home late at night. It was 25 September 2023 in Melitopol, south-eastern Ukraine, where the couple had grown up, fallen in love and married. Now their city was occupied by Russian forces. The men…
Kate Whannel Politics reporter Hannah Miller Political correspondent BBC The Home Office has announced an extra £100m for neighbourhood policing in England and Wales, as part of its pledge to put more officers on the ground by 2029. It comes on top of an initial £100m announced in December, when the government made recruiting an…