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Glastonbury 2022 TV guide: How to watch Billie Eilish and Sam Fender & full schedule
While thousands of festival-goers will flock to Somerset to see their favourite performers live, thousands of others will avoid the crowds and the camping and will instead tune in to the BBC to see the festival’s highlights. If you’re in the latter group, find out below the complete TV scheduleContinue Reading
Ukraine war: as the conflict at sea intensifies, Russia’s prospects of victory look further off than ever
The Ukraine war is at a strategic turning point. As the Russian offensive intensifies in the Donbas without resulting in any substantial gains, western leaders warn that the war will be long, and supporting Ukraine must be sustained in the long term. At the same time, a less perceptible changeContinue Reading
Poliovirus in London sewage – what you need to know
Child receiving the polio vaccine. Asianet-Pakistan/Shutterstock Just as we thought that monkeypox would be the new virus scare for 2022, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) declared a national incident of repeated poliovirus detection in sewage in north and east London. Repeated positive readings for polio suggest that there isContinue Reading
Evolutionary tree of life: modern science is showing how we got so much wrong
Flickr, CC BY If you look different to your close relatives, you may have felt separate from your family. As a child, during particularly stormy fall outs you might have even hoped it was a sign that you were adopted. As our new research shows, appearances can be deceptive whenContinue Reading
Ukraine war: all eyes on Lithuania as sanctions close Russian land access to Kaliningrad
Tensions between Russia and Nato, already stretched considerably by the invasion of Ukraine, have ratcheted up even further over Kaliningrad, a small piece of Russian territory sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic coast and cut off from mainland Russia. Kaliningrad is a Russian oblast (region), of just underContinue Reading
Why UK approach to replacing the Human Rights Act is just as worrying as the replacement itself
The substance of the new bill will make it much more difficult for people like asylum seekers to claim their human rights in the UK. Sean Aiden Calderbank/Shutterstock The Human Rights Act 1998 came into force just over 20 years ago in October 2000, vastly improving protections for human rightsContinue Reading
PFL star Brendan Loughnane one win away from dream UK homecoming fight and promises to ‘be amongst it’ at afterparty
BRENDAN LOUGHNANE is one win away from a dream homecoming fight – and the after party to go with it. The British featherweight is part of the Professional Fighters League 2022 season, which consists of a qualifying and play-off format. 2 Brendan Loughnane is one win away from a dreamContinue Reading
Ukraine Recap: why a small Russian ‘exclave’ is suddenly so important
Well before Vladimir Putin sent his war machine over the border into Ukraine, the Russian president and his proxies were fulminating about Nato surrounding his country, establishing hostile military bases in its backyard and boxing it into a corner. Ukraine’s ever-closer relationship with the west and the prospect of itContinue Reading
European Union makes Ukraine and Moldova candidates for membership
The European Union has agreed to make Ukraine a candidate for EU membership, setting in motion a process that could pull the embattled country further away from Russia’s influence and bind it more closely to the West. Ukraine applied for EU membership less than a week after Moscow invaded onContinue Reading
Spitalfields Music Festival: The best concerts to book at the annual classical music jamboree
F or hundreds of years, Spitalfields in east London has been a haven for rebels, dissidents and immigrants from all over the world. Today, its position at the eastern edge of the City has made it a desirable location for property developers, but since 1976 the annual Spitalfields Music FestivalContinue Reading