Simon Furness

Locations including Milton Keynes, Dunfermline and Wrexham will be made cities in honour of the Queen.
BBC News – UK

The state’s ban, its third in recent months, has been called the strictest in the US.
BBC News – US & Canada

The controversial deal to send migrants from the UK to Rwanda is good news for its hospitality business.
BBC News – Africa

Big increases are due next April but charities say soaring prices mean people need the money now.
BBC News – Business

British citizen Alaa Abdel Fattah’s prison conditions are “inhumane”, the foreign secretary is told.
BBC News – Middle East

At least two people are dead and hundreds of thousands have been left without electricity.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

It will invest in pipelines in other countries but will speed up a shift to green energy.
BBC News – Europe

The chancellor says it won’t be easy to tackle cost of living crisis as inflation hits 40-year high.
BBC News – UK

But the too-close-to-call Republican primary in Pennsylvania is likely to go to a recount.
BBC News – US & Canada

Paris St-Germain’s Idrissa Gueye refused to play in a match to avoid wearing a rainbow symbol in support of LGBTQ+ rights BBC Sport understands.
BBC News – Africa

The NFC East was viewed as the weakest division in the conference last season but still sent two teams to the playoffs.  OK, they both made fast exits but it was still a pretty good achievement and an improvement […]

And then there were four!
The 2022 NBA season is drawing to its close and at best we can look forward to 21 more games, but the good news is that however many it takes to settle this they should be crackers. The […]

The unemployment rate falls to its lowest level for nearly 50 years between January and March.
BBC News – Business

The Iran-backed group suffers a setback in the first elections since mass anti-government protests.
BBC News – Middle East

Many of the missing are victims of organised crime and hardly any of those responsible are punished.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Ukraine says 264 fighters – some badly wounded – have been taken from the Azovstal steelworks.
BBC News – Europe

Buckingham Palace says the visit, ahead of the line’s opening on 24 May, is a “happy development”.
BBC News – UK

A movement of online extremists targets innocent people in shooting rampages that follow a similar blueprint.
BBC News – US & Canada

Kenya’s leading presidential candidates have chosen running mates from the biggest ethnic group.
BBC News – Africa

With The Final Pick of the XXXX NFL Draft, Someone… Selects.
Ok, you get the picture, every year since 1936 one player has had the somewhat dubious honour of being picked last and since 1976 they have been […]