People participate in a rally to call on Congress to protect funding for PBS and Newsportu outside the Newsportu headquarters in Washington, DC, on March 26, 2025. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Appropriations Committee pushed back against the Trump administration’s […]
Philippa Roxby Health Reporter Charlie Beattie Charlie Beattie holds her nine-week-old baby in her arms after many years of miscarriages UK scientists say they have developed a test which can help identify women with an abnormal womb lining that increases their risk of miscarriage. They say their work could pave the way for new treatments […]
Georgina Rannard Science correspondent Reporting fromNatural History Museum, London Gwyndaf Hughes/BBC News The full name of the new species is Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae dinosaur Gwyndaf Hughes Science videographer A labrador-sized dinosaur was wrongly categorised when it was found and is actually a new species, scientists have discovered. Its new name is Enigmacursor – meaning puzzling runner […]
At least four Palestinians, including a teenager, have been killed in the occupied West Bank, where soldiers have been carrying out deadly raids for months and settlers have been violently rampaging against civilians unchecked, backed by the military. The teenager was shot by Israeli forces, while the other three Palestinians were killed in an Israeli […]
Axiom Space Axiom-4 lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida Jubilant Indians have been celebrating the successful launch of the Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission which has taken off with a multi-country crew, including an Indian astronaut. Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who’s piloting the mission, has become only the second Indian to travel to space. […]
Zohran Mamdani, New York City mayoral candidate, celebrates at an election night event in New York early Wednesday morning as he takes an early lead. Christian Monterrosa/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Christian Monterrosa/Bloomberg via Getty Images Zohran Mamdani is poised to become the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, after leading […]
EPA King’s College Hospital was one of the affected NHS trusts, along with St Thomas’ and certain GP services The death of one person has been linked to a ransomware attack on NHS blood services at London hospitals and GP surgeries last June. King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust confirmed that one patient had “died […]
Tom McGrath Tom McGrath’s 22-year-old son Matthew had been using cocaine for several years before he was found dead The father of a man who killed himself after becoming addicted to cocaine, is calling for automatic custodial sentences for those caught dealing the drug. In May the National Crime Agency made the largest seizure of […]
Three people stand in window frames. Jackie Lay hide caption toggle caption Jackie Lay Three people stand in window frames. Jackie Lay Trans people are major targets of the second Trump administration. But in a way, that’s nothing new; trans people have been fighting for their rights, dignity, and liberation for generations. So on this […]
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 […]