14 of the most spectacularly awkward live British TV moments of 2015
By Sam Haysom From Mashable LONDON — If unpredictable outbursts and crippling awkwardness are your bag, live television is much the gift that keeps on giving. See also: 21 laugh-out-loud tweets about daily British life that won 2015 2015 was…
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Peculiar Caribbean village where girls naturally transform into boys at puberty
By Mirror From Standard Media There are three sexes in Salinas where being a pseudohermaphrodite is so common it’s accepted alongside male and female. On the face of it, the small village of Salinas in the Barahona Province of the…
Usain Bolt beats Justin Gatlin to win world 100m title
By Tom Fordyce Chief sports writer in Beijing From BBC Usain Bolt produced perhaps his greatest performance of all as he put a troubled build-up behind him to beat two-time doper and clear favourite Justin Gatlin to retain his world…
FIFA to investigate arrest of BBC journalists in Qatar
By Tim Chester From Mashable FIFA are to launch an investigation after a group of BBC journalists were arrested and detained for several days in Qatar earlier in May, while reporting on construction workers building stadiums ahead of the 2022…
Nepal earthquake: Dozens die in new tremor near Everest
From BBC A major earthquake has struck eastern Nepal, near Mount Everest, two weeks after more than 8,000 people died in a devastating quake. At least 37 people have been killed and more than 1,000 injured, officials say. At least…
Boko Haram crisis: Nigeria’s Baga town hit by new assault
From BBC A screen grab from a video released by Boko Haram, showing its leader Abubakar Shekau delivering a speech – 31 October 2014 Boko Haram controls large swathes of Nigeria’s militant Islamists have carried out a second attack on…
Kenya bus attack: Al-Shabab ‘wants religious war’
From BBC Kenyan security forces at the scene of the bus attack near the town of Mandera in northern Kenya – 22 November 2014 The driver of the bus tried to accelerate away from the militants, but the vehicle got…
‘Fake Sheikh’ Mazher Mahmood finally unmasked by BBC Panorama
By Amanda Williams From Daily Mail UK Panorama programme featured up-to-date pictures of the reporter Comes after attempts by Mahmood to block broadcast amid safety fears Reporter’s elaborate set-ups led to the exposure of dozens of celebrities The programme heard…
The Editor Speaks: The British ATS also forgotten heroes
Further to my Editorial concerning the forgotten Home Guard and Cayman’s tribute to them – “It was about time” at: http://www.ieyenews.com/wordpress/the-editor-speaks-it-was-about-time/ John Evans (of ‘Tempura’ infamous fame) wrote to me concerning the British Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) that too has…
HBO debuts “Getting On” in the Caribbean
The original comedy series, premiering October 12, takes a look at the dysfunctional staff of a struggling hospital Miami, FL – October 3, 2014 – HBO announced the premiere of the original series Getting On, which follows the daily lives…
