Bonfire concerns legal challenge is ‘political failure’
Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) leader Claire Hanna says it is a “political failure” that pre-action legal proceedings have begun over a contentious bonfire in south Belfast. It is…
Can (and should) we cure blindness?
Recent years have seen incredible advances in eyesight restoration. But should we approach blindness as something that needs to be ‘cured’? Comedian Tom Skelton, who started losing his sight at…
At least three dead in New Mexico flash flooding
Tabby Wilson BBC News Digital – World Watch: Moment house is swept away in New Mexico flash flooding At least three people are dead in the village of Ruidoso, New…
The doctor who sounded the alarm on Australia’s mushroom murderer Erin Patterson
Tiffanie Turnbull BBC News, Sydney Watch: CCTV and audio shown to court in mushroom trial Within minutes of Erin Patterson walking into a tiny hospital in rural Victoria, doctor Chris…
UK housebuilders agree to pay £100m to avoid legal decision
Getty Images Britain’s biggest housebuilders have agreed to pay £100m towards affordable homes to avoid a regulator’s decision on whether they broke competition law. The seven firms have also agreed…
Seoul returns six North Koreans who drifted south by accident
South Korea has repatriated six North Koreans who accidentally drifted into South Korean waters earlier this year. All six had consistently expressed their desire to go back, Seoul’s Ministry of…
‘Don’t say women made it up,’ watchdog warns
Noor Nanji & Felicity Baker Culture reporters Watch: Women share stories of alleged inappropriate behaviour from Greg Wallace Gregg Wallace has been warned by one of the country’s most senior…
Australian childcare operator to install CCTV after abuse claims
One of Australia’s largest private childcare operators will speed up the rollout of CCTV across more than 400 centres, days after child sex abuse allegations against an employee emerged. G8…
M25 protester from Cambridge sorry for delays but has no regrets
Harriet Heywood & David Webster BBC News, Cambridgeshire Just Stop Oil/PA Media Parts of the M25 were closed in Essex and Hertfordshire when Just Stop Oil protesters climbed gantries on…
Ed Sheeran’s artwork to feature in new London exhibition
Alice Cunningham BBC News, Suffolk Ellie Lawrie Ed Sheeran began painting in 2019 and created his latest works in a disused London car park A new exhibition will feature original…