News
We use the uncountable noun news to mean ‘information or reports about recent events’. It takes a singular verb: The news is good about Mary. The doctors are very happy about her progress.
Not: The news are good about Mary.
Do you have any news of your sister? How is she these days?
I’ve got some news for you – I’m getting married!
Not: I’ve got a news for you …
If we want to talk about news as an individual thing, we can use bit of, pieceof or item of (more formal): I heard a couple of interesting pieces of news the other day about the company’s plans for expansion.
An item of news caught her eye in the newspaper. It was about a child who was missing.
We say the news when we refer to the television or radio programme that gives reports of recent events: I always watch the news on CNN before I go to bed.
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