Stay at home warnings in Scotland and NI over risk-to-life winds
Millions of people have been urged to stay at home on Friday as Storm Éowyn is set to bring potentially life-threatening winds to the north and west of the UK.…
How to make moon dust into oxygen
Chris Baraniuk Technology Reporter Sierra Space Sierra Space is working on a device designed to produce oxygen in moon-like conditions Inside a giant sphere, the engineers pored over their equipment.…
Historic jump in companies in critical financial distress
There’s been a record jump in the number of UK businesses in critical financial distress, according to insolvency specialists. This comes at the same time as a drop in consumer…
Northern Ireland braces for red weather warning
Pacemaker Very dangerous conditions, like fallen trees on roads, are expected – like this one during Storm Darragh in December A “major incident” has been declared as Northern Ireland is…
Landslide election cost £52.8m in staff turnover payments, Ipsa says
The cost of replacing more than 2,000 MPs and political staff after the election reached £52.8m, the body managing MPs’ pay has revealed. Nearly all of that was spent on…
Terror chief in plea about online content
PA Axel Rudakubana was sentenced to a minimum of 52 years in prison for murdering three young girls in Southport A top counter terror police officer has called for parents…
Southport MP calls for ‘harsher’ Axel Rudakubana sentence
PA Media The MP for Southport, where Axel Rudakubana murdered three young girls, has demanded a review of the killers 52-year jail sentence – arguing it is “not harsh enough”.…
How the Southport attack unfolded
EPA “The dance club was full of laughter and excitement,” is how one girl, 14, described the atmosphere as a group of 26 children gathered for a Taylor Swift-themed class…
Why has Scotland’s National Care Service been scrapped?
Phil Sim BBC Scotland political correspondent Getty Images After years of delay and dispute, the Scottish government has ripped up its plans for a National Care Service. The plans have…
Email demands US government workers report DEI programmes
The Trump administration emailed thousands of federal employees on Wednesday, ordering them to report any efforts to “disguise” diversity initiatives in their agencies or face “adverse consequences”. The request came…