The people have spoken. Let the Soup&Noodle Bowl commence!

Hi BBC News (UK), Ben's made you a new theme tune and it's a certified banger. Please change with immediate effect. cc: @huwbbc, Simon S McCoy, sophieraworth, DUA LIPA

Had oodles of fun dusting down dormant brain cells with Paper Republic and The Leeds Centre for New Chinese Writing in their excellent (massive!) Zoom literary translation event – tackling one Chinese writer’s account of how lockdown in Hubei brought his family closer together: paper-republic.org/pubs/read/grow…

This change has been a long time coming... Thanks for this piece Tianyu Fang radiichina.com/darlie-chinese…

God I love this country

A wyzard ys nevir late to a Zoom meetinge, nor ys he earlye, and he doth unmute hys mic preciselye whan he doth mean to.

First they said they needed data about the children to find out what they’re learning. Then they said they needed data about the children to make sure they are learning. Then the children only learnt what could be turned into data. Then the children became data.

It's taken nearly two decades, but today I was finally able to take this shot. Yes, that's Beijing's skyline taken from the Great Wall of China. Massive thanks to Chas Pope for assisting with the ad-hoc identification of a well-suited part of the wall with the correct alignment.

There are now more recorded cases of COVID-19 in my daughter's university flat (flat, not hall) than in New Zealand, Taiwan and Vietnam combined.

Saved by a work of art. Dutch police are still trying to salvage this metro. Driver taken to hospital for check-up 🙏🏽

"The first face that people see at an international level is someone who speaks, looks and sounds like a Māori...The face of New Zealand is Indigenous." amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/11/02…

I was so pleased to revisit the businesses we filmed in 2018/19 to find out how they are holding up in the pandemic. Please tune in #MadeOnEarth #RoadToRecovery

How has business held up in this crazy year? We revisit companies around the world for this #BBCWorldNews series. Plus a story on the thriving #coffee culture in #Cambodia 🇰🇭☕️

In the US, healthcare institutions get through nearly 907,000 tonnes of paper and cardboard waste every year. Babita Sharma and Finn Aberdein explore how a 2000 year old invention like paper is still so in demand in 2020. Made on Earth: Road to Recovery | Today | #BBCWorldNews

In the first 6 weeks of the Covid-19 lockdown, the EU cut flower market lost €1bn.🥀 Babita Sharma & Finn Aberdein explore the ripple effects of the pandemic on the cut flower supply chain, impacting millions of livelihoods. Made on Earth: Road to Recovery | Today | #BBCWorldNews

As demand for spices has soared, those supplying these valuable flavours to the world have faced some unexpected challenges in 2020. Babita Sharma and Finn Aberdein explore how the spice trade has adapted to a global pandemic. Made on Earth: Road to Recovery | Today | #BBCWorldNews

⁠Now for 'Northern Latitude' by our 2020 highly commended poet John Aberdein (John Aberdein). This is a visceral and haunting piece — a landscape marred by our detritus. ⁠ ⁠

The #BBCYoungReporterCompetition is back for 2023 and open for entries! We want to hear original story ideas from people aged 11-18 across the UK Find out more and enter ➡️ bbc.co.uk/youngreporterc… The closing date is 31 March 2023 at 23:59

Nikki Fox - BBC News & Watchdog Presenter will join fellow judges @thehuwedwards, Naga Munchetty, Adam Fleming, Ashley John-Baptiste, Alex Jones, Ricky Boleto & Pria to select 20 winning stories for this year's #BBCYoungReporterCompetition We are looking for original reporting ideas from 11-18 year olds ⬇️

Have you got a child between the age of 14-16? The BBC Bitesize Revision App contains subjects for GCSEs, National 4, National 5, Higher and TGAU.