Simon King Lead Weather Presenter PA Media Amber heat health alerts are in place across the whole of England with temperatures likely to exceed 30C for the first time this year. The alerts, which will last until 09:00 BST on Monday, come as an expected heatwave approaches much of the country. The UK Health Security […]
Rebecca Morelle, Alison Francis and Victoria Gill BBC News Science Team Getty Images / Maxar Technologies. Iran’s Natanz nuclear site has been a target of Israel’s airstrikes The IAEA has described the attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities as “deeply concerning”. On Monday, its Director General Rafael Grossi said that military escalation “increases the chance of […]
Getty Images Two breakthrough Alzheimer’s drugs have been deemed far too expensive, for too little benefit, to be offered on the NHS. The medicines are the first to slow the disease, which may give people extra time living independently. Newsportual Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) concluded they were a poor use of taxpayers’ […]
Nikita Yadav BBC News, Delhi LightRocket via Getty Images An Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner seen in Copenhagen in May One of the engines of the Air India plane that crashed last week was new, while the other was not due for servicing until December, the airline’s chairman has said. In an interview with an […]
Arrested at the age of 17 during the early days of Nepal’s civil war in the late 1990s, Devi Khadka was accused of being a rebel, tortured and raped in custody. Rebel leaders exposed her as a “rape victim”, marking her with a taboo that led to depression and social ostracism. Battling these horrors, Khadka […]
Alison Francis Senior science journalist Watch: the fine art of an exquisite 2,000 year-old Roman jigsaw Archaeologists have pieced together thousands of fragments of 2,000-year-old wall plaster to reveal remarkable frescoes that decorated a luxurious Roman villa. The shattered plaster was discovered in 2021 at a site in Central London that’s being redeveloped, but it’s […]
Chris Craddock BBC Jersey communities reporter BBC A panel of experts talked about the issues facing women in Jersey A campaign group has called for more support and better care for endometriosis patients in Jersey. Endometriosis Jersey hosted a special screening of the documentary ‘Below the Belt’ at ArtHouse on Tuesday. Its organiser Kate Fry […]
Steve Jones & Rachel Russell BBC News, Yorkshire Getty Images Yvonne Ford died after contact with a stray dog while on holiday (stock image) A British woman has died from rabies after she was “scratched” by a puppy in Morocco, her family said. Yvonne Ford, from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, had light contact with the stray […]
Georgina Rannard Climate and science correspondent Getty Images Basking shark is one of the species that could find a home in new parts of the UK The UK could see a boom in endangered sharks, rays and native oysters as species move habitats to respond to rising ocean temperatures, according to scientists. But some, including […]
Security forces and hundreds of men armed with whips and clubs clashed with protesters in Kenya, with a police officer’s shooting of an unarmed bystander triggering widespread anger. Tensions were already high in the East African country as it marked a year since massive Gen Z-led protests over the state of the economy, and the […]