Al Pacino on near-death, The Godfather and his phone case
Hollywood actor Al Pacino has spent a lot of time recently looking back over his life, because at the age of 84, the star of films including Dog Day Afternoon,…
Mrs Brown’s Boys star sorry for ‘clumsy’ racial joke
Brendan O’Carroll, the Irish star of BBC One sitcom Mrs Brown’s Boys, has apologised for making a “clumsy” joke where a “racial term was implied” during rehearsals for the series’…
Jessie Hallett on quitting alcohol after 18-hour bender
Cardiff woman quits drinking over fear she would die by Christmas After an 18-hour bender that finished at 9am, the “beer fear and anxiety” got too much, and Jessie Hallett…
Artist Nahem Shoa overcomes racism to show black portraits
Nahem Shoa Head of Dan, by Nahem Shoa – a painting of one of his friends An artist says he has faced racism within the art world and has struggled…
Google turns to nuclear to power AI data centres
Google has signed a deal to use small nuclear reactors to generate the vast amounts of energy needed to power its artificial intelligence (AI) data centres. The company says the…
Burning household rubbish now UK’s dirtiest form of power, BBC finds
Getty Images Burning household rubbish in giant incinerators to make electricity is now the dirtiest way the UK generates power, BBC analysis has found. Nearly half of the rubbish produced…
Fight begins to make mobile-free schools law
Getty Images Calls are growing to ban smartphones in schools in England by law, as education experts and unions back an MP’s attempt to push a new law through Parliament.…
NHS patient-safety system to be overhauled
The way patient safety is regulated and monitored is to be completely overhauled in England, the health secretary has announced. Wes Streeting said the current system was “overly complex”, as…
This young disabled man dreamed of having a job
BBC Disabled people are almost twice as likely to be unemployed as non-disabled people “I want to contribute to society. I dream of living with friends in supported living, not…
Families ‘left in lurch’ on child autism diagnoses, report warns
Hundreds of thousands of children with suspected neurodevelopmental conditions in England, including autism and ADHD, face unacceptably long waits to be diagnosed, the Children’s Commissioner has warned. Dame Rachel de…