Kevin Sharkey BBC News NI Dublin reporter Social media Alan Vial and Nikita Burns had denied murdering Robert Wilkin The family of a man who was thrown over iconic Irish cliffs have described his “evil” murder as “callous and unnecessary”. Alan Vile and Nikita Burns, were convicted of murder by majorities of 10 to two … Read more
All-female country trio Remember Monday will represent the UK at Eurovision 2025 with their song What The Hell Just Happened?. When asked on BBC Radio 2 how excited the musicians felt about the announcement, group-member Holly-Anne Hull said: “We feel like we’re on another planet, nothing is sinking in.” The Eurovision Song Contest will be … Read more
Former Olympic snowboarder and Canadian national Ryan Wedding, 43, has been placed on the FBI’s 10 most wanted fugitives list for allegedly running a violent transnational drug trafficking network. Wedding is wanted for allegedly shipping hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia, through Mexico and southern California, to Canada and US locations, and for orchestrating … Read more
Getty Images South Carolina allows witnesses to observe executions carried out by the state. A South Carolina prison inmate convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend’s parents with a baseball bat will be the first person in the US to be executed by firing squad in 15 years. If Brad Sigmon’s execution proceeds on Friday at 18:00 … Read more
Catherine Moore BBC News NI EPA US President Donald Trump said the Irish were “great people” US President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation declaring March “Irish-American Heritage Month”. In the proclamation, he said the month will “commemorate the special bond of friendship between the United States and Ireland” and “honor the extraordinary contributions of … Read more
A selection of the week’s best photos from across the African continent and beyond: Esa Alexander / Reuters A reveller sees the bright side of life at the Cape Town Pride celebration in South Africa on Saturday. Luc Gnago / Reuters Four-year-old Maëlis Kouakou dresses up for Mardi Gras, or Shrove Tuesday, in Abidjan, Ivory … Read more
Mark Savage Music Correspondent BBC Remember Monday are seasoned live performers, with perfect three-part harmonies The UK’s Eurovision entry for 2025 will be the female country-pop trio Remember Monday, the BBC has announced. The group, who previously reached the quarter-finals of The Voice, will head to Switzerland this May with a song called What The … Read more
After years of wrangling with authorities, students in Thailand can now let their hair down. Literally. On Wednesday, Thailand’s Supreme Administrative Court annulled a 50-year-old directive by the education ministry, which had previously set out rules on hairstyles for school students: short hair for boys and ear-length bobs for girls. In practice, hairstyle rules have … Read more
French police closed train traffic to and from Paris Gare du Nord station on Friday after an unexploded World War II bomb was found on tracks leading to the terminal, train companies reported. The bomb was found on the tracks during overnight works, train line RER B posted on X. Media said the discovery was … Read more
Adam Mandeville BBC News NI BBC Yousaf Ghaffar said he has been given a chance to live a “relatively normal life” A County Mayo man who was paralysed in a car crash has been given a chance to live a “relatively normal life” thanks to what surgeons are calling ground-breaking surgery. Yousaf Ghaffar was told … Read more