IFA By Ali Gordon BBC News NI From being pushed, to threatening behaviour and sexist abuse, two female football referees have spoken out against the violence they endure. Maria Creaney, 37, and 16-year-old Halle O’Brien are being supported by the Irish Football Association’s (IFA) Catch Yourself On campaign. Last year Maria had to abandon a…

By Ez Roberts Business reporter, BBC News School holidays are in full swing but it can be hard to believe this is peak summer for anyone who finds themselves on a UK beach. Record rain has struck the UK, leading to a rise in last-minute holiday booking, travel agencies report. One of these last-minute bookers…

Getty Images By Christy Cooney BBC News Robbie Robertson, guitarist and songwriter for Canadian-American group The Band, has died aged 80. A statement from his manager said he died on Wednesday surrounded by his family after a long illness. The Band were an influential act in the late 1960s and also the subjects of The…

Reuters By Nadine Yousif BBC News, Toronto Canada said it has detected a misinformation campaign targeting a member of its parliament on the Chinese instant-messaging app WeChat. Conservative politician Michael Chong was allegedly the target of posts sharing “misleading narratives” about his background, his family’s heritage and his political views. Global Affairs Canada (GAC) said…

Disney Pixar Disney is raising prices and expanding adverts in its streaming service, as it struggles to revive its business. The entertainment giant plans to raise prices for its ad-free streaming service in the US this fall and will launch Disney+ with advertisements in Canada, the UK and Europe in November. The move comes as…

Warner Bros By Nathan Bevan BBC News For the millions watching at home it was an unforgettable moment in British TV history. In February 1988 on BBC’s That’s Life! a man called Nicholas Winton came face-to-face with some of the 669 Jewish children he had saved from the Nazis prior to World War Two. A…

Floodwaters in Norway have sent mobile homes crashing into a bridge on the Hemsilar river. Footage shared on social media showed people gathering to watch as caravans were swept away and destroyed in the town of Hemsedal. Storm Hans has brought heavy rain to the country, with flooding causing travel disruption and resulting in thousands…

From 1520 Sedgwick Avenue to Haffen Park, the pioneering DJ and founder of the Universal Hip Hop Museum shares where to go to see hip-hop’s roots. On 11 August 1973, more than 300 New York City teenagers flocked to the West Bronx, packing the rec room of the apartment building at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue for…

Reuters By Thomas Mackintosh BBC News The US and UN are concerned about the health and safety of Niger’s elected president Mohamed Bazoum, who has spent more than two weeks under house arrest. “We are greatly worried about his health and his personal safety and the personal safety of his family,” a US state department…

In his Arctic Circle restaurant, chef Halvar Ellingsen has made it his focus to change the misconceptions of Norwegian cuisine one guest at a time. At the dock, I stood stripping off layers of gloves and thermal coveralls that had kept me warm and dry on the boat journey across waves and fjords to reach Kvitnes…