This week marks 15 years since BBC Online was born. At about the same time, the BBC's news website also went live. The number of people visiting the news site has grown enormously over the years, and here you can see how traffic has increased, spiking at key news events, and how the appearance of the site's front page has changed over the years too. Meanwhile, for the 15th anniversary, the BBC's Director of Future Media Ralph Rivera has blogged about the significance of BBC Online today and the continuing importance of innovation to the BBC.

Steve Herrmann is editor of the BBC News website.

So it's here. School Report News Day 2013 is upon us - and about 1,000 schools are due to take part, making the news that matters to them.

They will appear across BBC News - on TV, radio and online and on regional news programmes.

The project is now in its seventh year, and is bigger than ever. School reporters are in Canterbury to witness the enthronement of the new Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, and we also return to the Olympic Park in London to examine the legacy from the 2012 games. And there's more - the BBC School Report website has full details of the range of topics being covered.

It is all a far cry from when we began. A small team started School Report with the aim of giving teenagers the opportunity to make the news they thought mattered. Giving them hours of BBC airtime was nerve-wracking, but it proved to be a success.

In that first year - 2007 - we worked with 12- and 13-year-olds in 120 schools. What I most remember from that year is seeing school reporters on the Six O'Clock News and thinking that this partnership between schools and the BBC had developed into something bigger than we ever thought it could be.

Fast-forward to 2013 and we are able to reach even further, both in geographical terms and into the BBC's output. We'll be broadcasting live from Radio Foyle in Londonderry, and taking over the flagship Radio 4 programme Woman's Hour.

There will also be a dedicated School Report Live channel accessible through the Red Button. We'll be updating a live news feed on our website and our @BBCSchoolReport Twitter feed throughout the day, so please follow what our school reporters are doing and let us know what you think.

Helen Shreeve is editor of BBC News School Report.

New Cyanide and Happiness Comic

New Cyanide and Happiness Comic

New Cyanide and Happiness Comic

New Cyanide and Happiness Comic

New Cyanide and Happiness Comic

All the results from around the world as well as the latest schedule.

Niels Wittich leaves his role as Formula 1's race director with immediate effect.

Great Britain has a place in every paralympic sport at London 2012 as the goalball and sitting volleyball teams make the grade.

GB Paralympic swimming hopefuls have their last chance to qualify for London 2012 at this weekend's trials in Sheffield.

The former One Direction star has died after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Argentina.

"He could be the next great" - meet the 14-year-old international goalkeeper hoping to one day make it in the Premier League.

El Litoral prison is notorious for its deadly confrontations between members of rival gangs.

Standings

The racing outside the top class threatens to be as fierce as ever as British riders target the Moto2 and Moto3 titles this year

Bootstrap Icons v1.10.0 is here with nearly 150 new icons. This release includes tons of new variants for person, building, and database icons, plus new brands, rockets, road signs, globes, and many more. We’re now at over 1,900 icons!

150 new icons

Here’s a quick look at all the new icons in v1.10.0:

Some highlights for the new icons include:

• 22 new person icons
• 26 new house icons
• 24 new building icons, including a renamed building to buildings
• 22 new database icons
• 24 new street sign icons
• New globe icons
• New EV, taxi, bus, and scooter transportation icons
• New rockets
• and more!

We also fixed the fill rules for several some issues across the docs, including:

It’s a Christmas miracle—Bootstrap v5.3.0-alpha1 has arrived just in time for the holiday break! This release brings new color mode support, an expanded color palette with variables and utilities, and more.

We’re keeping things short and simple in this blog post with deeper dives into the new color modes and more coming in future posts. For now, we want you to enjoy the holiday break and come back next year feeling refreshed and rejuvenated. Keep reading for what’s new and we’ll see you next year!

Bootstrap v5.3.1 is here with bug fixes, documentation improvements, and more follow-up enhancements for color modes. Keep reading for the highlights!

• Color modes:
  • Increased color contrast for dark mode by replacing $gray-500 with $gray-300 for the body color
  • Added our color mode switcher JavaScript to our examples ZIP download
• Components:
  • Improved disabled styling for all .nav-links, providing .disabled and :disabled for use with anchors and buttons
  • Add support for Home and End keys for navigating tabs by keyboard
  • Added some basic styling to toggle buttons when no modifier class is present
  • Fixed carousel colors in dark mode
• Forms:
  • Fixed floating label disabled text color
• Utilities:
  • .text-bg-* utilities now use CSS variables
• Sass:
  • Add new $navbar-dark-icon-color Sass variable
  • Removed duplicate $alert Sass variables
  • Added a new variable for $vr-border-width to customize the vertical rule helper width
• Documentation:
  • Added search to our homepage
  • Improved responsive behavior on Dashboard example
  • Improved dark mode rendering of Cheatsheet examples

Get the release

Head to https://getbootstrap.com for the latest. It’s also been pushed to npm:

Bootstrap Icons v1.11.0 has arrived with 100 new icons—including new floppy disk icons, additional brand icons, new person icons, new emojis, some birthday cake, a few new science icons, and more. We’re now at over 2,000 icons!

100 new icons

Here’s a quick look at all the new icons in v1.11.0:

Check out the pull request for all the details on which icons were added and which were updated.

Dai Greene is one of several British Olympic athletes to receive extra London 2012 tickets for their families thanks to help from sports fans.

Thanks to Sivakumar ji for the ID

The flowers of the snakeweed plant are popular with many butterflies, including the

Thanks to Sivakumar ji for correcting the ID.

Montjeu, who sired three Epsom Derby winners, dies at the age of 16 following a short illness.

A prize fund of £1m is being used as bait in an attempt to secure a clash between Frankel and Black Caviar in the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood.

The Philippines has announced that it will again extend tax filing and payment deadlines, following the prolongation of restrictive measures during the coronavirus outbreak.

On May 13, 2020, the Indian Government announced new tax relief measures and administrative concessions.

The UK tax agency has extended various deadlines for responses to consultations and for other work on tax reform, in light of COVID-19.

The Dutch Ministry of Finance has announced that companies will be able to more quickly carry back losses they expect to make this year against profits made in 2019.

On May 25, 2020, the Dutch tax authority said that taxpayers receiving assessment notices for not submitting a value-added tax return on time can apply for a three-month filing extension.

The Dutch tax authority has issued a clarification of the repayment requirements for taxes deferred during the COVID-19 health crisis.

Luxembourg and Belgium will extend the duration of an agreement that clarifies the tax rules for cross-border workers affected by COVID-19 restrictions.

On May 6, 2020, the German Cabinet adopted the draft Coronavirus Tax Assistance Act, which provides for a temporary reduction in value-added tax on food served in catering outlets.

On May 13, 2020, the Belgian tax authority announced that the competent authorities of Belgium and Germany have concluded an agreement which clarifies the tax situation of cross-border workers in the context of the COVID-19 health crisis.

A EUR130bn (USD148bn) fiscal stimulus package with numerous tax measures, intended to help revive the German economy following the COVID-19 pandemic, was approved by the Federal Cabinet on June 12, 2020.

Both houses of the German parliament have now approved the EUR130bn (USD146bn) COVID-19 economic stimulus plan, which includes numerous tax relief measures.

On September 2, 2020, the German Ministry of Finance announced that the official value-added tax manual for 2019/20 has been published online.

Germany and the Netherlands have agreed to extend the validity of an agreement clarifying the tax arrangements of frontier workers during the COVID-19 pandemic until December 31, 2020.

Germany and Poland have concluded an agreement to provide relief to cross-border workers who have been affected by COVID-19 restrictions on movement.

The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore has said that it will be sending tax bills directly to certain taxpayers this tax filing season and will be simplifying filing arrangements for the self-employed.

The Income Tax (Amendment) Bill 2021 was published in Singapore's Official Gazette on November 16, 2021, following approval earlier by Singapore's President.

The International Monetary Fund has collated information on the tax and non-tax policy responses of some 193 jurisdictions to COVID-19.

The Swiss Government is anticipating a shortfall in tax receipts of over CHF5bn in 2020.

Guernsey announced no major tax changes to its tax regime in its 2021 Budget, released on November 17, 2020.

The Government of Cyprus has announced a number of new tax support measures for businesses, including a value-added tax rate cut for tourism accommodation providers and restaurants.

Cyprus has extended the deadline for the submission of corporate tax returns and the TD1A form required from certain self-employed persons.

Malta's Commissioner for Revenue has announced extensions to deadlines for the electronic filing of income tax returns by companies.

Malta's Commissioner for Revenue has released tax-related guidance for self-employed taxpayers receiving the COVID wage supplement.

Malta has announced its decision to defer reporting under the EU's sixth Directive on Administrative Cooperation, on tax schemes, for six months.