On the bbc sounds app. Some other stories now. An unexploded world war ii bomb that was found in plymouth has been put in the sea to be detonated. Thousands of people were evacuated as the bomb was taken through the city. The 500kg device was transported by the military after it was found buried in a garden on tuesday. Germany has become the latest country in europe to legalise cannabis. The law will come into effect in april and it will apply to over 18s only, but it does come with strict rules which will make it harder to buy the drug. However, people will be allowed to grow up to three plants at home. The government says the new law will undermine the sale of the drug on the black market. And some potentially good news now if you are a swiftie because one of londons top museums is hiring a taylor swift super fan who can help advise them about Swiftie Culture and memorabilia. Job applications are open now if youre interested. And the museum is searching for experts on crocs, emojis a
On the bbc sounds app. Some other stories now. An unexploded world war ii bomb that was found in plymouth has been put in the sea to be detonated. Thousands of people were evacuated as the bomb was taken through the city. The 500kg device was transported by the military after it was found buried in a garden on tuesday. Germany has become the latest country in europe to legalise cannabis. The law will come into effect in april and it will apply to over 18s only, but it does come with strict rules which will make it harder to buy the drug. However, people will be allowed to grow up to three plants at home. The government says the new law will undermine the sale of the drug on the black market. And some potentially good news now if you are a swiftie because one of londons top museums is hiring a taylor swift super fan who can help advise them about Swiftie Culture and memorabilia. Job applications are open now if youre interested. And the museum is searching for experts on crocs, emojis a
On the bbc sounds app. Some other stories now. An unexploded world war ii bomb that was found in plymouth has been put in the sea to be detonated. Thousands of people were evacuated as the bomb was taken through the city. The 500kg device was transported by the military after it was found buried in a garden on tuesday. Germany has become the latest country in europe to legalise cannabis. The law will come into effect in april and it will apply to over 18s only, but it does come with strict rules which will make it harder to buy the drug. However, people will be allowed to grow up to three plants at home. The government says the new law will undermine the sale of the drug on the black market. And some potentially good news now if you are a swiftie because one of londons top museums is hiring a taylor swift super fan who can help advise them about Swiftie Culture and memorabilia. Job applications are open now if youre interested. And the museum is searching for experts on crocs, emojis a
of insulting scotland, after the labour leader praised margaret thatcher in a newspaper article. sir keir said she, along with tony blair and clement attlee, had brought about meaningful change in britain. mr yousaf said many communities in scotland still bore the scars of what he called mrs thatcher s disastrous policies. the home office says more than 500 migrants crossed the channel in 11 small boats yesterday. the french authorities rescued a further 190 people after they got into difficulty at sea. the home office says the numbers making the crossing this year, though, are down by around a third compared with last year. the government of peru has announced it s increasing the number of tourists allowed at the isth century inca citadel machu picchu, its most famous historical site. the move is aimed at helping tourism rebound, after the decline suffered during the coronavirus pandemic. now on bbc news, tecthlore: japan. around the world, people are looking to tech for c
we start in the us, where the british tech tycoon mike lynch has been cleared of fraud charges in a san francisco court. once hailed as a uk bill gates, mr lynch was facing fraud charges over the $11 billion sale of his software firm, autonomy, to hewlett packard back in 2011. mr lynch had been accused of inflating the value of his firm ahead of the sale a jury has found him not guilty on all counts. our north america business correspondent erin delmore has the details. when autonomy was sold to hewlett packard 13 years ago for $11.1 billion, it was one of the top 100 public companies in the uk. the sale marked the la rgest ever takeover of a british technology business. but hewlett packard later wrote down the company s value by more than $8 billion, leading to criminal charges that mike lynch had defrauded hewlett packard by inflating the value of autonomy. the businessman was extradited from britain to the united states to stand trial on the charges, which could have put