8 hours ago By Kathryn Stanczyszyn, BBC Radio WM, Presenter • Oprah Flash, BBC News, West Midlands Emily-Jane Scandrett Emily-Jane Scandrett suffered an intolerable pain in her chest for months before she received her diagnosis A mum with a rare cancer caused by exposure to asbestos hopes to raise awareness after it went undetected for more than a year. Emily-Jane […]
Work occupies nearly half our waking hours. Yet only half of U.S. workers say they are extremely or very satisfied with their jobs, according to data from the Pew Research Center. So how do we know when it’s time to consider something else? The Help Desk spoke with career experts about signs your job is […]
4 days ago By Pallab Ghosh, @BBCPallab, Science Correspondent BRIN Google Arts & Culture The painting is the earliest known example of representational art The oldest example of figurative cave art has been discovered in the Indonesian Island of Sulawesi by Australian and Indonesian scientists. The painting of a wild pig and three human-like figures is at least […]
2 days ago By Ian Aikman, BBC News Hurricane Beryl due to strengthen again after making landfall in Yucatan Peninsula Hurricane Beryl has lashed Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula after wreaking havoc across the Caribbean, causing at least 10 deaths. It made landfall as a category-two hurricane early on Friday, bringing winds of up to 175km/h (108mph). It was […]
At an event in northeast Italy, Pope Francis says a ‘crisis of democracy’ is having an impact on several nations around the world. Pope Francis has decried the state of democracy and warned against “populists” during a short visit to Trieste in northeast Italy. Speaking at an annual Roman Catholic Church convention on social affairs […]
46 minutes ago By Mark Palmer & Nick Bourne, BBC News Port Talbot’s Tata steel plant future a ‘major priority’ – Reynolds The UK government’s new business secretary has said “job guarantees” will form part of the negotiations with steel giant Tata about its Port Talbot site. Jonathan Reynolds said there was “a better deal available” on […]
The semi-finals line-up for Euro 2024 is complete. With France and Spain having assured themselves of places in the last four yesterday, England and the Netherlands followed them with victories today. Both quarter-finals were tight and dramatic, in different ways. England once again looked laboured and devoid of imagination for much of their meeting with […]
Getty Images A skin rash is a common symptom of measles, and appears after a few days of cold-like symptoms There have been 11 cases of measles recorded in Northern Ireland in the past 6 months. In the Republic of Ireland 68 cases were logged within the same time frame. Measles is highly infectious and […]
Bukayo Saka, who missed a penalty in his country’s Euro 2020 final defeat to Italy and was subsequently the victim of racist abuse, was England’s hero with a superb individual goal and spot-kick success against Switzerland in the Euro 2024 quarterfinals on Saturday. Saka, who stood out for England and scored their all-important equaliser on […]
16 hours ago By Elaine Chong and Ed Main, BBC Trending BBC Helen Young was targeted by scammers who posed as Chinese police officers Chinese people around the world are being targeted by an elaborate scam in which criminals pretend to be Chinese police. A British-Chinese woman has told the BBC that she handed over her life […]