A US flag flies off the stern of a tour boat at the Port of Los Angeles. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images A US flag flies off the stern of a tour boat at the Port of Los Angeles. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images Thursday night, […]
BBC James Canton spent two years sitting beneath an 800-year-old oak tree near his home in Essex, watching acorns fatten and butterflies land on the massive knurled grey trunk. Sometimes he sat in the branches too. Canton, a lecturer at the University of Essex, recalls how it helped him feel a “sense of connection”. “We’re […]
André Rhoden-Paul BBC News i5 Media/PA Media King Charles’s nephew Peter Phillips has announced his engagement to NHS nurse Harriet Sperling. A photo showing Ms Sperling showing off her engagement ring as she embraces the son of the Princess Royal, Princess Anne has been released to mark the occasion. A statement released on behalf of […]
Rights group says perpetrators ‘must be held to account’, a year after 24 people killed during cost of living protests. The Nigerian government has failed to ensure accountability after police used deadly force to disperse mass 2024 demonstrations against soaring living costs, Amnesty International has said on the first anniversary of the protests. In a […]
Pauline McLean BBC Scotland Arts Correspondent Brian Cox says he is grateful for his childhood in Dundee It was the banking disaster which brought a Scottish institution to its knees and sent shockwaves around the world. Now the story of the rise and fall of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has been brought home […]
Alison Francis Senior Science Journalist Watch: BBC goes behind the scenes at Kew Gardens ahead of major Palm House renovation It’s a makeover on a massive scale – it involves moving 1,300 plants, replacing 16,000 panes of glass and cleaning up hundreds of tonnes of iron. This is the ambitious £50m plan to renovate the […]
Philippa Roxby Health reporter BBC They are the bête noire of many nutritionists – mass-produced yet moreish foods like chicken nuggets, packaged snacks, fizzy drinks, ice cream or even sliced brown bread. So-called ultra-processed foods (UPF) account for 56% of calories consumed across the UK, and that figure is higher for children and people who […]
US president condemns Russian attacks on Kyiv as Ukraine’s Zelenskyy calls for ‘regime change’ in Moscow. United States President Donald Trump has threatened new sanctions while slamming Russia’s military actions in Ukraine as “disgusting”. “Russia – I think it’s disgusting what they’re doing. I think it’s disgusting,” Trump told reporters on Thursday, the same day […]
Catherine Burns Health Correspondent BBC The number of people taking ADHD medication is at a record high – and the NHS is feeling the strain as it tries to diagnose and treat the condition. Since 2015, the number of patients in England prescribed drugs to treat ADHD has nearly trebled, and BBC research suggests that […]
Getty Images Intensive-care units came under severe strain during Covid, the inquiry has heard (stock photo) At least one NHS trust put in place a blanket “do-not-resuscitate” order for sick patients in the pandemic, the Covid inquiry has heard. It would mean individuals were considered ineligible for potentially lifesaving CPR, solely on the basis of […]