Author: BBC

Euro 2024 champions Spain have returned home to a royal welcome in Madrid.Spain beat England 2-1 in Sunday’s final in Berlin to win their record fourth European crown.They travelled from Germany to the capital Madrid on Monday and met Spain’s King Felipe VI and his family.Celebrations are set to continue as fans gather at Cibeles Square in anticipation of seeing their heroes and the Henri Delaunay Trophy. Source link

2 days agoBy George King, Andrew Woodger, BBC News, SuffolkGetty ImagesThe Clash performed an infamous show at The Corn Exchange in Bury St Edmunds in 1978A town’s local history society has said a punk gig which “caused mayhem” and resulted in certain types of live music being banned in public buildings for two decades is “not worthy” of a blue plaque.The Bury Society has unanimously agreed against putting its support behind calls for a blue plaque to commemorate The Clash’s 1978 concert at The Corn Exchange in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.The show, which also featured an earlier incarnation of 2 Tone leaders The…

26 minutes agoBy Mike Wendling, BBC NewsReuters“I’m a ‘never Trump’ guy. I never liked him.”“My god what an idiot.”“I find him reprehensible.”That was from JD Vance in interviews and on Twitter in 2016, when the publication of his memoir Hillbilly Elegy catapulted him to fame.A few short years later, Mr Vance transformed himself into one of Trump’s steadfast allies.And a few years after that the first-term senator from Ohio is now by Trump’s side as vice presidential running mate – and, by extension, an early frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination in 2028 – with a reliably conservative voting record and midwestern…

PA MediaGlasgow’s TRNSMT festival is in full swing, with dozens of artists still to perform on Sunday.The sunshine and blue skies that greeted festival goers on the opening day of Scotland’s biggest music festival on Friday turned to overcast skies and drizzle for the second day.About 50,000 attended TRNSMT festival on Friday, headlined by Liam Gallagher.Music fans basked in the sunshine at Glasgow Green and watched artists such as Garbage, Sugababes and even a secret set by Scottish rockers Travis.On Saturday, Rick Astley wowed revellers by performing AC/DC’s Highway to Hell and Seven Nation Army by the White Stripes, as…

3 hours agoBy David Gritten, BBC NewsEPAUnrwa says two thirds of its school in Gaza have been hit since the start of the warAt least 22 Palestinians were killed and 100 wounded in a strike on Sunday on a UN-run school in central Gaza being used as a shelter by displaced people, the Hamas-run health ministry says.The Israeli military said it had targeted a number of Hamas “terrorists” operating from Abu Oraiban School in the urban Nuseirat refugee camp.Witnesses told BBC Arabic there were no armed fighters there and that children were among the casualties.It was the fifth attack on or near…

1 hour agoBy Tom Richardson, BBC NewsbeatNetflixEleven, Mike and Will are back for season five of Stranger ThingsStranger Things fans have gone wild after the show’s makers posted an update from the set of its fifth season.The Netflix sci-fi drama, first released in July 2016, is one of the streamer’s biggest hits and has made stars of its cast.To celebrate the eighth anniversary of its debut, producers uploaded a behind-the-scenes clip announcing that the crew were halfway through filming season five. Stranger Things’ final episodes don’t yet have an official release date but it’s been suggested they could arrive next year.Allow Google…

Scientists have for the first time discovered a cave on the Moon.At least 100m deep, it could be an ideal place for humans to build a permanent base, they say.It is just one in probably hundreds of caves hidden in an “underground, undiscovered world”, according to the researchers.Countries are racing to establish a permanent human presence on the Moon, but they will need to protect astronauts from radiation, extreme temperatures, and space weather.Helen Sharman, the first British astronaut to travel to space, told BBC News that the newly-discovered cave looked like a good place for a base, and suggested humans…

5 hours agoBy Mark Savage, Music correspondentGetty ImagesKylie Minogue last headlined the BST festival in 2015Stevie Nicks, Kylie Minogue and K-pop band Stray Kids have closed London’s BST festival – with a little help from Harry Styles.The pop star made a surprise appearance during Nicks’ headline set on Friday, paying tribute to her late Fleetwood Mac bandmate Christine McVie.Together, they duetted on Stop Dragging My Heart Around and Landslide, while Styles wore an embroidered songbird badge, referring to McVie’s track Songbird from the 1977 album, Rumours.Handsome Styles / YouTubeFans captured shots of Harry Styles and Stevie Nicks on stageNicks told the audience…

Byron Donalds, 45, has helped raise the profile of black conservatism.Born in New York to a single mother, Mr Donalds worked in banking, insurance and finance before entering local politics in Florida in 2012.After four years in the Florida House of Representatives, he has served since 2020 in the US House, representing the right-wing flank of his party in Washington.On 15 June, Mr Donalds joined Trump at a Michigan campaign event aimed at winning over black voters. The former president openly touted Mr Donalds as a potential running mate.”Byron Donalds is an incredible guy, and I noticed he happens to…

10 hours agoBy Alex Dunlop and Laura Devlin, BBC News, St Neots Alex Dunlop/BBCGemma Cutler wants to use her experience to raise awareness One in 10 women experience the intense pelvic pain and heavy periods caused by adenomyosis – yet little is known about it.The condition involves the lining of the womb growing into the muscle in the wall of the womb. Sufferers describe being dismissed by clinicians and having to wait years for a diagnosis, to then be told a hysterectomy is their only option. The BBC spoke to two women and a GP who are calling for the condition to…