Zoe Conway & Esyllt Carr Business correspondent & producer BBC Margaret Chappell cannot get help to fix her insulation under government schemes as it only applies to work done since 2022 Homeowners who say their houses are being destroyed by unsuitable insulation fitted under a government scheme say action announced to fix it won’t help […]
Crafters, quilters, knitters and makers across the country received bleak news on Wednesday when they learned that Joann, the arts-and-crafts retail giant, was preparing to close more than half of its stores in the wake of its latest bankruptcy filing — its second in less than a year. Possibly as early as this weekend, pending […]
Getty Images US President Donald Trump is sharpening plans to hit exports from countries that he says have trade policies that are unfair to the US. On Thursday, Trump signed a memo that instructed staff to develop custom tariffs for each country, taking into account features such as their existing tariffs, exchange rates, trade balances […]
In a case that could have major implications for abortion access in the United States, a Texas judge on Thursday ordered a New York doctor to stop prescribing and sending abortion pills to patients in Texas and to pay a penalty of more than $100,000 for providing the medication to one woman. The case is […]
Feb 13, 2025, 01:21 PM ET What a difference a year makes. Upon taking my seat in the BayArena TV commentary position 12 months ago, I remarked to co-commentator Patrick Owomoyela that it seemed strangely warm for mid-February under the Bayer-Kreuz (Bayer Cross). We put our words for international viewers to Bayer Leverkusen’s emphatic and […]
Three dairy veterinarians, including one who worked only in states with no known bird flu outbreaks in cows, had recent, undetected bird flu infections, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The results are based on antibody testing of 150 veterinarians working in 46 U.S. states. The findings were […]
A United States general has announced there are currently about 5,000 active-duty soldiers along the country’s southern border with Mexico, as part of President Donald Trump’s overall push to crack down on immigration. General Gregory Guillot, the head of US Northern Command, told lawmakers on Thursday he expects that number could increase further. He also […]
Nick Triggle, Hugh Pym, Chloe Hayward, Vicki Loader & Jim Reed BBC News BBC News The BBC has been reporting live from the Royal Free Hospital in London to illustrate the pressures facing the health service this winter. By 10am the A&E unit was full and within hours the hospital had to declare it had […]
Teddi Mellencamp, a podcast host and television personality from the “Real Housewives” franchise, announced on Wednesday that she had multiple brain tumors that would be treated with surgery and radiation. Mellencamp, 43, said on her social media account that she had experienced “severe and debilitating” headaches in recent weeks that had become so painful that […]
Aj Marks was getting ready for what he thought would be a normal school day when one of his coaches at IMG (Fla.) Academy sent him a text message. “Come over to the fieldhouse. Bill Belichick wants to talk to you, wants to see you.” Marks had no idea Belichick was in town, let alone […]