Kate Whannel Political reporter Getty Images Data showing the immigration status of those claiming universal credit (UC) – a benefit designed to help both employed and unemployed people with living costs – has been published for the first time. In June, nearly eight million people received universal credit, 83.6% of whom were British and Irish…
A bottle containing a note from a Newfoundland couple is shown on a beach in southwestern Ireland – credit Kate Gay, handout From the shores of Newfoundland to the shores of Ireland comes the story of two young lovers frozen in time within the blue glass of a wine bottle. Separated by 5 time zones,…
BBC Constance Marten was a disciple of infamous Christian preacher, TB Joshua, who was accused of rape and violence in a BBC News investigation. Marten spent four months at Joshua’s Synagogue Church of All Nations in Nigeria as a teenager. A fellow disciple, who knew Marten when she was at the church, told the BBC…
70 years ago today, 18 Nobel laureate scientists signed the Mainau Declaration publicly decrying nuclear weapons. Within one year, 34 others—mostly chemists and physicists—joined the German nuclear scientists Otto Hahn and Max Born in calling for an end to perilous radioactive bombs. READ the text of the Declaration… (1955) The original scientists, by Vincenzo108 –…
EPA One report about failings in its programme-making is difficult for the BBC. Two on the same day could be catastrophic – and that’s what BBC bosses woke up to on Monday morning. The day has been about publicly apologising, announcing action plans and trying to turn a corner – on the Wallace misconduct story…
Biologist Stephen Wallace – credit Edinburgh Innovations Scientists in Scotland recently engineered bacteria to be able to turn plastic into a precursor to the painkiller acetaminophen, also known as paracetamol. Though far from scalable at the moment, the reaction nevertheless underpins a potential starting point for greener production and recycling systems, as acetaminophen is produced…
Harriet Heywood BBC News, Essex Smoke rises at Southend Airport after the plane crash London Southend Airport will remain closed until further notice after a plane crashed in what witnesses described as a “fireball”. Essex Police said it was alerted to a 12-metre plane on fire at the site in Southend-on-Sea shortly before 16:00 BST…
10 years ago today, Earth’s scientists completed the first survey of our solar system as the New Horizons spacecraft completed a flyby of distant Pluto. It took ten years for the little space probe to arrive at our most distant neighbor, and is now beginning a long cold journey out into the great beyond, never…
What’s the weather forecast for Monday? The UK experienced the final day of the latest heatwave to reach the British Isles, with a high of 31.2C recorded in Scotland on Sunday afternoon. Temperatures were slightly lower than Saturday’s peak, while a cooler change is forecast to arrive on Monday, bringing “heavy spells of rain” for…
New frog species Pristimantis chinguelas found in Peru – Ivan Wong / SWNS Three new types of frogs were discovered during off-road scientific expeditions in the remote cloud-shrouded peaks of the Andes. The secretive amphibians were found between 2021 and 2024 in the Cordillera de Huancabamba mountains of northern Peru—in forests and mountain trails with…
