France’s consumer watchdog has reported fast fashion giant Shein to authorities for selling “sex dolls with a childlike appearance” on its website. The Directorate General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control (DGCCRF) said in a statement that the online description and categorisation of the dolls “makes it difficult to doubt the child pornography nature […]
Lena-Zaharah MohammedBBC Wales BBC/PA Elen has previously called on the Welsh government to offer more funding, better information and greater sensitivity to women’s health The Traitors star and Welsh opera singer Elen Wyn says she is “grateful to have an abnormal anatomy” as it ultimately led to her endometriosis diagnosis. Appearing on the podcast It’s […]
Thousands of military homes across the UK will be modernised, refurbished or rebuilt over the next decade under a £9bn government plan to improve defence housing. The Ministry of Defence’s new housing strategy will see improvements made to almost all of its 47,700 homes for military families in what Defence Secretary John Healey said will […]
Josh Windass assisted each of Moore’s three goals against Coventry as Wrexham earned back-to-back home wins in the league for the first time this season. Windass, who previously played with Moore at Wigan Athletic, feels Wrexham reaped the rewards of being more assertive against Frank Lampard’s table-toppers. “With the last few (games), I think we’ve […]
BBC The fireworks are one of the many highlights of the four-day carnival and, as usual, they did not fail to impress Thousands of people have been witnessing the climax of Europe’s biggest Halloween festival, in Londonderry. Massive crowds filled the city centre on Friday night for the parade, followed by a riverfront fireworks spectacular, […]
Available for over a year What’s been called the storm of the century – Hurricane Melissa – has barrelled through Jamaica, Cuba, and the Bahamas over the past two days. Hannah Cloke, Professor of Hydrology at the University of Reading, explains whether Melissa was caused – or made worse – by human-made climate change. As […]
A man whose father was killed in the Birmingham pub bombings said he feels frustration and anger at the government’s decision not to conduct a public enquiry into the unsolved case. Paul Davies was one of 21 people who were killed when two bombs destroyed the Mulberry Bush and Tavern in the Town pubs in […]
The government has been urged to get a grip on long A&E waits with campaigners saying it is the rot eating away at the heart of the NHS. The plea by Age UK comes as it publishes a report detailing “heartbreaking” stories of how older people are suffering, spending hours in corridors and side-rooms. It […]
Rachel Hagan and Mark Poynting,Climate Reporter Strong winds and wild waves in Kingston, Jamaica A very powerful hurricane has made landfall in Jamaica and is the strongest storm to hit the Caribbean island in modern history. Hurricane Melissa, now a Category 4 storm, first hit the island’s southern coast with maximum sustained winds of 295km/h […]
Phil Shepka,Cambridgeshire political reporter and Harriet Heywood Phil Shepka/BBC Natasha, pictured with her daughter Neave, said her child would “never walk again” after two failed surgeries at Addenbrooke’s “My daughter walked into Addenbrooke’s talking, and she was wheeled out non-verbal.” A mother is demanding “accountability” from Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Trust after two failed […]