Reuters There have been more Covid-related flight cancellations globally as the week starts, capping off a miserable festive period for thousands of people. More than 1,400 flights have been scrapped on Monday, with Chinese and US destinations being the worst hit, the FlightAware data tracking website says. US airlines say the disruption is due to
Month: December 2021
Getty Images Weather events, linked to a changing climate, brought misery to millions around the world in 2021 according to a new report. The study, from the charity Christian Aid, identified 10 extreme events that each caused more than $1.5bn of damage. The biggest financial impacts were from Hurricane Ida which hit the US in
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. South Africa is holding a week of events to mark the passing of the anti-apartheid leader Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who died on Sunday aged 90. The plans include two days of lying in state before an official
An online choir of intensive care unit staff has met in real life for the very first time – almost a year after attempting to reach Christmas number one. The 100-strong group covered The Police’s Every Breath You Take in December 2020 to raise money to support the mental health of ICU staff, who had
TikToker Demi Skipper made headlines earlier this month when she achieved her aim of trading items until she got a house. Having started with a single hairpin, the project took her just over 18 months, with 28 trades made along the way. Now, as she plans to start life in her new home, Demi told
LeBron bizarrely says Warriors, Suns only teams not missing guys originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea LeBron James certainly keeps up on what is happening around the NBA and especially in the Western Conference, but it doesn’t appear he has checked the Warriors’ latest injury report. While discussing his Los Angeles Lakers‘ five-game losing streak
Getty Images A man has been sectioned under the Mental Health Act after being found in the grounds of Windsor Castle with a crossbow, police have said. The Metropolitan Police said a 19-year-old man from Southampton was arrested at about 08:30 GMT on Christmas Day. It said the man was stopped “within moments” of entering
Janice Long, best known as a presenter on BBC Radio 1, Radio 2 and Top of the Pops, has died aged 66 after a short illness, her agent has confirmed. Long, host of BBC Radio Wales‘ evening show since 2017, died at home with her family by her side on Christmas Day. In a career
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Former US President Barack Obama has joined the tributes being paid to Nobel Peace Prize laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who has died aged 90. Mr Obama described the churchman as “a mentor, friend and moral compass”. A
Getty Images Archbishop Desmond Tutu changed the world, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said following the death of the Nobel Peace prize laureate who helped end apartheid in South Africa. The Most Rev Justin Welby was among a succession of UK figures paying tribute to Tutu, who died in Cape Town aged 90. “The world
Getty Images Tens of thousands of airline passengers have been hit by the grounding of thousands of flights as a surge in Covid cases causes staff shortages. More than 7,500 flights have now been cancelled since Friday and over the Christmas weekend, according to the FlightAware data tracking website. Chinese and US airlines appear to
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace prize laureate who helped end apartheid in South Africa, has died aged 90. President Cyril Ramaphosa said the churchman’s death marked “another chapter of bereavement in our nation’s farewell to a
Getty Images Pubs, clubs and bars could be allowed to stay open for an extra two hours over next year’s bank holiday weekend marking the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Home Secretary Priti Patel is seeking to extend licensing hours in England and Wales from the usual 11pm to 1am on Thursday 2 June to Saturday 4
PA Media New Covid restrictions have come into force in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as the nations try to halt the surge in infections. All three nations have introduced curbs on the hospitality and leisure industry, resumed social distancing rules and put limits on the size of gatherings. Boris Johnson has not announced any
AFP Officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo say at least six people have died in a suicide bomb attack on a crowded restaurant in the eastern city of Beni. Police prevented the bomber from entering the building, but he blew himself up at the entrance killing himself and five other people. Another 13 people
Self-proclaimed psychic Uri Geller made spoon-bending famous across the world and for decades rubbed shoulders with the stars. The 75-year-old insists his abilities are real and that sceptics who questioned them “built my career”. He gave the BBC’s Yolande Knell a tour of his new museum in Jaffa, Israel, which includes 2,600 shining spoons stuck
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