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The National Gallery has celebrated its bicentenary with a light show projected on the front of its central London home.The display formed part of celebrations commemorating 200 years since the institution first opened. Throughout the year, the gallery will be holding events celebrating its past and looking forward to its future, including art installations across the UK, collaborations with social media creators and a free festival of art in Trafalgar Square in the summer for children and families. Source link

The star of viral hit People talks to the BBC about getting death threats for waving a Cameroonian flag. Source link

Seafarers have told the BBC port officials routinely demand cash, cigarettes, food and drink as bribes before allowing ships through. So-called “gratuities” are against international anti-corruption laws. But the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network said it received 5,183 reports in 2023.The International Association of Ports and Harbours is working to tackle it.Ex-captain Stephen Gudgeon said he was once held at gunpoint after refusing to hand over cigarettes at a port in Asia.”They took me ashore at gunpoint and I was locked up. I was photographed and fingerprinted, and I was interviewed by two officials in an empty room with just a chair,…

He was upbeat but in pain when I used to visit him at the specialist liver unit in Kings College Hospital, London.He was, however, determined to see the start of the inquiry and on that day – 28 September 2018 – he appeared live on the BBC alongside Su and a panel of guests.It was a “bittersweet moment”, he said. He spoke about how he hoped the inquiry would “have the courage and the bravery” to get to the truth. But he was clearly struggling. And when we had a coffee after the show, it was obvious Su was concerned.…

Bafta has given out British TV’s biggest honours at a ceremony at London’s Royal Festival Hall on Sunday.The final seasons of Top Boy and Happy Valley are among the big winners, along with The Sixth Commandment.Sarah Lancashire won the leading actress award for her role in Happy Valley – the second time she has done so – while Timothy Spall won leading actor.Top Boy won the prestigious best drama award, with Jasmine Jobson also winning best supporting actress for her performance in the show.Video by Sofia Ferreira Santos Source link

Six weeks after de Guzman’s death, the Busang gold dream was over for everyone, leaving investors in despair.Bre-X Minerals’ C$6bn valuation had been reduced to nothing.An independent report would confirm there was no gold at all at the Busang site. Rock samples dating from 1995 to 1997 were analysed and found to have been tampered with through a process called salting. Fragments of gold from another source had been sprinkled among rock samples via a saltshaker to falsify results.Almost 30 years later, no-one has ever been held accountable for the scam.Walsh maintained he knew nothing about it and died of…

Fujitsu, the company that built the flawed Horizon IT system, sacked a top boss at the height of the scandal.Rod Vawdrey, 67, was dismissed as Fujitsu’s global president in 2014 for personal conduct issues, former colleagues say.He returned to his native Australia, where he is now being sued for his involvement in a “train wreck” stock market float which made him millions. Mr Vawdrey told the BBC he wasn’t involved in the Horizon project. Mr Vawdrey had responsibility for the UK operation from 2011 to 2014 – a crucial time in the Horizon scandal. But if the Horizon issue was…

There has been a surge in demand for hepatitis C tests since the BBC revealed that hundreds of people in the UK were unknowingly infected with the virus, the Hepatitis C Trust says.Up to 27,000 people caught it when they were given transfusions with infected blood from the 1970s until 1991. According to BBC analysis, a further 1,700 people who caught it in the same way have not yet been diagnosed.Left untreated, hepatitis can cause chronic liver disease and can be fatal.Known as the “silent killer”, hepatitis C may cause few symptoms initially, with early signs including night sweats, brain…

Many of the celebrities wore loose fitting outfits, as they tried to keep cool with the sun beating down on London’s Royal Festival Hall.Not so Joe Lycett. The comedian arrived dressed as Queen Elizabeth I, in a white cape and gown with a ruff around his neck.Lycett did carry two different types of fan on the red carpet, one manual and one battery-powered, as temperatures soared.But that wasn’t enough to keep him cool. “It’s boil in a bag,” he said of his silver ensemble.He also liberally applied sun cream, not only to himself but also to the TV critic Scott…

Recent weeks have seen an increasingly public rift over how Gaza should be governed after the war. Source link