[ad_1] Getty ImagesThose aged 16-34 are likely to get local news mainly from social mediaAdults in Northern Ireland are more likely to watch any type of news compared to adults in the rest of the UK.That is according to a just-published review of local media by the communications regulator Ofcom.Adults in Northern Ireland are also more likely to listen to local radio, and get news from websites like BBC News
[ad_1] DawsonsA card signed by The Beatles sold for £5,500A collection of autographs from some of the 20th Century's most well-known figures has sold for more than £78,000 at auction.A note signed by Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong had the highest selling price, fetching £22,000 when it went under the hammer.Among the other famous jottings that sold were those belonging to Jamaican reggae icon Bob Marley, South African anti-apartheid leader
[ad_1] Stuart Woodward/BBCThe handwritten letters from Princess Diana will go under the hammer on 30 July"Intimate" handwritten letters and cards from Princess Diana to her family’s former housekeeper are to be sold at auction.The letters were sent to Violet Collison – who Diana knew simply as "Collie" – the housekeeper at Park House on the Sandringham Estate, where the princess spent her childhood years.Collie remained close to Diana and sent
[ad_1] BBCThe BBC named Matthew White as a suspect in the 1993 murder A suspect in the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence told police he had a “girlfriend” who was a child, but no action was taken against him, the BBC can reveal.The lawyer representing Stephen’s mother, Baroness Doreen Lawrence, says the latest findings about Matthew White show again that the Metropolitan Police can’t be trusted to continue investigating the
[ad_1] A police officer is filmed appearing to kick and stamp on a man's head lying on the groundA crowd of people has protested outside a police station in Greater Manchester, amid anger over a policeman filmed kicking a man in the head at the city's airport.Chanting "shame on you", the protesters in Rochdale accused the police of institutional racism, footage from the protest online appears to show.Greater Manchester Police
[ad_1] The Treasury has denied that copper coins are to be phased out after it ordered no new 1p and 2p pieces from the Royal Mint this year."We are not scrapping 1p or 2p coins," a Treasury spokesperson told the BBC.They added that the lack of orders was due to there being enough coins already in circulation.The comments came after multiple reports suggested that the coins might be scrapped as
[ad_1] EPAClimate change is dramatically increasing the frequency of extreme high temperatures in the UK, new Met Office analysis has confirmed.Its annual State of the Climate report says data from 2023 shows the country is experiencing significantly more really hot days.Its observations suggest there has been an increase in the number of really wet days too, such as the prolonged and heavy rain Storm Babet brought to wide areas of
[ad_1] Catherine FlanaganCatherine Flanagan is seeking the return of her son David to Northern IrelandA mother from Belfast, whose son is in Lebanon, has appealed to the UK and Irish governments to help find him and secure his return to Northern Ireland.Catherine Flanagan said she had been battling to get her son David back after he was taken by his father and family.The High Court in Belfast ruled in 2023
[ad_1] BBCNelly Naylor (top left), Rob Reiss (bottom left), Katie Drinkwater (centre), and Louise Nichols (top right) are just some of many thousands who have been waiting for an assessmentIt would take more than eight years for the NHS to see all adult patients waiting for ADHD assessments in many parts of the UK, a BBC investigation has found.Through Freedom of Information requests, the BBC has identified 24 services in
[ad_1] Several papers report on the stabbing of a soldier in Gillingham in Kent. The Daily Express reports that the serviceman - believed to be a lieutenant-colonel - was stabbed up to 12 times in front of his wife. The paper pictures the "dramatic moment" a 24-year-old man was arrested minutes after the attack.The attack was a "stabbing frenzy" that happened in a quiet street, according to the Daily Mirror.
