Migrants who are in the UK legally could have to wait up to 20-years before they can settle permanently, under government proposals. The Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced the qualifying period for indefinite leave to remain will be extended from five to 10 years, and will apply to the estimated 1.6million who arrived since…
Seal in Florida – Credit: Robert Woeger via Unsplash An experienced wildlife photographer with a penchant for marine mammals like whales recently bore witness to a lone seal miraculously surviving a hunt by 8 killer whales. Far more than just bearing witness, it was more or less the photographer’s presence that allowed for it to…
US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he has signed a bill ordering the release of all files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The bill requires the justice department release all the information from its Epstein investigation “in a searchable and downloadable format” within 30 days. Trump previously opposed releasing…
Samantha Gades – Unsplash One of the realities of social media addiction is the self-awareness of the addicted. A recent survey from the British Standards Institution found that 68% of teen respondents said they feel worse when they spend too much time on social media, and 47% would remove them from existence if they could.…
Getty Images A British woman is among five killed in a snowstorm in Chile A British woman is among five people who have died in a snowstorm in Chilean Patagonia. Victoria Bond, from Cornwall, was named by officials in Chile as among those killed in the tourist hotspot of Torres del Paine National Park, in…
Toyota – released Toyota recently unveiled a four-legged mobility robot that can go where wheels cannot, and specializes in tasks that are difficult in a wheelchair such as climbing up stairs and positioning passengers to get into cars. Debuted by the carmaker at the 2025 Japan Mobility Show, it consists of an ergonomic seat mounted…
Archie MitchellBusiness reporter Getty Images Adverts by four of Britain’s biggest hotel and travel firms have been banned for stating misleading minimum prices for rooms. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upheld complaints against the Hilton hotel group, Travelodge, Booking.com and Accor over their use of eye-catching so-called “from” prices. The watchdog found only a small…
– credit, Marine Mammal Center via Instagram Conservationists recently reunited a mother otter with her baby and caught it on film. It seems surreal when marine conservationists plop the lost baby sea otter into the frigid waters of Morro Bay in Central California. Before it makes its way back into the arms of its mother,…
Robert Cuffe & Matt MurphyBBC Verify NurPhoto via Getty Images Net migration to the UK last year was 20% lower than previously thought, according to revised figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The number, the difference between those entering and leaving the country, has been revised down by 86,000 people and now stands…
Yolande Knell,Middle East correspondent, Jerusalem and Wahiba Ahmed,Jerusalem BBC Children and families will perish, warns Jan Egeland of the Norwegian Refugee Council Aid agencies have reiterated calls for Israel to allow more tents and urgently needed supplies into Gaza after the first heavy winter rainfall, saying more than a quarter of a million families need…
