BBC is adapting Les Misérables, a smash musical on Broadway, for television.

Dominic West of "The Wire" fame will play Jean Valjean in the upcoming BBC television production of "Les Misérables," which will be written by master adapter Andrew Davies. In the forthcoming movie, West will portray the role of Jean Valjean. The six-hour costume drama,...

Netizens applaud K Shanmugam for defending Singapore's policies on BBC's HARDtalk

Many online users applauded the minister for acting professionally throughout the interview.

In a 23-minute interview with BBC's Stephen Sackur on HARDtalk, which was made public on Wednesday, Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam discussed a variety of subjects, including racis...

UK WATCHDOG: BBC FACES FINANCIAL RISK OVER LICENSE FEE INCOME

Highlights:

• The BBC of the United Kingdom has been facing financial risk over the income of the license fee
• The BBC have been facing uncertainty over the financial future because of the changes in the habits of viewing

A report from ...

M&S COMPLY WITH CALL TO ACTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS EXPLOITATION IN CHINA’S XINJIANG REGION

• Retailer Marks & Spencer has given their consent to a call to action on human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang region.
• In December, the BBC disclosed new evidence that China is forcing countless Uighurs and other lesser-known minorities into hard, manual labour in the ...

DR. ANTHONY FAUCI APOLOGISES FOR HIS STATEMENT THAT THE U.K. RUSHED VACCINE

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• Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday made a statement where he criticised the United Kingdom’s vaccine approval process by saying they rushed vaccine

• Dr. Fauci has issued an apology by saying he has a great deal of confidence in what the UK does both s...

THAILAND WOMEN MAKE ENTRY IN BBC MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSONALITIES OF 2020

HIGHLIGHTS

• Activist leader, Panusaya "Rung" Sithijirawattanakul has made it to the list of BBC’s most inspiring and influential women of 2020

Panusaya, head of the United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration gathering, stood out...

COUNTLESS BOYS CHAINED & TORTURED, WHILE YOUNG CHILDREN RAPED IN ISLAMIC SCHOOLS ACROSS SUDAN

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• The documentary also reveals that kids of age 5 are shackled and beaten on daily basis by religious men in charge of the schools

• These discoveries were made by an undercover reporter and former khalwa student Fateh al-Rahman al-Hamdani who secretly cap...

BBC CREATIVE HAS BEEN RECEIVING A LOT OF PRAISE FOR ITS PROGRAMS OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE

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• BBC creates erected an advertisement for head-turning off Westfield Shopping Centre, London's White City
• The picture shown shows Lyra, who is under a "living, breathing" polar bear–Iorek Byrnison's character. T
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Wales captain colossus Alun Wyn Jones for the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year? Warren Gatland outlines why

After Alun Wyn Jones, Warren Gatland was the first BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award winner for Welsh Rugby tonight.

Wales has already boosted its talismanic lock to its 2019 Six Nations Grand Slam and World Cup semi-final spot and is now among the six competitors for the major U...

Partner of a woman suffering from Cystic pleads for providing her with NHS-approved medication

The partner of a woman who is suffering from cystic fibrosis and struggles to breathe due to her condition has pleaded for providing her with the medication approved by NHS.

Nicole Adams is currently admitted to Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital where the level of her lung capacity ...

UK says it can cut emissions to nearly zero by 2050

The Committee on global climate change (CCC) maintains this could be done at no further price from previous estimates.

Its report says that if different countries follow the United Kingdom, there’s a 50-50 probability of staying below the counseled 1.5C temperature rise by 2100.