More than10,000 people submitted name suggestions for Canada’s first-ever WNBA team and now the official moniker has been revealed – the Toronto Tempo. “Tempo is pace. It’s speed. It’s a heartbeat. And it’s what you feel when you step into the streets of this city,” Teresa Resch, the team’s president, said in a press release….
Reuters Matthew Rhys won a Primetime Emmy in 2018 for The Americans Hollywood star Matthew Rhys has said he is shocked at the severity of “stabbing” funding cuts to the arts scene in Wales. The Welsh actor said the sector was “absolutely not” receiving the support it needed to thrive, called its prospects “very bleak”,…
Police Scotland has scrapped plans that would have seen many frontline officers and staff having to shave off facial hair. The clean-shaven policy was due to be introduced in May last year but caused controversy and its implementation was postponed for 12 months. The force has now told BBC Scotland News there are “no plans”…
A 42-year-old man has died after being attacked by a dog in east London on Wednesday morning, the Metropolitan Police has said. Leanne McDonnell, 32, has been arrested and charged over the attack, which took place on Shirley Road in Stratford. Police were called to the scene at 04:53 GMT on Wednesday, following reports that…
Iceland has authorised whale hunting for the next five years, despite welfare concerns. Under the new permits, 209 fin whales and 217 minke whales can be caught during each year’s whaling season, which runs from June to September. Animal rights and environmental groups have denounced the move by Iceland’s outgoing conservative government. But an official…
AFP Syrian rebels celebrated on the streets of Hama after the Syrian military pulled out Syrian rebels say they have taken full control of a second major city, after the military withdrew its troops from Hama in another setback for President Bashar al-Assad. The leader of the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), Abu…
A British tourist who was arrested for allegedly raping a six-year-old girl in Thailand was reported to police by the child’s mother, who he had been in a relationship with, investigators have said. Luke Adam Lawrence, 30, from Leeds, West Yorkshire, was identified by sleuths at the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) over a video allegedly…
Illegal gold mining in Ghana picked up this year following an almost 30% rise in global gold prices, despite military operations to shut them down. Around 70-80% of small mines are unlicensed in the country, and this year so far they have produced 1.2 million ounces of gold. Also known as Galamsey in Ghana, it’s…
The number of people who have been reported missing in the violence-wracked Mexican state of Sinaloa has doubled since two rival factions of a drugs cartel started a bloody battle for control of their criminal organisation. According to official figures, more than 200 people have disappeared since the two factions of the Sinaloa cartel declared…
Protesters in South Korea call for the president to go South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is facing mounting pressure to resign over his failed attempt to impose martial law, as parliament moves closer to a vote on his impeachment. The capital, Seoul, has seen a second day of street protests demanding Yoon’s resignation, while…
