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Best of Brakfast Episode 174 Yana Bolder
Think about how much of your life now exists online. Your bank account, your shopping habits, your photographs, your emails, your work documents and even the details of your next holiday may all be stored digitally. You might use your phone to pay for a coffee, book a doctor's appointment, check your pension or send money to a family member. In many ways, modern life has become considerably easier thanks […]
Israel has ordered its military to prepare for a complete closure of the West Bank following a recent attack. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office confirmed security forces were instructed to cordon off Hebron and prepare to shut down the Palestinian territory. The move follows reports from the Israeli army stating it killed two gunmen and thwarted a terror attack that left several people injured. Britain's electricity network operator says supplies […]
Remember when buying a newspaper was part of your daily routine? Perhaps you'd pick one up on the way to work, read it over breakfast or grab a copy from the local shop on a Saturday morning. There was something reassuring about holding a newspaper in your hands, flicking through the pages and discovering what was happening in the world. Fast-forward to 2026, and things look rather different. Most of […]
Defence Secretary Wes Streeting has urged the public and businesses to prepare for natural disasters, cyber attacks, and state-sponsored terrorism. Launching a national resilience conversation to raise risk awareness, Mr Streeting advised households to stock up on food, bottled water, and first aid supplies. The warning follows advice from Environment Secretary Dame Angela Eagle for people to prepare for extreme weather as a major El Niño event develops. Organisations and […]
If you grew up in the 1970s or 1980s, chances are you developed a set of survival skills that nobody ever formally taught you. There were no online tutorials, no YouTube videos showing you how to fix things and certainly no group chat where you could ask 15 people what you should do next. You just got on with it. Gen X grew up in a world where you were […]
Government and business websites around the world have been taken offline to protect systems following a critical software update for the widely used PHP programming language. Developers released fixes for two severe vulnerabilities, urging immediate software updates. Cybersecurity agencies warned that organisations unable to apply key patches should consider taking their sites offline, leaving tech teams scrambling globally to prevent potential network breaches. Killers who refuse to attend their sentencing […]
For generations of British schoolchildren, there was one place that could make an ordinary school day feel a little more exciting. It was not the playground, the school hall or even the classroom on the rare occasion a favourite teacher was taking the lesson. It was the school tuck shop. Armed with a few coins, you could head over at break time and decide how best to spend your small […]
A landmark report detailing the scale of antisemitism in English schools and colleges is set to be published. Written by former schools inspector Sir David Bell, the report outlines twenty-seven recommendations to drive systemic change. Key proposals include specialized teacher training, strengthened guidance on political impartiality, and equipping students to confront online anti-Jewish hatred and conspiracy theories. The government is expected to accept all recommendations in full. The UK audit […]
There was a time when getting to Number One in the UK singles chart was about as big as it got in popular music. It could turn an emerging singer into a household name, confirm a superstar's status or provide the soundtrack to an entire summer. For a few precious days, the artist at the top of the chart had something millions of people recognised: the biggest single in the […]
Police in Northern Ireland and Scotland are investigating after threatening emails, deemed to be a hoax, were sent to hundreds of schools. Up to three hundred schools in Northern Ireland reported receiving the message containing a generalised threat originating from outside the UK. Stormont's education minister confirmed the bomb threats were not being treated as viable, while police confirmed similar messages were received across the UK. A man accused of […]
