Tag Archives: People

Operator Merlin Entertainments said the pass was no longer working as intended because of increasing demand. Source link

Former Arsenal and Liverpool midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is close to joining Scottish champions Celtic. The 32-year-old has been a free agent since leaving Turkish side Besiktas in August. He has been training with Arsenal – where he made 198 appearances in a six-year spell – but BBC Sport has been …

Emergency services and gardaí (Irish police) are at the scene. BBC News

Directly addressing Epstein’s victims, Sir Keir said: “I am sorry, sorry for what was done to you, sorry that so many people with power failed you. Sorry for having believed Mandelson’s lies and appointed him and sorry that even now you’re forced to watch this story unfold in public once …

Cologne Under-19s have broken the attendance record for a Uefa Youth League match with 50,000 people watching the side take on Inter Milan. The game in Germany smashed the previous highest crowd, the 40,368 who were present when Turkey’s Trabzonspor hosted Italians Inter in April 2025. Played at Cologne’s RheinEnergieStadion …

Neil Woodbridge, who chairs the panels in Essex, says the police “want ordinary members of the public to come along look at this body-worn footage and go: ‘well hang on a minute, why do you that and how come this person has been treated in this way?'” BBC News

Neurodivergent young people welcome a move to give teachers more awareness of pupils’ needs. BBC News

Food banks say they are seeing more people using their services for the first time. BBC News

Rowan, 8, uses his pocket money to help others and he wants other people his age to do the same. BBC News

With his new album Britpop breaking a record set by the Beatles, the singer takes a moment to celebrate. BBC News

Delays to the Access to Work scheme have increased significantly, leaving some disabled people without support. BBC News

It comes after a BBC investigation which showed people travelling long distances at high cost. BBC News

Conservative Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has categorically ruled out defecting to Reform after saying he had been approached by Nigel Farage to join the party. Rumours had been circulating about the prospect of him switching sides after MP Robert Jenrick’s defection from the Conservative Party last month. Houchen said …

Why do we keep seeing AI fruit and veg videos? Life advice and hacks is a big social media trend at the start of the year, but this usually comes in the form of advice from people who say they are experts or creators sharing their own ideas. That means …

At the last Winter Olympics in Beijing four years ago, Team GB won a total of two medals. Both came in the sport of curling. And as the 2026 event in Milan-Cortina gets going, the 10 Scots in the team will again be among the favourites to return home with …

The proposals would restrict assisted dying in Scotland to people with six months or less left to live. Source link

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is pressing Google for more information about its plans to build a checkout feature into its Gemini AI chatbot. In a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Warren expresses concerns that the integration could allow Google and retailers “to exploit sensitive user data” or “manipulate consumers …

An investigation into the food poisoning previously found the illness was caused by Clostridium perfringens. Source link

As a poster boy of world rugby, Rees-Zammit’s return to the Six Nations is not only a boost for Wales, but for fans and media alike. “I try to not focus on that,” Rees-Zammit said. “Everything that I’ve had off the field has come from my skills in rugby, and …

Yet what Farage has achieved in the past year with Reform, the self-styled “people’s army” he leads, is off the charts. For decades he’s had influence, but it’s been exercised from the sidelines. Now, with successive opinion polls putting his party ahead of Labour and the Conservatives, he poses a …