Five ways sequins add to plastic pollution
Image source, Getty ImagesBy Navin Singh KhadkaEnvironment correspondent, BBC World ServiceChristmas and New Year are party time - an occasion to buy a sparkling new outfit. But clothes with sequins are an environmental hazard, experts say, for more than one reason.1 Sequins fall off"I don't know if you've ever worn anything with sequins, but I
10 years after UK’s first hand transplant, patient and surgeon meet again
Image caption, Patient Mark Cahill and Prof Simon KayOn 27 December 2012, the UK's first hand transplant took place at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT). A decade on, we spoke to the patient and his pioneering surgeon."Many patients say after surgery it is the small things that are the most significant to them," says
Mark Easton’s Boxing Day family puzzler 2022
Welcome to the festive quiz in which you simply have to get closer to the answer than anyone else. Now celebrating its 15th glorious year, my Boxing Day Family Puzzler is the perfect accompaniment to cold turkey and mince pies.The questions relate to events from the extraordinary year we have just had. All the solutions
Ukraine war: My nights are peaceful at last, after trauma of air raids
Media caption, Watch: 'I want to build my life here for now. I want to be a teenager.'By Sarah RainsfordBBC Eastern Europe correspondentWhen Russia invaded her country, Veronica Ahafonova played piano to drown out the sound of the explosions.We first met the teenager in March when she and her mother were fleeing Kharkiv as refugees
Quiz of the Year, part four: Who clinked glasses at a state banquet?
Published26 December 2022How well do you remember the stories and people in the news this year?Test your memory of 2022 in our four-part Christmas quiz - 52 questions for 52 weeks of the year - part four covers October to December. If you cannot see the quiz, follow this link.Try part one via this link.Try
