Boris Johnson spends 10 minutes avoiding answering partygate questions in BBC interview

Boris Johnson spends 10 minutes avoiding answering partygate questions in BBC interview

Boris Johnson said there is “not a jot” he can say about allegations of parties held in No 10 during Covid lockdowns as he repeatedly declined to say whether he will resign if found to have broken his own rules. Facing more than 10 minutes of questioning on the topic of partygate, the Prime Minister … Read more

Strictly's Janette Manrara on Celebrity Mastermind – can you answer the four Disney questions she got wrong?

Strictly's Janette Manrara on Celebrity Mastermind - can you answer the four Disney questions she got wrong?

Strictly Come Dancing professional Janette Manrara found herself under a different type of spotlight when she appeared on Celebrity Mastermind on BBC One on Saturday night. The dancer and It Takes Two presenter was being quizzed on her specialist subject, the Disney renaissance period – which is seen as running from 1989 to 1999 and … Read more

Storm Eunice: Your questions answered on schools, transport and how to stay safe during the red warning

Storm Eunice: Your questions answered on schools, transport and how to stay safe during the red warning

The Met Office, Natural Resources Wales and the Welsh Government have answered our questions on how people in parts of Wales can remain safe during Storm Eunice. This comes as the Met Office has issued a “rare” red weather warning for parts of south Wales as Storm Eunice approaches. The forecasting service upgraded the warning … Read more

The unanswered questions about Prince Andrew and the settlement with Virginia Giuffre

Prince Andrew settled '£12million sex abuse case' after pressure from the Queen

On Tuesday, Prince Andrew settled a civil sexual assault case brought against him by Virginia Giuffre. She had claimed she had been sexually assaulted on three occasions when she was 17, allegations he has repeatedly denied. He will no longer face a jury trial. The terms of the deal prevent either side from discussing the … Read more

Sha’Carri Richardson questions Kamila Valieva decision, says being Black is ‘only difference I see’

Sha’Carri Richardson questions Kamila Valieva decision, says being Black is ‘only difference I see’

US sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson, who missed the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for marijuana, is calling out the decision to allow Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva to continue competing in the Beijing Games despite testing positive for a banned substance. “Can we get a solid answer on the difference of your situation and mines?” Richardson … Read more

Court fight looms as questions swirl over Trump’s finances

Court fight looms as questions swirl over Trump’s finances

NEW YORK (AP) — Questions about Donald Trump’s business practices are piling up. Whether the former president is forced to answer any of them could be decided in a matter of days. New York’s attorney general will go to court Thursday seeking to enforce a subpoena for Trump’s testimony in a civil investigation she says … Read more

Ukraine crisis: Five key questions as Russian forces tipped to start war in Europe

Ukraine crisis: Five key questions as Russian forces tipped to start war in Europe

As fears of an imminent Russian invasion on Ukraine grow increasingly more likely – Defense and Security Editor Chris Hughes analyzes and answers questions on the ongoing crisis situation Boris Johnson outlines NATO support for Ukraine against Russia Ukraine is on the brink of war with Russian forces surrounding the nation on several sides. Ukrainian … Read more

Spouses, taxes and crypto: The unanswered questions for Congress' stock trading ban

Spouses, taxes and crypto: The unanswered questions for Congress' stock trading ban

Wait, isn’t insider trading already banned? Following a “60 Minutes” expose of trades lawmakers made during the 2008 financial crisis, Congress in 2012 passed the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act. The law requires members and their spouses to disclose stock transactions and bars them from trading on nonpublic information “derived” from their official positions. … Read more

Top UK scientist to face US Congress in questions over origin of Covid virus

Top UK scientist to face US Congress in questions over origin of Covid virus

Top British scientist Sir Jeremy Farrar is to be questioned by the US Congress on questions about the origins of the coronavirus that causes Covid 19. Sir Jeremy, a tropical disease expert, is head of the Wellcome Trust, which allocates millions of pounds a year to medical research, and is a former member of the … Read more