The Champions League — where dreams come true, fantasies become reality and legends are born. Or something like that. Unless you’re Dinamo Zagreb, Red Bull Salzburg, Celtic, Red Star Belgrade, Slovan Bratislava or Young Boys, in which case the Champions League is where fears prevail, nightmares become reality and careers get ruined. OK, maybe not […]
Andrea Byrne says infertility made her feel guilty News presenter Andrea Byrne has said she feared her husband would be “better off” without her during the couple’s seven-year experience of infertility. Byrne, 45, who is married to former Wales rugby international Lee Byrne, 44, has presented Welsh and network news for ITV since 2008. “You […]
BBC There’s nothing new about genetic engineering. By cross-breeding plants and animals, our Stone Age ancestors realised they could boost the amount of food they produced. Modern genetics has enabled scientists to do much more: to make precise, targeted changes to the DNA of organisms in a lab. And that, they claim, will lead to […]
Seven new civil lawsuits have been filed against Sean “Diddy” Combs in a federal court in New York. Four men and three women accuse the hip-hop mogul of sexually assaulting them at various parties in Los Angeles, New York and Las Vegas. The youngest plaintiff was 13 at the time of the alleged incident. Mr […]
A Sinn Féin assembly employee in Northern Ireland has resigned after admitting involvement in an incident where a portrait of a former DUP mayor was taken off the wall at Belfast City Hall and damaged. The party, which has been rocked by a number of recent controversies north and south of the border in Ireland, […]
Getty Images Labour’s first Budget for 14 years will be delivered by Chancellor Rachel Reeves on Wednesday 30 October. She has warned that it will involve “difficult decisions”. Government sources have told the BBC the Budget will include tax rises and spending cuts to the value of £40bn. What is the Budget? Each year, the […]
There are 23 more specific targets for 2030, including mechanisms to finance conservation projects in biodiversity hotspots. Governments and private organisations are pledging to give at least $200bn (£161bn) per year by 2030. As part of this richer countries have promised to increase the amount of money they give to poorer countries for biodiversity projects […]
Cheshire Police New evidence seen by the BBC suggests more babies in Lucy Letby’s care were harmed – and in one case poisoned with insulin. The former nurse was found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others – including trying to kill two with insulin at the Countess of Chester Hospital […]
BBC Gelvana’s son Thiago was killed aged just seven in the Mariana dam collapse “The last words I heard him say were, ‘Did you know that you are the best mum in the world?’” Gelvana Rodrigues’s son, Thiago, was seven years old when toxic mud flooded into their home and killed him. He was one […]
Elon Musk speaks as part of a campaign town hall in support of Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump in Folsom, Pa., on Thursday, Oct. 17. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption toggle caption Matt Rourke/AP Elon Musk — the billionaire tech founder and supporter of former President Donald Trump — is giving away $1 million […]