The UK’s largest undeveloped oil field has revealed the full scale of its environmental impact, should it gain approval by the government. Developers of the Rosebank oil field said nearly 250 million tonnes of planet warming gas would be released from using oil products from the field. The amount would vary each year, but by […]
The row over why the case of two men accused of spying for China collapsed continues to rumble on and on for the government (not least, of course, because the opposition senses it is worth stoking). The government does seem to have painted itself into a corner over the release of witness statements related to […]
Getty Images Skye spoke to BBC Radio 1’s Rickie, Melvin & Charlie and performed as part of Live Lounge Month Brutally honest lyrics about real life helped make Skye Newman one of 2025’s biggest new stars. But they also sparked arguments with the people her songs are about. The London-born singer says an ex-boyfriend was […]
Police Scotland Claire Leveque, 24, died from stab wounds to her neck and chest A man has been found guilty of murdering his girlfriend in a hot tub in Shetland. Aren Pearson, 41, stabbed 24-year-old Claire Leveque to death at his mother’s home in Sandness on 11 February last year. The couple, who are both […]
PA Media Plans for the second runway at Gatwick were submitted for consideration in July 2023 A campaign group has launched a legal challenge over the expansion of Gatwick Airport. Communities Against Gatwick Noise Emissions (CAGNE) is arguing that the government’s decision to approve the construction of a second operating runway at the West Sussex […]
Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporter Getty Images There aren’t many musicians whose sound is so distinctive and influential that the music industry incentps a whole new genre to describe it. But D’Angelo, who has died at the age of 51, was seen as a trailblazer, thanks in large part to his groundbreaking debut album Brown Sugar, released […]
Lyndsey TelfordBBC News NI BBC Health minister Mike Nesbitt said he was determined to get the plan out ahead of last years plan, which was published in November. The health minister has defended his department’s timeline for initiating a plan to deal with winter pressures on the health service. Mike Nesbitt said a plan has […]
BBC Russell Findlay, seen here shortly after the attack, had sulphuric acid thrown at his face but avoided permanent scarring Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay has hit out at Scotland’s parole system as the man who attacked him with acid 10 years ago is considered for release. Findlay was working an investigative journalist for the […]
Tammy GoodingBBC Hereford & Worcester BBC Ben Elton said his late friend Rik Mayall featured heavily in his autobiography Comedian Ben Elton said working with the late Rik Mayall gave him some of “the most glorious creative moments” he had ever had and writing about him helped him to deal with some of his grief […]
BBC Tony Caunter played Roy Evans in EastEnders between 1994 and 2003 Former EastEnders star Pam St Clement has paid tribute to Tony Caunter, the actor who played her on-screen husband, who has died aged 88. The soap legend who played Pat Butcher described the actor, who was car dealer Roy Evans between 1994 and […]