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Stage stars fear for future of British arts
As a wealth of British theater and opera maestros cross the Channel to perform at French festivals this summer, many are worried about the state of live arts back home.
The combined impact of Brexit, the COVID-19 pandemic, rising inflation and a Conservative government that sees live arts as a low priority have all taken their toll.
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Trump is back
The decision comes two years after his account was suspended from those social networks following the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, company officials said.
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BBC marks 100 years facing questions about its future
On Nov. 14, 1922, the clipped tones of the BBC's director of programs, Arthur Burrows, crackled across the airwaves."This is 2LO, Marconi House, London calling," he announced, and with that, public service broadcasting in Britain was born.
The Czech Exception: A Public Broadcaster Dodges the Illiberal Bullet
In the early years of the transition from communism, the erstwhile one-party states of eastern Europe would put Michnik's dictum to the test. In 1991, a former Czech dissident and lawyer, Hana Marvanova, was working on new regulations designed to remake her country's national broadcaster in the image of the BBC.
Johnson gives a historical speech; "44 million people would be full-scale war target"
"If the worst happens then a European nation of 44 million men, women and children would become the target of full-scale war", Boris Johnson said in his historical speech.
Ioanna is insanely hot (photos-video)
The TV presenter is enjoying her summer holidays
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9 Years Old Boy From Kenya Receives an Honor Award for His Creativity
BBC launches Serbian service - B92.net one of partners
After seven years, BBC in Serbian has returned, this time in a digital edition on a special page on the BBC website, on Twitter @bbcnasrpskom, but also on our site - on this link.
BBC in Serbian is a part of the World Service, which offers content in 42 languages on the broadcaster's radio, television and digital platforms to an audience of 269 million on a weekly basis.
Back to basics with slow news
Social media has done amazing things for thousands of people. It enabled us to reach further than ever. It enabled us to sell our products, to let the world know what we think, to find peers, and so on. It also enabled news to travel faster. However the speed of travelling doesn't guarantee the quality of the content. Therefore we see lots of fake news around the globe.
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Mum angered by ISIS-style execution of egg on kids TV! (pics)
Angela Halliwell, aged 35, blasted the BBC for featuring a tast soldier beheading an egg on a BBC cartoon. The Ooglies on CBBC outraged the mother who complained to Ofcom.
“Kids could think extreme violence like beheading is normal,” she said.
The BBC disagrees and says the “beheading” will continue – as well as the exploding grape that accompanies the beheading.