Mark Poynting Climate reporter, BBC News Getty Images More people are buying electric cars and installing heat pumps than ever before, but those numbers need to increase even further, according to the government’s climate advisers. The independent Climate Change Committee said that the government needed to make sure that households benefit from the switch to […]
Emer Moreau Business reporter, BBC News Syreeta Sandhu Syreeta Sandhu has spent £15,000 on IVF IVF patients are being warned over unregulated “concierge clinics” after a popular one went bust leaving scores of clients without treatment or refunds. As the number of privately funded IVF cycles has risen, online concierge companies have emerged, acting as […]
The State Department has offered up to $3m for information leading to the arrest of Giovanni Vicente Mosquera Serrano. The United States Treasury Department has sanctioned the alleged leader of Tren de Aragua (TDA), a Venezuelan gang that the administration of President Donald Trump has used as justification for its immigration crackdown. In a statement […]
As we enter Lightning Safety Awareness Week, lightning safety experts stress that being outside anywhere is a dangerous risk when lightning is in the area. LEXINGTON, S.C. — A group of 20 people were struck by lightning while swimming at a South Carolina beach park Tuesday evening, emergency officials said. The thunderstorm swept through Lexington […]
Progress in vaccinating children against a variety of life-threatening diseases has stalled in the past two decades – and even gone backwards in some countries – a new global study suggests. The situation has been made worse by the Covid pandemic, leaving millions of children unprotected from diseases such as measles, tuberculosis and polio. The researchers […]
Richard Stead BBC News, Manchester Kiyan Beasant The Hotspur Press building burned down during a major blaze on Monday A landmark building that burned down in a fierce blaze was at the centre of a long-running preservation battle. The Hotspur Press in central Manchester was the scene of a major fire on Monday, and the […]
BBC Inside an anonymous building in Oxford, Riley Jackson is frying a steak. The perfectly red fillet cut sizzles in the pan, its juices releasing a meaty aroma. But this is no ordinary steak. It was grown in the lab next door. What’s strangest of all is just how real it looks. The texture, when […]
Satellite image by Maxar Technologies; annotations by Newsportu A U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly has confirmed early intelligence assessments by the Defense Intelligence Agency saying that the massive U.S. air campaign against three Iran nuclear sites on Saturday night did not “obliterate” Iran’s nuclear enrichment program as President Trump claimed but […]
The High Court has heard claims that the health regulator, the Care Quality Commission, “acted irrationally” when it registered England’s first private clinic offering gender treatment to under-18s. The case, brought by a former nurse and the mother of a 16-year-old, claims the watchdog did not consider all relevant information and should also have imposed […]
A strong ridge of high pressure has settled across the East, bringing record-breaking heat through the first half of this week. Meanwhile, storms tracking around the periphery of this ridge or ring of fire will pose risk of flash flooding and severe weather from the Plains into the Midwest. A “ring of fire” weather pattern […]