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60 minutes agoLucy Manning,Special Correspondent, BBC NewsHostages and Missing Families ForumNaama, 19, was among seven young female conscripts taken hostage by Hamas gunmen who attacked Nahal Oz military base in southern Israel on 7 OctoberThe brother of Israeli hostage Naama Levy has said the family’s decision to release new harrowing video of the moment his sister and other female hostages were kidnapped is to remind the world and world leaders that they need to push for a deal to secure their release.Nineteen-year-old Naama and six other young women were taken by Hamas gunmen from the Nahal Oz military base on…

PA MediaGareth Gates was due to perform at the festivalOrganisers of a music festival in Bradford have cancelled the free event just days before it was due to take place citing “unrealistic demands” being placed on them.The people behind the Challenge Festival, which was due to take place on 25 and 26 May in Myrtle Park, Bingley, said it would now not go ahead.In a Facebook update they said “safety concerns”, including fencing off a woodland area in case of fire, had prompted the event’s cancellation.Bradford Council’s safety advice group (SAG), which had been liaising with organisers, said: “Public safety…

A man who was renovating his wine cellar in Austria has made an extraordinary discovery. It wasn’t a vintage red or white – but the remains of prehistoric mammoths.The find has been called an “archaeological sensation” by researchers from the Austrian Archaeological Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the OeAW.The winemaker, Andreas Pernerstorfer, came across a number of huge bones, buried deep in his wine cellar in the village of Gobelsburg, in the district of Krems, west of Vienna.He reported his find to the authorities, who identified them as the bones of at least three Stone Age mammoths.Mr Pernerstorfer…

In 1994, Newsroom South East’s Jonathan Beale reported on the tactics used by criminals to steal and then sell on mobile phones.The boom in cellphones in the 1990s saw a new crime wave of phone thefts on the capital’s streets and even in people’s cars, while they were driving. Take a look at what was being done to clamp down on phone thieves in 90s London. Video from Newsroom South East, 1994 Source link

24 minutes agoZhara Simpson,Ammar EbrahimBBCRoute one has been approved by Jersey’s States AssemblyJersey politicians have voted to approve plans to allow assisted dying for those with a terminal illness “causing unbearable suffering”.The States Assembly has been debating two routes through which people who have lived in Jersey for longer than a year, are 18 or over and have decision-making capacity could apply for assisted dying.A total of 32 members voted in favour while 14 voted against route one.The second route, for those who are not terminally ill but who have an incurable medical condition causing unbearable suffering, was rejected by…

Getty ImagesA judge in Tennessee has blocked a planned auction of Graceland, the former home of singer Elvis Presley.The mansion has been at the centre of a dispute between Presley’s granddaughter, actress Riley Keough, and a company that claimed ownership after saying his estate had failed to repay a loan.Keough inherited Graceland and much of Presley’s estate after her mother, Lisa Marie Presley, died last year.Naussany Investments claimed Lisa Marie used the compound as collateral for a $3.8m (£3m) loan that was never paid back. They planned to sell it at an auction on Thursday.Inside Elvis Presley’s Graceland home in…

Wind turbine snapped in two and burning after Iowa tornadoA tornado killed multiple people in a small Iowa town as powerful storms swept through the Midwest.Homes and businesses in Greenfield were destroyed, cars smashed and debris strewn across the landscape.Iowa police confirmed the fatalities at a news briefing on Tuesday night, but were unable to say how many. Nebraska, Illinois and Wisconsin were also hit by tornados, heavy rain and power cuts.Video footage showing the devastation across Iowa depicted flattened buildings, overturned cars and broken wind turbines.Greenfield, a town of 2,000 people about 55 miles from Des Moines, endured the…

The Olympics turn to AI to try crack down on online abuse aimed at athletes Source link

GettyHay Festival attracts around 300,000 visitors every yearThe countdown is on to Hay Festival, one of the world’s top literary events which takes place every year in the mid-Wales town of Hay-on-Wye.This year’s lineup includes a variety of speakers and performers – including Geri Halliwell-Horner, Bonnie Tyler, Gary Lineker and Theresa May.What is Hay Festival?The Hay Festival is an annual arts and literature festival which takes place over the course of 11 days each spring.Notable writers, musicians, comedians, poets and more come together to host a series of sessions, attracting around 300,000 visitors every year.GettyStormzy appeared at Hay Festival in…

A number of turbines in the Midwestern state have been destroyed by severe storms. Source link