Victoria GillScience correspondent, BBC News Watch science correspondent Victoria Gill put herself through a thermal imaging stress test When I was asked to give an impromptu five-minute speech and then to count backwards in intervals of 17 – all in front of a panel of three strangers – the acute stress was written on my […]
Kevin KeaneEnvironment, energy and rural affairs correspondent, BBC Scotland Pathe News The twin Flettner rotor ship Buckau made its maiden voyage into Grangemouth in 1925 It must have been a bizarre sight when a freight ship, equipped with two large rotating towers, made its way under the Forth Bridge a century ago. The experimental sail […]
Available for over a year Today, more than half the world’s population live in cities – and as our numbers swell, so will our cities, especially those around the Pacific Rim, where it’s predicted our largest megacities of 10 million plus will be situated. And herein lies an opportunity: 60% of the buildings needed for […]
Today, more than half the world’s population live in cities – and as our numbers swell, so will our cities, especially those around the Pacific Rim, where it’s predicted our largest megacities of 10 million plus will be situated. And herein lies an opportunity: 60% of the buildings needed for 2050 are not yet built. […]
Ken BanksNorth east Scotland reporter, Stonehaven Hutchinson family Arlene and son Jack pictured with her late husband Mark Arlene Hutchinson’s husband, Mark, was only 52 when he died unexpectedly last year after suffering two strokes “out of the blue”. Like many couples they had never discussed organ donation but she knew it was what he […]
Thomas Dunn and Rumeana JahangirNorth West Merseyside Police The gang members were jailed at Liverpool Crown Court A gang leader who enjoyed holidays in Turkey and Tenerife while controlling a cocaine supply worth about £900,000 has been jailed for 20 years. Joshua Hayes, 34, was among 12 members imprisoned after police found three guns wrapped […]
Women across the West Midlands are being disproportionately affected by gaps in HIV prevention, according to a new report. Data released ahead of a meeting which will explore the issue shows that while women accounted for 42% of new HIV diagnoses in the region, only 3% of women in the West Midlands are using prevention […]
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has rejected a Trump administration proposal which detailed policies to follow in exchange for preferential access to federal funds. In a letter to US Education Secretary Linda McMahon, MIT’s president Sally Kornbluth said the proposal would “restrict freedom of expression” on campus and was inconsistent with the university’s core […]
Malcolm Prior and Jenny KumahBBC News rural affairs team Andy Alcroft/BBC Emily Hough is now using her experiences to help shape nature prescribing schemes For Emily Hough, nature was too often simply something “out there”, a world apart from her, a view from a hospital window. Years spent in and out of specialist mental health […]
Sean CoughlanRoyal correspondent Reuters Prince William says he wants to take action on “the heartbreaking and preventable tragedy of suicide” The Prince of Wales was visibly moved as he heard first hand about the devastating impact of suicide, having to pause during a conversation with Rhian Mannings, whose husband took his own life. Rhian has […]