The forgotten street found behind a hidden library door Behind a door deep within the lower floors of the National Library of Scotland lies a forgotten street which gives a glimpse of how Edinburgh looked centuries ago. Libberton’s Wynd, in the heart of the old city, was demolished to make way for George IV Bridge…
Strictly Come Dancing has been on our screens for 20 years but this year is the first it has had a blind contestant. And it seems the success of comedian and actor Chris McCausland has had a knock-on effect with one inclusive London dance company seeing an increase in the numbers of those wanting to…
Velindre Cancer Centre An artist’s impression of the new £885m Velindre Cancer Centre in Whitchurch, Cardiff There are “serious questions” over how two firms fined for rigging bids for construction projects came to be linked to the building of a Welsh hospital, a senior Senedd politician has said. One of the companies developing the new…
BBC Daniel San Diego was arrested at his remote home on the outskirts of Llanrwst in the Conwy valley Earlier this week one of America’s most wanted men was finally arrested in rural north Wales having spent the past 21 years on the run. Daniel Andreas San Diego, 46, was wanted by the FBI for…
EPA Rebel fighters were reportedly seen outside the citadel in Aleppo on Saturday Syrian government forces have withdrawn from the city of Aleppo following an offensive by rebels opposed to the rule of President Bashar al-Assad. The army acknowledged that rebels had entered “large parts” of the city, the country’s second largest, but vowed to…
Huge flooding caused by heavy rain in Malaysia has forced more than 122,000 people out of their homes across the country. Three people have also died, according to disaster officials. There are fears the number could rise, as heavy rain and storm warnings remain in place. Thousands of emergency services personnel have been deployed to…
The family of beauty-salon owner Fathi Hussein are deep in mourning at their home in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, following her horrific death at sea after a deal she struck with migrant smugglers to take her to the French island of Mayotte went wrong. “We were told by survivors that she died from hunger,” the 26-year-old’s…
Watch: Salome Zourabichvili spoke to the BBC’s Steve Rosenberg on Saturday Georgia’s pro-Western president has said she will stay in post until new parliamentary elections are held, as protests continue over the government’s decision to put EU accession negotiations on hold. Speaking to the BBC, Salome Zourabichvili, who has sided with the opposition, described the…
HYDERBAD: A 22-year-old Indian student from Telangana’s Khammam district was shot dead by two assailants at a store in Chicago, USA, late Friday. Sai Teja Nukarapu, who was a part-time cashier at the store, died on the spot.The armed assailants entered the store and forced Sai Teja to hand over the cash in his register…
Hamas releases video of Israeli-American hostage (Picture credit: X) Palestinian militant group Hamas released a video on Saturday featuring Edan Alexander, a 20-year-old Israeli-American hostage, pleading for intervention from US President-elect Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to secure his release. Speaking in Hebrew and English, Alexander urged Israelis to pressure their government…
