Getty Images Schoolchildren living in London’s ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) were nearly four times as likely to switch to walking and cycling after its introduction compared with those outside the zone, new research suggests. The study, published on Wednesday, followed the travel habits of almost 2,000 children over two years in London and Luton. The […]
Getty Images Noel and Liam Gallagher recently hit out at Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing The UK competition regulator has launched an investigation into the sale of Oasis tickets, including the use of “dynamic pricing”. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating whether ticket-selling platform Ticketmaster breached consumer protection law. Dynamic pricing meant that, on Ticketmaster, […]
Getty Images Men taking sodium valproate are being warned to use contraception while on the medicine, because of a “potential small increased risk” of autism and other neurodevelopmental problems for any children conceived. They should continue to do so – and cannot donate sperm – until three months after they have stopped taking the drug. […]
REUTERS/Anja Guder The area close to the Nazi history museum and the Israeli consulate was cordoned off An armed man has been shot dead by German police near the Nazi documentation centre and Israeli consulate in the southern city of Munich. The man, identified by police as an 18-year-old Austrian national, was hit during an […]
Washington Spirit rookie midfielder Croix Bethune will miss the rest of the NWSL season after apparently suffering a knee injury while throwing the ceremonial first pitch at a Washington Nationals game last week. The Spirit said Wednesday that Bethune, who was part of the United States Olympic team that won the gold medal in Paris […]
Lucy Powell confirms MPs will vote on on means-testing winter fuel payments on Tuesday next week In the Commons Lucy Powell, the leader of the Commons, has confirmed that MPs will vote on the regulations to means-test the winter fuel payments on Tuesday next week. It will be the first item for debate, which means […]
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Pope Francis has warned against using religion to fuel conflict on his last day of his visit to Indonesia, the first stop in his tour around the Asia Pacific region. At the Istiqlal mosque in the capital Jakarta, the Pope signed a declaration on religious harmony and environmental protection with the mosque’s grand imam and […]
New Zealand’s Maori chiefs have anointed a 27-year-old queen as their new monarch. The choice of Nga Wai hono i te po Paki was welcomed as a symbol of change for the Indigenous community. She is the youngest child and only daughter of King Tuheitia, who died last week. After being selected by a council […]
BBC Safia Ahmadei has always maintained her innocence A student nurse cleared of plotting to kidnap a baby from a neonatal ward said her experience of the justice system had left her “smashed”. Safia Ahmadei was accused of “scouting” New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton for a baby she could pass off as her own. But […]