http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ Thousands of people have gathered in Stratford, east London, for the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. The Queen made an unexpected entrance – with a little…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ Rowan Atkinson’s comic creation Mr Bean made an appearance as a keyboard player at the London 2012 opening ceremony. Sir Simon Rattle conducted the London Symphony Orchestra in a…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/olympics/ A sport-by-sport round-up of how every Team GB athlete performed on Day One of the 2012 Olympic Games in London. ARCHERY The men’s team ( Simon Terry, Larry Godfrey and Allan Wills ) are…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ It is half a century since the film franchise for the world’s best-known spy began – and to mark his heroic efforts for his country, the Barbican Centre in…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine Back in 1989, as the Berlin Wall fell, Gunther Holtorf and his wife Christine set out on what was meant to be an 18-month tour of Africa in their…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology Apple has unveiled its latest mobile operating system, iOS6, at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference. The operating system, which runs on its iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices, will…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ Mobile operator O2 is to provide free internet to “millions” of residents and visitors in central London by launching Europe’s largest free wi-fi zone. The service will be rolled…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/ Biffy Clyro, Elbow and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds have been added to next year’s Isle of Wight festival line-up. The three bands join Bruce Springsteen and the E…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ The internet music service Spotify is opening itself up to third party apps. Developers will be able to write programs to add functionality to the music player, such as…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ Better broadband networks in 10 cities across the UK are being promised by the government. In his autumn statement, Chancellor George Osborne announced £5bn of spending on infrastructure projects…