Alice Bhandhukravi

2 months ago | bbc.co.uk | Alice Bhandhukravi

Image source, Family handoutImage caption, Gillian Tanner was among thousands of women to step up on the WWII home frontThe family of a woman who risked her life as a firefighter during the Blitz have stepped aboard the London fire boat named in her honour. Gillian Tanner, known to friends and family as Bobby, signed up to the Auxiliary Fire Service at the age of 19 to help fuel fire engines as bombs rained down on London.

2 months ago | bbc.com | Alice Bhandhukravi |James Kelly

Has London's cultural scene recovered from Covid lockdown? Alice Bhandhukravi & James W KellyGetty ImagesThe first lockdown saw curtains go down on all of the West End's productionsLondon's cultural scene was among the sectors hardest hit when the first Covid lockdown began in March 2020, and five years on some in the industry say it is still finding its feet.

Mar 22, 2025 | bbc.com | Alice Bhandhukravi

Barber who ran Covid foodbank still donating foodBBCZiggy had to close his barber shop when lockdown startedWhen lockdown started in 2020, Ziggy Myers had to close Progress Barbers - the business he'd run for more than 20 years - because restrictions meant he could no longer serve his customers. Instead he decided to serve his community in a different way: by feeding them. He used his own money to buy groceries for those he knew were in need.

Mar 15, 2025 | bbc.co.uk | Alice Bhandhukravi |David Perella

The first deaf actress to have graduated from the acting school RADA says she hopes her experience has paved the way for other deaf actors in theatre and television. Sophie Stone has appeared on Doctor Who, Two Doors Down and Casualty. She is now enjoying her latest role on stage in a production of William Shakespeare's Macbeth at the Lyric Hammersmith. She says better ways of working will mean that, in the future, it will be easier for deaf talent to come to the fore.

Feb 19, 2025 | ca.news.yahoo.com | Olivia Demetriades |Alice Bhandhukravi

A London borough is making moves to ban smartphones from its schools. From September, 103 primary schools in Barnet will not allow smartphones to be brought in and 23 secondary schools will commit to working towards removing smartphones entirely from the school day. This is according to the Smartphone Free Childhood (SFC) charity, which says the "groundbreaking" policy was made possible by school leaders, Barnet Public Health, Dan Tomlinson MP and the SFC community.