2 hours ago About sharing Bacchus, the Roman god of wine and pleasure, is depicted in green, white and blue banded glass By Katie Razzall Culture and media editor Ten glass gems have been put on display for the first time since they were stolen from the British Museum. In August, the museum announced up…
3 hours ago About sharing The rice is seeded with animal muscle and fat cells By Michelle Roberts Digital health editor Scientists have created a new type of hybrid food – a “meaty” rice that they say could offer an affordable and eco-friendly source of protein. The porous grains are packed with beef muscle and…
1 hour ago About sharing Tests showed Stephen and Carol Baxter died after ingesting the synthetic opioid drug, fentanyl By Rachael McMenemy & PA Media BBC News, Essex A man poisoned a married couple with the opioid painkiller fentanyl and rewrote their will, a murder trial has heard. Stephen Baxter, 61, and Carol Baxter, 64,…
2 hours ago About sharing Asgar, Shabnam and Khalid Skeikh were jailed at Leeds Crown Court on Wednesday By Dave Higgens PA News A man and his parents have been jailed after a court heard his wife was forced to take medication and doused with a corrosive substance. Asgar Sheikh, 31, was jailed for seven…
BBC Verify analyses Ukrainian military footage claiming to show sea drones striking Russian ship in the Black Sea.
They come after a woman was killed and others were injured in a rocket attack on northern Israel.
27 minutes ago About sharing Lviv’s cemeteries are now filled with the graves of those killed in Russia’s full-scale invasion By Fergal Keane BBC News, Lviv Nearly two years since the Russian invasion of Ukraine Fergal Keane returns to Lviv station where in February and March 2022 he witnessed the biggest refugee crisis in Europe…
26 minutes ago About sharing Natasha Abrahart killed herself on the day she was due to give a presentation at university A university’s appeal against a judgement that it contributed to the death of a student by discriminating against her has been rejected. Natasha Abrahart, 20, took her own life in 2018 on the day…
A court hears that 11 women have described how Iain Packer put his hands on their throats.
1 minute ago Comments About sharing The UK’s inflation rate remained unchanged in January, despite the first monthly fall in food prices in more than two years, official figures show. Inflation, which measures how prices rise over time, was 4% last month. The number surprised experts who had expected a rise in energy bills to…