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A London theatre says a comedian whose gig left Jewish audience members feeling “unsafe” and “threatened” will not be invited to perform again. The Soho Theatre said Jewish attendees were “subjected to verbal abuse” following the end of a comedy gig by Paul Currie on Saturday night. A Jewish attendee told the BBC that Mr Currie displayed a Palestinian flag and yelled “get out” at a man who objected. Mr Currie has been approached for comment by BBC News. In a statement, Soho Theatre said Mr Currie “aggressively demanded” Jewish members of the audience leave his show. “Such appalling actions…

A cheerful, constant companion for millions of loyal listeners over more than 40 years, Steve Wright was one of the most popular personalities on Radio 1 before transferring that success to Radio 2. Whether leading his high-energy posse on Radio 1 in the 1980s, hosting his Big Show on Radio 2 or playing some Sunday Love Songs, Wright was a giant of British radio. Listeners knew they could rely on him for a reassuringly friendly voice and feel-good company. He was also a true radio pioneer. Putting a British spin on the American “zoo” format, he assembled a squad of…

DJ Steve Wright, who presented programmes for BBC Radio 1 and Radio 2 for more than four decades, has died at the age of 69. His family confirmed his death “with deep sorrow and profound regret” in a statement on Tuesday. Wright joined the BBC in the 1970s and went on to host the afternoon shows on Radio 1 and Radio 2. He also fronted television programmes for the BBC, including Top of the Pops. Wright was last on air on Sunday, hosting a pre-recorded special Valentine’s Day edition of his Love Songs programme. He passed away on Monday. Paying…

One of the UK’s best known tea makers has revealed it is monitoring tea supplies on a daily basis as imports reach a “critical period”. Tetley Tea, the country’s second biggest tea brand, said supplies were “much tighter” than it would like amid disruption in the Red Sea. It comes after Sainsbury’s supermarket issued warnings about the availability of black tea. However, Tetley said it hoped to continue to meet normal demand. It said while its current production levels were not changing, the amount it was able to hold in stock as a buffer would drop, in what it described…

The Body Shop’s UK business has entered administration, potentially putting up to 2,000 jobs at risk. The retailer’s shops will remain open as usual while efforts are made to try to save the UK firm. Restructuring firm FRP, which has been appointed as the administrator, said it would now consider all options to find a way forward for the business. The Body Shop was started by the late Dame Anita Roddick in 1976 from a single shop in Brighton. It grew into a global brand, pioneering ethical trading and a stance against testing beauty products on animals. FRP Advisory said…

Indian farmers are set to continue their march to Delhi as part of a protest demanding minimum crop prices. The farmers, most of whom are from Punjab state, are still more than 200km (125 miles) from the capital at the Shambhu border in Haryana state. The capital is ringed by razor wire, cement blocks and fencing on three sides to block their entry. On Tuesday, Haryana police fired tear gas after protesting farmers began removing barricades on the way. Later at night, farm leaders called a “ceasefire” and said they would resume their march on Wednesday morning. The protest march…

Price increases in the US moderated last month but not as much as expected, as higher housing and food costs offset a decline in petrol prices. Annual inflation, the pace at which prices rise, was 3.1%, down from 3.4% a month earlier, the Labor Department said. Many analysts had expected inflation to fall to 2.9%. It is the latest economic reading to suggest that authorities have not got inflation fully under control. Financial markets in the US opened lower after the report, which dashed any remaining hopes that progress taming the problem might convince the US central bank to cut…

Violence and abuse against shop workers rose to 1,300 incidents a day last year, according to a leading trade body. Incidents against staff were up by 50% in the year to September 2023, up from 870 incidents a day the year before. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) criticised the “woefully inadequate” action taken by the government to address the “crisis”. The Home Office has been contacted for a comment. The amount lost to shoplifting in the past year was the highest on record, a BRC survey found. Several business leaders have called for violence against shop workers to be made…

As the rising cost of living continues to bite, many in northern Nigeria are turning to rice grains that millers once either normally rejected after processing or sold to farmers to feed their fish. These are referred to in the Hausa language, widely spoken in the north, as afafata, which means “battling” because they are literally a battle to cook and eat as the grains are so hard. “A few years ago, people didn’t care about this type of rice, and we usually threw it away along with the rice hulls, but times have changed,” Isah Hamisu, a rice mill…

Over a hundred Romanian healthcare facilities have been been affected by a ransomware attack, with some doctors forced to resort to pen and paper. Children’s and emergency hospitals were among those hit, with other facilities going offline as a precaution. The cyber extortionists demanded 3.5 Bitcoin, worth over £130,000, to unlock vital files which they had encrypted. But Romanian cyber officials said data had been recently backed up, reducing the impact. The attack largely unfolded overnight on Monday, according to a statement from the Romanian Ministry of Health and had targeted a widely used medical information system. The incident was under investigation…