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The NHS wants people who have recovered from coronavirus to donate their blood plasma. It’s part of a trial looking at whether it can be used to fight Covid-19. Fourteen new donation centres are opening in England over the next few months including in places such as Lancaster and Leeds. …

There was a lack of parenting on the part of Prince Charles after the death of Princess Diana, according to a royal historian. Prince Charles was accused of ignoring his responsibilities as a father after he started an affair with Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwell following Diana’s death in a …

The NBA season ended just under two weeks ago with uncertainty around when the 2020-21 season would begin. On Friday, ESPN reported that the league’s Board of Governors is pursuing a pre-Christmas Day start. The move would mean that the break between the end of the 2019-20 season and beginning …

Queen Elizabeth  and Prince William  are expected to  take a crucial decision  regarding the fate of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in the absence of the couple who stepped down as senior  royals earlier this year,  Express.co.uk reported while quoting a royal historian. According to Robert Lacey, who is also …

It’s Week 7 of the NFL season, and fantasy football managers are scrambling to fill holes created by more injuries and bye weeks. They’re assessing whom they can count on and whom they should cast aside. Who are the RBs to trust in Baltimore? San Francisco? New England? Los Angeles …

Despite being diagnosed with dementia late last year, 80-year-old Paul Harvey, a composer and teacher, has continued to be able to play piano pieces from memory. After a clip filmed by his son Nick went viral, BBC Breakfast reunited Paul with some of his former students and colleagues whose lives …

Ryan and Isaac, aged 11 and eight, have been playing the tabla, traditional drums, since they were very young. The brothers, from Lahore in Pakistan, rose to fame on Instagram after celebrities praised them for their talent. They had a go at playing the BBC News theme tune for us.

Drake was among millions of people who praised Sacha Baron Cohen for his new “Borat” film. “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan”, a sequel to his In 2006 movie, is the scathing cultural satire of the United States. …

Everyone who knew Fran Crippen remembers where they were when they heard. Word traveled swiftly from Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates on Oct. 23, 2010, and it traveled widely. Fran’s personal reach, like his wingspan in the water, was considerable. Sorrow rippled out from his hometown of Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, …

We should not underestimate the power of one high-profile controversy to shape a generation’s perception of free speech. In 1977, when neo-Nazis sought to rally in Skokie, Illinois, then home to thousands of Holocaust survivors, they were blocked by Skokie village officials. The American Civil Liberties Union stepped in to …