Children’s early development at risk with year-long NHS waits.

Tens of thousands of children in England are enduring "catastrophic" year-long waits for essential NHS community care, including vital services like hearing support, speech and language therapy, and disability assistance,…

‘I spent £2,000 on one event’. Why Gen Z is obsessed with Hyrox.

Hyrox, a fitness phenomenon that seamlessly blends running with rigorous functional exercises, is experiencing an unprecedented surge in popularity, with an estimated 1.3 million participants worldwide expected to vie for…

Unpicking the second Minneapolis shooting frame by frame

The incident involving Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old Minneapolis man, marks a deeply concerning escalation in the use of force by federal immigration officers within the city. The fact that this…

Venezuela Frees Dozens of Political Prisoners, Human Rights Group Says

At least 80 political prisoners have been released from Venezuelan jails in recent days, a significant development confirmed by Foro Penal, a prominent human rights organization. Alfredo Romero, the director…

Penarth mum ‘begged’ for MRI which revealed cervical cancer

A devastating diagnosis of stage 1B3 cervical cancer, requiring urgent and aggressive treatment, has left Jessica Mason, a 44-year-old mother from Penarth, feeling a profound loss of faith in the…

Captain of suspected Russian shadow tanker into French custody

French authorities have taken the Indian captain of a suspected Russian shadow fleet tanker, the "Grinch," into custody days after the vessel was intercepted and seized in the Mediterranean Sea.…

Party backed by generals set for landslide in ‘sham’ Myanmar election

Polls in Myanmar have closed after a protracted and widely criticized third and final stage of voting, widely decried by international observers and opposition groups as a "sham" election. The…

Would you really trust a robot to care for you in old age? These robots can clean, exercise – and care for you in old age. Would you trust them to?

The notion of delegating the intimate and complex task of elderly care to machines might once have seemed confined to the pages of science fiction. Yet, in a quiet lab…

Sir Mark Tully, the BBC’s ‘voice of India’, dies aged 90

The broadcasting world and India have lost a titan with the passing of Sir Mark Tully, the esteemed journalist and former BBC correspondent, at the venerable age of 90. For…

The huge sums energy firms get to not provide power

Consider the early hours of 3 June, a date that starkly illustrates this inefficiency. At 1am, near gale-force winds were sweeping across Scotland. For the immense Moray East and West…