Tag: today
-
UK weather: Today could be hottest day of the year so far with temperatures ‘well above average’ | UK News
Read Latest News Today is set to be the hottest day of the year so far, with temperatures “well above average” the Met Office has said. After a warm spell earlier this month, the weather took a chillier turn. But later today temperatures look like they could rise as high as 21C (70F) in places.…
-
Anna Foster replaces Mishal Husain on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme
Read Latest News Anna Foster is to join BBC Radio 4’s Today programme as one of the programme’s main presenters, following the departure of Mishal Husain in December. Foster is a former Middle East correspondent and has also previously presented BBC Radio 5 Live Drive and Radio 1’s Newsbeat, as well as the corporation’s flagship…
-
Hamas names six Israeli hostages to be released today | World News
Read Latest News Hamas has named six Israeli hostages who are set to be released today while Israel is expected to release more than 600 Palestinian prisoners as part of a ceasefire agreement between the parties. The hostages due for release are Eliya Cohen, Omer Shem Tov, Tal Shoham, Omer Wenkert, Hisham al-Sayed and Avera…
-
Hamas names three Israeli hostages it says it will release today | World News
Read Latest News Hamas has released the names of three Israeli hostages it says it will release today in the fifth such swap of a fragile ceasefire in Gaza. The hostages are Eli Sharabi, Ohad Ben Ami and Or Levy, Hamas armed wing spokesperson Abu Obeida said in a Telegram post. An Israeli official confirmed…
-
Bill Gates says he would be diagnosed with autism if he was young today | US News
Read Latest News Bill Gates says he believes he would have been diagnosed with a form of autism if he had grown up in this era. The Microsoft co-founder, who is one of the world’s richest people, makes the observation in his memoir: Source Code: My Beginnings – which will be released on Tuesday. In…
-
Boxing, horse riding and meeting a therapy poodle – what the royals have been up to today | UK News
Read Latest News It’s been a busy day for some senior royals as they took part in different activities both in the UK and abroad – including a bit of boxing for the Prince of Wales. William, 42, appeared to be enjoying himself as he donned a pair of gloves and had a go at…
-
Southport: Trial of teenager accused of knife attack to begin today | UK News
Read Latest News The trial of an 18-year-old accused of killing three girls in a knife attack at a dance class in Southport is due to begin today. Axel Rudakubana, from Lancashire, will appear at Liverpool Crown Court charged with the murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe,…
-
Emily Damari: What we know British-Israeli hostage set to be released today | UK News
Read Latest News British-Israeli woman Emily Damari is finally set to be released today after spending the past 15 months as Hamas’s hostage. The 28-year-old’s release, alongside fellow female hostages Romi Gonen, 24, and 31-year-old Doron Steinbrecher, is part of the opening phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal which began on Sunday morning. Ms Damari…
-
British-Israeli woman among first three hostages Hamas plans to release today | World News
Read Latest News Emily Damari, a 28-year-old British-Israeli woman, is among the first three hostages Hamas plans to release today as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal. She grew up in southeast London and moved to Israel during her 20s, where she fell in love and raised a family on the Kfar Aza kibbutz. She…
-
Bridget Jones characters would face ‘stern’ rules over workplace romance today, says Renee Zellweger | Ents & Arts News
Read Latest News Renee Zellweger has said the relationship her character Bridget Jones has with her boss in the 2001 romcom would not be appropriate in today’s workplace. In the first instalment of the Bridget Jones’s Diary franchise, Bridget is seduced by her boss, Daniel Cleaver (played by Hugh Grant) at the London publishing house…
-
Donald Trump to be sentenced today over porn star hush money after Supreme Court rejects appeal | US News
Read Latest News The US Supreme Court has rejected a last-ditch attempt by Donald Trump to delay sentencing in the Stormy Daniels hush money case. The president-elect was convicted on 34 counts last May in New York of falsifying business records relating to payments made to Ms Daniels before the 2016 presidential election. Prosecutors claimed…
-
Men on 1970s pro-paedophile list could still work with children today
Read Latest News BBC A secret list of more than 300 people who belonged to a network that called publicly for the legalisation of sex with children has been handed to the BBC. A small number of those named on the list may still have contact with children through paid work or volunteering, the BBC…
-
Bus cap rises across England today but Labour mayors buck national trend | Money News
Read Latest News The cap on bus fares has risen to £3 in much of England today as new government policy took effect. It means the maximum a bus passenger will pay for a single journey is now £3, £1 more expensive than before, as the government increased the cap from 1 January. It’s the…
-
Private school parents facing higher fees from today as VAT policy kicks in | Politics News
Read Latest News Parents who send their children to private schools could face higher fees from today as the government’s flagship VAT policy comes into force. Labour on Wednesday scrapped the VAT exemption and business rates relief for private schools, forcing some academic institutions to offset the hike with raised fees for parents. Others have…
-
Labour would lose almost 200 seats in ‘highly unstable’ parliament if election held today, poll suggests | Politics News
Read Latest News Labour would lose its majority and nearly 200 seats if a general election was held today, a new mega poll suggests. While Sir Keir Starmer would still come out on top, it would be in a “highly fragmented and unstable” parliament with five parties holding over 30 seats. More in Common, which…
-
NASA’s Parker Probe: Fastest object ever built to make closest approach to sun today | Science, Climate & Tech News
Read Latest News The fastest object ever built by humans will fly within a whisker of the sun today. The Parker Solar Probe will race past at 435,000mph as it studies the sun’s surface and atmosphere. That’s so fast it would cover the distance between London and New York in just 29 seconds. It has…
-
Mishal Husain bids farewell in last Today episode
Read Latest News Mishal Husain bids farewell in last Today episode Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks everyone’s talking about! ~ AliExpress’s Most-Loved Finds Are Here! Don’t miss out on these Top Treasures & Fan Favorites!
-
Radio 4 Today host Mishal Husain to leave BBC
Read Latest News Radio 4 Today programme co-presenter Mishal Husain is to leave the BBC in the New Year, the corporation has announced. Husain has been a host on the station’s flagship current affairs morning show for 11 years, and also presented the broadcaster’s recent UK general election debates. Source Link ~ Read More News…
-
Laura Kenny, Sajid Javid and Floella Benjamin to guest edit Radio 4’s Today programme
Read Latest News PA Media Dame Laura Kenny, pictured in 2022, will explore issues including PE provision in schools Dame Laura Kenny will guest edit Radio 4’s Today programme over Christmas, the BBC has announced. The British cyclist is one of six names who will editorially shape episodes of the news programme over the festive…
-
The disabled character from 24 years ago getting me harassed today
Read Latest News Emma Lynch/BBC I can feel the anger rising. How am I facing this abuse again after 20 years? My name is Alex. But increasingly young people shout “Timmy” at me in the street. This isn’t mistaken identity – it‘s mockery because I use a wheelchair. I should ignore it, but this time,…
-
Date announcement expected later today
Read Latest News PA Media Simon Harris is expected to call an election later on Friday The taoiseach (Irish prime minister) is expected to ask Irish President Michael D Higgins to dissolve the current Dáil (lower house of the Irish parliament) later. Under Irish law, once the Dáil is dissolved an election must be held…
-
Robert Jenrick or Kemi Badenoch to be crowned Tory leader today – but whoever wins contest faces daunting task | Politics News
Read Latest News The next leader of the Conservative party will be announced today, following a run-off between Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick. The winner will replace Rishi Sunak as the leader of the opposition, after he led the party to a crushing election defeat in July, losing almost two thirds of its MPs. His…