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The BBC’s Girmay Gebru recounts his experience of being detained in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.
BBC News – Africa

Somewhere in the lovely humid warmth of Derbyshire, you will find a town called Chesterfield. Situated at the meeting place of the Rivers Rother and Hipper, this town and borough lie in the centre of an old […]

Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group says new business rates measures are “near worthless” for large retailers.
BBC News – Business

On his first foreign trip since Covid, Pope Francis urges a more prominent role for Iraq’s Christians.
BBC News – Middle East

Jair Bolsonaro criticises measures to curb Covid-19, a day after Brazil saw a record rise in deaths.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A row with drug firm AstraZeneca has caused Italy to block 250,000 doses to be sent to Australia.
BBC News – Europe

A union calls the proposed increase in England “pitiful”, but ministers say money is tight.
BBC News – UK

Simone Williams sees her hair, which measures nearly 1.5m in circumference, as a symbol of pride.
BBC News – US & Canada

Tea pickers allege they have suffered severe health problems due to conditions on farms run by James Finlay Kenya Ltd.
BBC News – Africa

The Brampton Quiz
Brampton, for a small place, is shrouded in history, but how much to do you know about it, take the Brampton Quiz to find out!
After you have taken the quiz challenge your friends and family to […]

Bowness and Windermere Quiz
As part of our Cumbria quizzes here is our Bowness and Windermere Quiz
How much do you know about the history of Bowness and Windermere, Take our quiz to find out!

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Cumbria Quiz
The Big Cumbria Quiz. Are you a Cumbrian Mastermind?
How much do you really know about your Cumbria? Well, it’s time to find out with our Big Cumbria Quiz. This quiz is a long one so make sure […]

Here’s a fun general knowledge quiz with a difference – all answers begin with the Letter G.

Does that sound too easy?  Maybe think again – most of the questions are cryptic so you’ll really need to get the […]

About 200,000 pensions may get top-ups averaging £13,500 after nearly two decades of shortfalls.
BBC News – Business

Israel rejects the court’s decision to probe alleged war crimes, while the Palestinians praise it.
BBC News – Middle East

The daily toll reached 1,910 on Wednesday, Brazil’s highest figure since the pandemic started.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Chancellor Merkel says The EU member is the latest country to reverse its policy on the vaccine’s use on older people.
BBC News – Europe

Chancellor Rishi Sunak says decisions made in his Budget might not be “popular” but are “honest”.
BBC News – UK