Pritti MistryBusiness reporter, BBC News PA Media NHS patients will lose access to new cutting-edge treatments because of skyrocketing costs, the pharmaceutical giant Novartis has claimed amid a row over drug pricing deals. The warning comes after talks over the cost of medicines for the UK between Health Secretary Wes Streeting and pharma firms broke […]
Esme StallardClimate and science reporter, BBC News Getty Images Beddington incinerator has breached its environmental permits on 916 occasions Beddington incinerator, which serves four south London councils, faces enforcement from the Environment Agency after exceeding air pollution limits on 916 occasions. The offences, which occurred between 2022 and 2024 at the energy-from-waste plant, were revealed […]
Meghan OwenWork and money correspondent, BBC London and Lauren StanleyBBC London BBC Keisha and her daughter live in a flat that they say can reach 43C in summer As the UK experiences hotter temperatures families across the country are increasingly feeling the impact, with their homes no longer a sanctuary but an unbearable space that […]
Grace Wood BBC News, Yorkshire BBC Firefighters have been tackling the fire on Langdale Moor since 11 August A fundraiser to support firefighters, farmers and gamekeepers battling a moorland blaze for the 17th consecutive day has raised more than £19,000. Amy Cockrem set up a Justgiving page initially hoping to raise £100 to buy food […]
FILE – A view of houses in Nuuk, Greenland, Sunday, June 22, 2025 Kwiyeon Ha/AP hide caption toggle caption Kwiyeon Ha/AP COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Denmark’s foreign minister summoned the top U.S. diplomat in the country for talks after the main national broadcaster reported Wednesday that at least three people with connections to President Donald Trump […]
Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook’s attorney plans to file a lawsuit as soon as today, challenging President Trump’s attempt to fire her. […]
Matt Dempsey Artwork: the dinosaur had long spikes sticking out from the side of its head Scientists have discovered a bizarre armoured dinosaur which had metre-long spikes sticking out from its neck. The species, called Spicomellus afer, lived 165 million years ago, and is the oldest example of a group of armoured dinosaurs called ankylosaurs. […]
SpaceX has pulled off a successful test flight of its newest generation rocket Starship, reversing a trend of disappointing failures. The world’s largest and most powerful rocket blasted off from Texas just after 18:30 local time (23:30 BST) for a nail-biting 60-minute flight. Parts of the engine appeared to explode at one stage, and flaps […]
France is on the brink of another political crisis, after Prime Minister François Bayrou’s shock decision to submit his government to a vote of confidence in parliament. The chances of his winning the vote in a special session of the National Assembly on September 8 being extremely slim, the prime minister’s days in office look […]
President Trump moved to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, in an escalation of Trump’s campaign to assert more control over the central bank. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images President Trump moved to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook Monday, escalating his campaign to exert more control over the central […]