On my radarStacey DooleyThe documentary maker and Strictly champion on her love of Dolly Parton, the Pose playlist and Rupi Kaur’s poetry
Documentary-maker and presenter Stacey Dooley was born in Luton in 1987. After appearing in 2008’s documentary series Blood, Sweat and T-shirts, she has presented Stacey Dooley Investigates on BBC Three on topics ranging from child labour to whale hunting to female suicide bombers. In 2018, she won Strictly Come Dancing with dance partner Kevin Clifton and she presents Glow Up: Britain’s Next Make-Up Star and This Is My House.
The age of extinctionAlaskaPolar bear dies from bird flu as H5N1 spreads across globeCurrent outbreak, which started in 2021, is estimated to have killed millions of wild birds and thousands of mammals globally A polar bear has been killed by bird flu as the highly contagious H5N1 virus spreads into the most remote parts of the planet.
The death was confirmed in December by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. “This is the first polar bear case reported, for anywhere,” Dr Bob Gerlach, Alaska’s state veterinarian, told the Alaska Beacon.
RaceQuotes from Louis FarrakhanLouis Farrakhan has a talent for provocation that has won him many enemies and vast publicity. Here are some of his pronouncements"White people are potential humans - they haven't evolved yet." Philadelphia Inquirer, March 2000
"They [the Jews] are the greatest controllers of black minds, black intelligence. They write the scripts - the foolish scripts on television that our people portray. They are the movie moguls that feature us in these silly, degrading, degenerate roles.
Snapchat This article is more than 7 years oldSnapchat heads for IPO that could value 'mega unicorn' at $25bnThis article is more than 7 years oldThe flotation of the five-year-old app, now used by more than 40% of young Americans, will be the largest social media IPO since Twitter in 2013
Snapchat is preparing for a “mega unicorn” flotation on the stock market that could value the five-year-old mobile app known for its disappearing photos at as much as $25bn.
Environment Spotted black snake found in Queensland public toilet – video Police call wildlife carer and snake catcher Tennille Bankes to a public toilet cubicle in Goondiwindi, Queensland, after a local is surprised by a spotted black snake in the toilet bowl. As Bankes lures the serpent out, she explains that they have a 'natural instinct to go into holes' and that toilets offer a place to cool down and the chance of a snack, due to the frogs that also take refuge there to escape the heat