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Revolutions brought dramatic to change to the region – but the causes have not gone away.
BBC News – Middle East

Aida and Daniel are married – and both paramedics in Tijuana, one of the most violent cities in the world.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The EU is considering more sanctions on Russia over the case of Putin critic Alexei Navalny.
BBC News – Europe

The data provides more evidence lockdown is working, even with more infectious variants of the virus circulating.
BBC News – UK

The gold medallist was spotted among Trump supporters in the Rotunda wearing his Team USA jacket.
BBC News – US & Canada

The UK Supreme Court’s ruling is a victory for communities severely hit by pollution in the Niger Delta.
BBC News – Africa

The Five Minutes Spare Tour of Crawley, The Town With That Airport!

Here at Five Minutes Spare, we often review towns and cities in Britain with the aim of highlighting their best points and showing you that […]

A rush to complete sales before tax breaks end on 31 March is causing delays and calls for government help.
BBC News – Business

Loujain al-Hathloul was instrumental in the movement to allow women to drive in the kingdom.
BBC News – Middle East

Keyla Martínez was detained for breaking Honduras’s curfew; forensic tests suggest she was killed.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The French far-right leader is accused of breaking hate speech laws for posting gruesome murder images.
BBC News – Europe

Health services and councils will be encouraged to work together as reforms from 2012 are unpicked in England.
BBC News – UK

The second day of Donald Trump’s impeachment trial saw him labelled as an “inciter-in-chief”.
BBC News – US & Canada

Catherine Byaruhanga explains what’s going on in Central African Republic, as rebels surround the capital.
BBC News – Africa

A Red-Themed General Knowledge Quiz
If red’s your favourite colour, according to the experts, you are a courageous, confident, ambitious, optimistic, extrovert. You also enjoy the outdoors and like being the […]

List of Cumbria Football Teams playing in the Football League or FA pyramid structure From Carlisle United to Workington AFC.

Although Cumbria is somewhat isolated and less densely populated it does at the […]

Carlisle United are probably Cumbria’s best-supported team and are widely known for their prowess in the Football League Trophy, a Final they have reached a record six times! They have been members of the football […]

The UK has one of the highest rates of obesity in the world.
BBC News – Business

Mayar Sherif is the first Egyptian woman to win a main draw match at a Grand Slam with victory at the Australian Open.
BBC News – Middle East