‘I started nicotine pouches to get off vapes, but it’s just another addiction’ Hayley Jarvis BBC Scotland News Johnpaul began using nicotine pouches to help him get off vapes – but says it just led to another addiction. At one stage he was using 15 pouches a day, although the 16-year-old has now cut back…

Dr. Nima Nassiri with patient Oscar Larrainzar – Photo by Nick Carranza / UCLA Health The first human bladder transplant was successfully carried out at University of California LA, an attempt that has been four years in the making. There are naturally many unknowns associated with the procedure, which has previously only been done on…

A Conservative councillor’s wife who was jailed for a race hate offence after an online rant on the day of last year’s Southport attacks has had her appeal against her sentence dismissed. Lucy Connolly, from Northampton, was jailed for 31 months after calling for “mass deportation now” and urging her followers on X to “set…

90 years ago today, Uruguay’s Jose Mujica—the ‘World’s most humble President,’ was born. The 40th president of Uruguay became legendary for giving 90% of his salary to the poor, choosing to live on his austere farm (instead of the presidential palace), and using an old VW Beetle to get around town. He left office in…

Manchester City midfielder Jack Grealish may have to leave this summer with “the writing on the wall” for him, says their former goalkeeper Shay Given. Grealish, 29, was a British record signing when he joined Pep Guardiola’s side from Aston Villa for £100m in 2021. The England international has won three Premier League titles, the…

Photo by Waldemar on Unsplash The owner of a California dry cleaner is showing those down on their luck that the community wants them to succeed—so he’s ensuring they look their best as they get ready for their next big break. After talking to fellow owners of dry cleaners about how they could give something…

While Rory McIlroy’s win at the Masters was an emotional outpouring as a result of his 11-year major drought and completion of the career Grand Slam, Scheffler’s win on Sunday felt close to the opposite. McIlroy’s Masters Sunday was a rollercoaster of highs and lows. Scheffler’s US PGA Sunday felt like an inexorable journey towards…

Happy Birthday to Pete Townshend who turns 80 today. The English musician, singer-songwriter, and co-founder of The Who. Born in London to musician parents, he taught himself how to play guitar and never learned to read music. Yet, he became one of the most influential guitar players and rock composers in the world, with songs…

Negotiations for a deal between the UK and EU are still ongoing hours before the prime minister hosts a UK-EU summit on Monday. Sir Keir Starmer will meet European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for the second time in four days as he aims to strike a deal with the EU on a range…

The mosasaur vertebrae measured 7 inches across – credit James Starnes Geologists recently unearthed the vertebrae of a giant prehistoric marine lizard during fieldwork. Measuring a full 7 inches across, an extrapolation of that size would place the animal among the largest ever to swim in the prehistoric precursor to the Gulf of Mexico. “I…