Getty Images “Desperation” is behind a sharp rise in the number of reports of energy theft or meter tampering, according to a fuel poverty charity. There has been a nearly 50% increase in reports to Crimestoppers but the charity estimates up to 250,000 cases of energy theft go unreported every year. “It’s not a surprise. […]
It was a serene start to the athletics for Scotland’s middle distance runners on Friday as they largely cruised through their heats. World 1500m champion Kerr stayed well back before taking victory in his race courtesy of a searing final lap. He mentioned staying away from any trouble as being key to achieving what he […]
BBC Police were in attendance at the top of Donegall Place in Belfast city centre Fireworks have been thrown as two demonstrations took place in Belfast city centre. Anti-immigration and anti-racism protesters had faced off in tense scenes outside the City Hall. The crowds were shouting chants at each other. Police in riot gear were […]
Argentina’s Olympic team captain Nicolás Otamendi was left angry after a brawl erupted following his team’s 1-0 quarterfinal defeat to France in Bordeaux on Friday. Argentina were booed throughout the match by a hostile home crowd, and fighting broke out between the players immediately after the final whistle. Editor’s Picks 1 Related There was shoving […]
Matthew Carr-Gomm Danielle Carr-Gomm died after stopping her insulin at a slapping therapy workshop in 2016 The family of a diabetic woman who died when she went to a slapping workshop and stopped taking her insulin have called for greater regulation for alternative therapies. Danielle Carr-Gomm, 71, died at a retreat run by Hongchi Xiao […]
The new Labour government has shelved £1.3bn of funding promised by the Conservatives for tech and Artificial Intelligence (AI) projects, the BBC has learned. It includes £800m for the creation of an exascale supercomputer at Edinburgh University and a further £500m for AI Research Resource, which funds computing power for AI. Both funds were unveiled […]
As the war enters its 890th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Saturday, August 3, 2024. Fighting Ukraine’s military says it attacked overnight Russia’s Morozovsk airfield and a number of oil depots and fuel storage facilities in the Russian regions of Belgorod, Kursk and Rostov. The Russian Ministry of Defence […]
Getty Images A global sell-off in stock markets gathered pace as weak US jobs growth stoked fears about a slowdown in the world’s largest economy. Nasdaq, the tech-heavy US index, dropped by more than 2% on Friday, dragged lower by Intel and Amazon, after the companies reported disappointing results. Official data showed employers added 114,000 […]
Chester Zoo has celebrated the birth of what it said was one of the rarest animals on earth. The Cheshire attraction said the Persian onager was born to mum Azita after a year-long pregnancy. Onagers hail from the semi-desert regions of Iran, and are related to domestic donkeys. The foal was named Jasper, whose Persian […]
Home Office minister warns those planning on organising further disorder ‘we will be watching you’ There is potential for more violence in the wake of the Southport attack, a Home Office minister has said, as he warned those planning on organising further disorder “we will be watching you”. Asked how concerned the government is about […]