BECAUSE READING IS THE BEST WAY TO EXPAND YOUR VOCABULARY
V = video report
My Pick of the Week
Schools should teach pupils how to spot ‘fake news’
http://www.bbc.com/news/education-39272841
WORLD NEWS
Police officer ‘stabbed at UK Parliament’
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39355940
Electronics ban: How will new US and UK rules affect me?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39336518
Military action against North Korea ‘ an option’
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39297031
Is North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un rational? (Since irrationality seems to be fashionable)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39269783
V Trump’s 100 days: The budget and that wire-tapping claim
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39303860
Trump budget: Global losers of ‘America First’ plan
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39295939
V Merkel and Trump begin key talks at White House
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39300452
FRANCE & Europe
French minister Bruno Le Roux hit by summer jobs revelations
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39338104
Orly airport: Drugs and alcohol found in gunman’s blood
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39323833
Prince William delivers message to France from Queen
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39312129
France election:
North-east voters are in cynical mood
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39284234
UK, USA & Canada
V Was Russia involved in the US presidential election?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39325046
Scottish independence: Referendum demand ‘will be rejected’ (watch this space)
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-39293513
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Google promises to take action on ‘hateful’ content
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-39336974
The international companies using only English
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20170317-the-international-companies-using-only-english
HEALTH
V Device promises injections without needles
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39301005
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT
V The company turning soot from vehicle exhausts into art (wily Indian chaps)
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39303716
CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)
How do we determine when a behaviour is normal (Is English “normal” sliding towards French “normal”?)
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170314-how-do-we-determine-when-a-behaviour-is-normal
The sequels that should never have been made
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-39257838
The most fashionable Englishwoman in Paris
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-39128908
V Chuck Berry dies aged 90
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-39318812
TRAVEL
Ten of the world’s most beautiful floors (not available from Lapeyre)
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170314-ten-of-the-worlds-most-beautiful-floors
How tube got their hilarious names (including from an abbey in Normandy)
http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20170208-how-tube-stations-got-their-hilarious-names
MISCELLANEOUS
No cardboard cut-outs of Trudeau, Canada diplomats told (Pythonesque story)
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-39340650
V New Monopoly pieces: Who’s in, who’s out?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-39308622
Beijing park dispenses loo roll using facial recognition
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-39324431