Archie MitchellBusiness reporter Getty Images Crack open a tub of Celebrations or pull a Terry’s Chocolate Orange from a stocking these days, and have you noticed, there seems to be a little less to go around? Not only that, you might find – no, it is not your imagination – that some popular treats taste […]
James Gallagher,Health and science correspondentand Catherine Snowdon,Health reporter Getty Some men are having vast numbers of children through sperm donation. This week the BBC reported on a man whose sperm contained a genetic mutation that dramatically raises the risk of cancer for some of his offspring. One of the most striking aspects of the investigation […]
WWE via Getty Images The Last Time Is Now. It’s the name given to the tournament in which 16 wrestling giants have been competing to be the one opponent in John Cena’s final fight before retirement. And that final fight is now – Saturday night – in Washington DC, bringing the curtain down on an […]
Claire Brennan, Emma Orrand Ashleigh Swan,BBC News NI Getty Images Evri has apologised to customers and said it is continuing to invest in its delivery service in Northern Ireland, following complaints about missing and delayed parcels. The courier company opened a new £1.3m depot in Mallusk, County Antrim in September. GMB, the union which represents […]
A billionaire investor keen on buying TikTok’s US operations has told the BBC he has been left in limbo as the latest deadline for the app’s sale looms. The US has repeatedly delayed the date by which the platform’s Chinese owner, Bytedance, must sell or be blocked for American users. US President Donald Trump appears […]
Katy WatsonAustralia correspondent , Perth Getty Images Critics say gaming platforms should be included in Australia’s ban on social media for under-16s Wednesday afternoons have become a ritual for 15-year-old Sadmir Perviz. It’s a circuitous route from home in Perth to the Fiona Stanley Hospital – but it’s worth it, he says, to sit down […]
The government says it has “no current plans” to force drivers who run over a cat to report the collision. Nearly 11,000 people have signed an e-petition submitted to Parliament calling for the government “to make it law that if you hit a cat you must legally report it and take it to the nearest […]
Briony Leylandand Marcus White,South of England BBC Hayley Bell and Richard Elkin were convicted at Portsmouth Crown Court Two funeral directors who kept bodies in an unrefrigerated room for more than a month have been found guilty of preventing lawful burial. Richard Elkin, 49, and Hayley Bell, 42, were also convicted at Portsmouth Crown Court […]
Downing Street has insisted the government backs pubs, as a growing number sign up to a campaign to bar Labour MPs from their premises in protest at tax rates. The Labour MP ban was kicked off a week ago by Andy Lennox, landlord of the Old Thatch in Dorset, with more than 250 pubs, restaurants […]
Amazon has pulled a video recap made with artificial intelligence (AI) from its hit TV show Fallout after users said it got several facts wrong about the series. The firm said in November it was testing the “first-of-its-kind” tool in the US to help viewers catch up on some of its shows on streaming service […]