Ben Godfrey BBC Midlands Today West Midlands Police Brian Pitts ran the operation with the help of his former partner, Katie Harlow, from a villa in Thailand A gang leader who co-ordinated a £4m fake Xanax drug-making operation in sheds and garages across the West Midlands has been jailed for eight years. Up to 11 […]
Shares in automakers around the world wobbled on Thursday after President Trump announced plans to impose a 25 percent tariff on imported cars and some parts beginning next week. The stocks of major Detroit carmakers, which build some of their vehicles in Canada and Mexico, were rattled in early trading. Shares in General Motors, which […]
Nolen: The first TB patient that I sat down with in Nairobi was a man who had extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, or XDR-TB — essentially there’s a just a very slim chance that the only drugs we know about will actually cure him. We’re out of options. And he’d come in that day, like he had […]
From ancient star streams to the innards of white dwarfs, the Gaia space telescope has seen it all. On Thursday, mission specialists at the European Space Agency sent Gaia, which is low on fuel, into orbit around the sun, and switched it off after more than a decade of service to the world’s astronomers. They […]
British Steel is launching a consultation that could see the closure of its two blast furnaces at Scunthorpe, affecting between 2,000 and 2,700 jobs. The company said the blast furnaces were “no longer financially sustainable” due to tough market conditions, the imposition of tariffs and higher environmental costs. British Steel chief executive Zengwei An said […]
“The card looked perfect.” Nick Bruce and his son “freaked out” when they pulled an autographed Lionel Messi card from a pack around the Christmas holidays at their Ferndale, Mich., home. It was a normal reaction for sports card enthusiasts discovering a rare autographed card of a superstar athlete. “Perfect” for Bruce meant sharp edges […]
For at least a few days most weeks, Mei Kawajiri makes hotel calls to celebrities like Cardi B, Heidi Klum, Ariana Grande and Bad Bunny to whip up viral creations, often shared with her more than 343,000 Instagram followers. Her medium might be even more impressive: extravagant nail art — minutely detailed 3-D pastries, hand-drawn […]
US president said ‘we have to convince them’, as he claimed taking control of Greenland was essential for US national security. United States President Donald Trump has re-asserted his desire for Washington to take control of Greenland, in advance of a controversial planned visit to the Danish autonomous territory by Vice President JD Vance. “We […]
Jonty Bloom Business reporter Getty Images Shares in chipmaker Nvidia have fallen since the start of this year We have all heard of carmaker Ford, but what about its one-time rivals Abbot-Detroit, Acme, Adams and Aerocar? No? Well that is hardly surprising because unlike Ford they all went bust very early on. And they are […]
A musher walks with his Greenlandic sled dogs after completing a dog sled race to determine which contestant attends the national competition on March 8 in Ilulissat, Greenland. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images Second lady Usha Vance has scrapped a plan to attend Greenland’s national dog sled race this week. […]