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Over a quarter of 2021's music festivals have been scrapped but organisers say others are under threat. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2Rb86dq

Australia makes it temporarily illegal to return from India, which is being ravaged by Covid-19. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3ueMdZy

The Florida bill proposes fines up to $250,000 per day for companies which violate the rules. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2R9GYvo

A selection of powerful images taken around the world this week. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2R9AXyO

"In the first lockdown we couldn't see each other. This is round two, just an ocean apart." from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3uat2jh

A hunger strike in which 10 IRA prisoners died was a watershed in the Troubles, says Peter Taylor. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3xygLYh

Another new documentary examining the singer's conservatorship is released this weekend. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3eceH0t

As the pandemic continues to devastate, one Asian island has emerged as the best place to ride it out. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3eJrztU

Aaron Scullion was homeless at 21 but he now has a job and home and is voting for the first time. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3nznmwW

A slow vaccine roll out, no lockdown and large gatherings are concerning doctors in Pakistan. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3gSR3aT

Many lockdown restrictions are being lifted but hospitality businesses may only operate outdoors. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2SgLmt9

Analysis by the BBC suggests the UK is moving into a new phase of the pandemic. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3xAfMGK

Nine out of every 10 people aged 45 and over have now had a jab in England, NHS officials say. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3eJgvNb

Lawyers release a photo of the British socialite with what looks like bruising under her left eye. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2Sau5S9

The universities watchdog received 2,604 complaints in 2020, with £742,132 paid as compensation. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/32XSEEe

Local residents tested out the 500m walkway, which spans a gorge in Portugal's Arouca Geopark. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3330493

Bradley Walsh will host popular the resurrected game show after the success of a festive special. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3e4Asz9

Some venues may have to limit their opening hours after more than one in ten hospitality workers left the sector. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3u5IMnM

Research suggests the number of shop vacancies has risen again, with the North of England worse hit. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3e6lKrr

The BBC accompanies a school teacher back to a village in St Vincent's restricted volcano-damaged 'red zone'. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2Se8ybs

Photos of England's popular coastal communities seen from the air during the 20th Century. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3aO7jGe

Illustrator and cartoonist Henny Beaumont on why she's memorialising female victims of violence. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3ui5OaU

The 16-year-old's albinism led to her being abandoned as a baby but she is now a successful model. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3e6ovZP

With controversy over the Downing Street flat redecoration, how much does the prime minister earn? from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3u7sVoP

Frontman Mike Kerr says he ditched dozens of songs after watching tribute act Royal Monster in 2018. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3vvLL9n

The BBC talks to the volunteers running free workshops to help consumers fix broken gadgets. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3eI10VV

Australians in India are the latest group to feel abandoned by their government amid virus fears. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3aMB22b

A coalition is calling for action from governments as victims describe crippling cyber-attacks. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2R9dr59

A nurse at the forefront of the battle against India's deadly second Covid wave shares her story. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3nvR0De

(JERUSALEM) — A stampede broke out early Friday at a Jewish religious gathering attended by tens of thousands of people in northern Israel, injuring more than 100 people, dozens critically, Israel’s main rescue service said. Israeli media reported dozens of deaths. The disaster occurred at the main celebrations of Lag BaOmer, a holiday when tens of thousands of people, mostly ultra-Orthodox Jews, gather to honor Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, a 2nd century sage and mystic who is buried there. Large crowds traditionally light bonfires as part of the celebrations at Mount Meron. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called it a “great tragedy,” and said everyone was praying for the victims. Tragedy in Meron: MDA is fighting for the lives of dozens wounded, and will not give up until the last victim is evacuated. 38 are in critical condition and still in the field 6 in critical condition who were evacuated  18 injured severely  2 moderately 39 lightly pic.twitter.com/xUWStFYq

Emergency services confirm dozens have been killed and many more wounded in north-east Israel. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3gOf3Ma

The tech giant may be entering a "golden age" as the pandemic boosts its range of businesses. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2QLrBcy

Friday's papers continue to report the row over the PM's flat - and allegations against actor Noel Clarke. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3u5NHoK

There are concerns in the party it could lead to an early election for the Northern Ireland Assembly. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2S1JTGP

Samsung Electronics strong profits were dented by disappointing results for its chips business. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3u6jCFq

BBC News NI looks at three names being tipped as possible successors to Arlene Foster. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2Rb2y2p

Boris Johnson is coming under pressure to declare when he paid for Downing Street flat refurbishments. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3e12Pht

Most students back an assessment for students to show they "fully understand" consent, says survey. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3tX2UZb

The NSPCC says the figures echo fears that lockdown school closures left children more vulnerable. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3dXpziu

The virus is spreading to remote corners of India where healthcare is poor and the crisis under-reported. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3gNcOZK

Patients will be selected randomly to measure how successful vaping can be in helping people to quit. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3vyqEU1

The highest mountain in Wales, Snowdon - also known as Yr Wyddfa - stands at 3,560ft (1,085m). from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/32X0ca7

In 2013 Wayne LaPierre was filmed repeatedly shooting an elephant, struggling to kill it. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3t12M9N

Marc Toone lost the sight in his right eye after being hit with an egg thrown from a car. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2Sd9yMX

A new authentication scheme is launching in the UK to help spot counterfeit trainers. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3vFwC5B

Peter was shot and paralysed during Northern Ireland's Troubles. He is now hoping to find Betsy, the nurse who helped him through that time. But it has been more than 40 years without any contact. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3xuTkih

Residents living near a Silverdale landfill site say their physical and mental health is suffering. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3gLMnU5

More than 1,000 people have used the service being offered by one Gurdwara in Uttar Pradesh. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3vpnKAM

Turkey was seen as a success story early in the pandemic but now has the highest infection rate in Europe. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3aNnq6U

A bumper crop of elections are being held on 6 May across England, Scotland and Wales. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2NKWJYi

Martin Compston, who plays DI Steve Arnott, reveals what happens off-screen on the hit drama. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3gK3UMn

UK property transactions in March 2021 were at their highest level since records began in 2005, according to the HMRC. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3e5CDTb

Zac Easter killed himself at the age of 24, having suffered for years from a debilitating disease caused by the sport he loved. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/33499OR

Many Afghan refugees who spent years stranded in Indonesia awaiting resettlement have lost hope. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3eBoKes

Firms have been holding away days online to boost morale and team sprit during the pandemic. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3sZjDtp

Dusk is falling in the Indian capital, and the acrid smell of burning bodies fills the air. It’s the evening of April 26, and at a tiny crematorium in a Delhi suburb, seven funeral pyres are still burning. “I have lived here all my life and pass through this area twice a day,” says local resident Gaurav Singh. “I have never seen so many bodies burning together.” Scenes of mass death are now unavoidable in what’s often called the world’s largest democracy. Social media is filled with images of body bags and urgent requests for medical aid. Indians gasping for breath are being turned away from overwhelmed hospitals, sometimes simply because they don’t have lab reports confirming COVID-19 infection. Health workers plead for basic supplies. “We feel so angry,” says Kanchan Pandey, a community health worker in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. “At least give us some masks and gloves. Is there no value to our lives?” Photograph by Saumya Khandelwal for TIME At a crematorium in New Del

The Emira will be the carmaker's last conventionally powered model, as it prepares for an all-electric future. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3vriqN4

A leaked memo suggests taxpayers could be critical of the timing - as the world copes with a pandemic. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3vkhkTi

Boris Johnson is under pressure to give full details of how refurbishments to his home were paid for. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3eRkpUD

An award in two parts means prize-winning stars really can share their achievement with someone else. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3sTqhSd

People who get coronavirus after their first jab are up to 49% less likely to pass it on, research suggests. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3sZLeLh

The government previously said it hoped to legalise hands-free driving by spring 2021. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3sVlHTj

A UK study of more than 600,000 people found reactions to the jabs were "mild and short-lived". from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3ubDhEh

A new relationship between business and government could boost economic growth, says Covid Recovery Commission. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2PscfZV

People without internet access were most likely to be aged over 65 or live in low income households. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/32WfDQ6

Cruises around England can resume in May, and operator Fred Olsen says it's already sold two thirds of its capacity. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3npKlKP

Richard Pusey is sentenced to 10 months jail for filming dying police officers at a crash scene. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2PsBR91

Two Spanish journalists, an Irish national and a local soldier were abducted by gunmen on Monday. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3aDsURN

A photo of a family preparing a meal in China wins Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2021. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3dWr948

In 1991, Bristol University began tracking 14,000 pregnant women - and it's still studying their children. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2QBxB7Q

A colourful set of Australian birds has attracted a surprise global following on social media. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3noINAN

Peter van Agtmael chronicles the perception of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and their realities. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3gPzWXD

Tina Chen explains how it can be tough starting a business on your own in a new country. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3voecpB

Eight locations across the UK are testing ideas aimed at ensuring future access to cash for those who need it. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3dWPoiJ

With dog thefts on the rise, here are some tips on how you can keep your dog as safe as possible. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3dUA32a

Jenny Diski's writing was "tonic for the soul" for the Game of Thrones star after her father died. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3gJ7g2d

Kenyan victims of 1998 US embassy bombing lament exclusion from $335m compensation deal. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3nrrJtE

The killing by the woman's alleged harasser fuels outrage over women's safety in the Gulf state. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3dX9w4j

Musician Mon Laferte is releasing her first album since speaking out about the country's protests. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3aI95Zs

Many of the 93,000 fixed penalties issued in England and Wales were discriminatory or unfair, MPs argue. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3nqvdws

Delays to speech and language skills are a top concern for primary schools, researchers say. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3vnrW48

The Colorado officers are seen reviewing a clip where the 73-year-old's shoulder goes "pop". from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3ezdzmn

Everyone who has even one miscarriage should be offered tailored help and support, experts say. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3dTL2ZB

The controversial routine is among the nominees for Bafta's must-see TV moment of the last year. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3ez1DB1

Gavin Newsom was up for re-election in 2022, but will now probably face a vote this autumn. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3dSe8bD

Ian Rivers, who escaped across Syria in 2013, will use the stars and a sextant to navigate. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3npacCt

Maps, charts and graphics explaining what is happening and what the authorities are doing about it. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2S5T9db

Uroosa Arshid says she hopes other young Muslim women may feel inspired to follow in her footsteps. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2PtO65o

Research shows the lockdown has had an impact on young children's language skills. How can parents help? from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3tZ0N79

This Nigerian community still practices trade by barter, where goods are exchanged instead of money. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3vj9bi4

Avani Singh was one of thousands of Indians who turned to social media to get help for her family. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3dTBTAf

Campaigners say many interpreters fired for trivial reasons are being unfairly barred from the UK. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3gGY9iD

In the next 10 years millions of old electric car batteries will need to be recycled or discarded. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3xuBKv4

Croydon University Hospital's clinic has already seen 1,000 patients, with another 500 on the waiting list. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3eEImhQ

The star on his lost McCartney collaboration, fighting US censors and why he's not a covers artist. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2RXngTU

France says the tests were carried out in uninhabited areas but local residents beg to differ. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3nni07P

The U.S. announced Monday it would share its entire supply of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine with other countries and readied an aid package for India, as President Joe Biden pivots to ramp up U.S. pandemic assistance to the rest of the world. The decision would make as many as 60 million vaccine doses available for export in coming months, if they clear a federal safety review. The plan represents a shift for Biden, who has hesitated to give vaccine doses and materials to other countries while focusing on ensuring Americans are vaccinated first. “Given the strong portfolio of vaccines that the United States has already authorized and that is available in large quantities — including two two-dose vaccines and one one-dose vaccine — and given AstraZeneca is not authorized for use in the United States , we do not need to use AstraZeneca in our fight against Covid over the next few months,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters on Monday. “Given AstraZenec

The last time the country recorded no coronavirus-related deaths in a 24-hour period was in August. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3xBxvOi

The musician's prototype trainers are the first to fetch more than $1m at auction. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/32N9llN

A photo of firefighter Hayley Agnew became the defining image of the Slieve Donard gorse fire. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/32SHU9X

Belfast girl Emer McKee says she just tries to "run as fast as I can" after setting a new world 5km record for a 12-year-old. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2PoXMOq

India is in the midst of a humanitarian crisis. The country recorded 352,991 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, breaking the record once again for the most cases recorded in a single day anywhere in the world since the beginning of the pandemic. Hospital ICUs are overcrowded. There are shortages of oxygen for some patients with the most severe illness, of personal protective equipment (PPE) for those treating them, and of tests to detect the true extent of the epidemic. Read More: ‘This Is Hell.’ Prime Minister Modi’s Failure to Lead Is Deepening India’s COVID-19 Crisis Journalists stationed at crematoria in cities and towns say dead bodies are being burned in far higher numbers than the official statistics of around 1,900 deaths per day over the past week suggest. On Saturday, 20 patients died at a hospital in Delhi after a delayed oxygen delivery. Days earlier at a hospital in western India, 22 critically ill patients died when an oxygen tank ruptured. Danish Siddi