The Taiwanese government has said none of the components in thousands of pagers used by the armed group Hezbollah that exploded in Lebanon earlier this week were made on the island. Fragments of the pagers that blew up had labels which pointed to Taiwanese manufacturer Gold Apollo. But the firm denied making the devices used […]
First Born Films Neil Harbisson, who sees in black and white, says his antennae lets him “hear” colour For the past 20 years, self-declared “cyborg artist” Neil Harbisson has provoked debate with his “eyeborg” – a surgically attached antenna. Harbisson, who grew up in Barcelona, is colour blind, having been born with the rare condition […]
Andrew Cooper, Butterfly Conservation The small tortoiseshell butterfly has suffered its worst year on record in the count A wildlife charity has declared a national “butterfly emergency” after its annual Big Butterfly Count recorded its lowest ever numbers. The count has been running for 14 years. This year’s poor results are partly down to the […]
BBC Pam Perceval-Maxwell say the repercussions of not getting eye treatment in a timely fashion was people may lose their sight earlier than otherwise A woman who relies on regular injections to preserve her sight said she worries each night she will wake up blind, because of delayed appointments. Pam Perceval-Maxwell is one of the […]
Deepdale was the venue of English football’s most interminable penalty shootout on Tuesday night. After playing out a 1-1 draw in normal time during their Carabao Cup third-round tie, Fulham and Preston North End took a record-breaking 34 penalties between them, with an astonishing 31 finding the net. Excluding FA Cup qualifiers, this was the […]
Getty Images Starlink satellites are usually easily seen by the naked eye in the night sky Radio waves from Elon Musk’s growing network of satellites are blocking scientists’ ability to peer into the universe, according to researchers in the Netherlands. The new generation of Starlink satellites, which provide fast internet around the world, are interfering […]
Maternity services in England are so inadequate that cases of women receiving poor care and being harmed in childbirth are in danger of becoming “normalised”, the NHS regulator has said. A Care Quality Commission (CQC) report based on inspections of 131 maternity units sets out an array of problems, adding to the sense of crisis […]
BBC England has a housing crisis. Very few disagree. There are simply not enough safe, affordable, decent homes where people want to live. Homelessness is at record levels with 150,000 children living in totally unsuitable temporary accommodation. Millions cannot afford to buy their first home. The new Labour government believes the key is to build […]
A man has been jailed after he repeatedly sexually assaulted someone while they slept. Guy Watson, 33, from Penarth, was found guilty of seven offences in June and was sentenced to eight years at Cardiff Crown Court on Wednesday. He was initially arrested regarding a separate matter on Christmas Day 2022, which led to the […]
Post Office boss Nick Read will step down from his role next year, the company has said. The chief executive had already stepped back from front-line duties saying he wanted to give his “entire attention” to the final stage of the inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal. The inquiry is scrutinising failings over the wrongful […]