The cost of a first-class stamp will rise by 5p to £1.70 on 7 April, Royal Mail has announced. It will also raise the price of a second-class stamp by 2p to 87p on the same day. The company said the decision carefully considered “balancing affordability with the increasing cost of delivering mail”. Citizens Advice […]
The U.S. stock market is headed for one of its worst weeks in many months, after a series of dizzying policy shifts on tariffs from the White House. The S&P 500 nudged higher at the start of trading on Friday. The muted move still leaves the index 3.4 percent lower for the week, on course […]
William Higgens BBC North West Investigations BBC Edith Eagle began using the tanners ahead of a holiday in Fuerteventura A woman has told how she was left in hospital “unable to breathe” after suffering a severe reaction to an unlicensed nasal tanning spray she bought online. Edith Eagle said she felt like she was “suffocating” […]
When NCAA All-American striker Diana Ordóñez debuted in the NWSL in 2022, there was little more that she could ask from her rookie season with the North Carolina Courage. Within her first professional year, Ordonez immediately became a star for the Courage, broke the league’s scoring record for a rookie, and also earned a call-up […]
Chris Baraniuk Technology Reporter Getty Images They don’t look like much but these deep-sea nodules are rich in valuable metals There’s one. And another. This robot was hunting for rocks. A three-pronged claw descended from above and plucked a stone off the seabed. All the while, the autonomous machine’s on-board camera scanned for creatures that […]
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Doors open for Beach Night with a feels-like temperature of 7 degrees and purple aloha shirts for the first 250 students through — a true commitment to the bit. But the party is on inside, already. Crudites and chicken skewers are disappearing apace; an open bar is working like a bug […]
Maddie Molloy BBC Climate & Science Jack Cochran The Danaus eresimus, commonly known as the soldier butterfly, is among the 20 butterfly species experiencing the steepest decline Butterfly populations in the US shrank by more than a fifth within the space of two decades, according to a new study. Numbers fell by 22% between 2000 […]
Something changes for players in the Premier League when winter turns to spring. The dark nights and the yellow match ball are behind you for another season, replaced by bright afternoon games and the white ball. This final stretch of the season is still a time of hope for many teams, but a dip in […]
What will move the women’s professional sports needle? Awareness and resilience. When you play women’s tackle football, you immediately become someone that is going to be challenged, that is going to be called ugly. We need to create space for women, and then for women to create space for other women. With your wins and […]
San Diego FC coach Mikey Varas confirmed that Mexico international Hirving “Chucky” Lozano will miss his club’s next MLS match at Real Salt Lake, but said the hamstring injury he suffered in the team’s inaugural home-opener Saturday was “not serious.” Following a sprint down the left flank in the 27th minute of last week’s 0-0 […]