2 hours ago About sharing By Patrick Jackson BBC News Tech billionaire Elon Musk says his Neuralink company has successfully implanted one of its wireless brain chips in a human for the first time. Initial results detected promising neuron spikes or nerve impulses and the patient is recovering well, he said. The company’s goal is…
1 hour ago About sharing By Jayne McCormack BBC News NI political correspondent The DUP’s executive has voted to endorse a deal to return to power sharing in Northern Ireland, the party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has said. He said it provided a basis for the DUP to reform an executive – subject to new…
1 hour ago About sharing Lily Gladstone is seen as one of the frontrunners to win best actress, alongside Poor Things star Emma Stone By Steven McIntosh Entertainment reporter Lily Gladstone has already made history, and she could be about to make it again. The 37-year-old is the first Native American woman to ever be…
2 hours ago About sharing Annie Macmanus has described the music business as “a boys’ club” By Noor Nanji Culture correspondent The music industry is still a “boys’ club” where sexual harassment and abuse is common, MPs have warned in a report. The Women and Equalities Committee said musicians have to sit beside sexual abusers…
The woman in her 20s is in a serious but stable condition after being bitten on the leg.
6 hours ago About sharing George Freeman said he quit as science minister because he did not earn enough to pay his mortgage By Mariam Issimdar & PA Media BBC News, Norfolk A Tory MP said he quit his ministerial role because he could not afford to pay his mortgage on a salary of £118,300….
29 minutes ago About sharing Slowing prices for tea helped ease inflation in January Shop prices rose at their slowest rate in more than 18 months in January, according to the latest report from the British Retail Consortium (BRC). Inflation – the rate at which prices rise – reached near-record highs last year, prompting a…
40 minutes ago About sharing Sergeant William Jerome Rivers, 46, Specialist Kennedy Ladon Sanders, 24 and Specialist Breonna Alexsondria Moffett, 23 By Fiona Nimoni BBC News The US government has released the names of three troops killed by an enemy drone attack in Jordan on Sunday. Sgt William Jerome Rivers, 46, Specialist Kennedy Ladon Sanders,…
2 hours ago About sharing By Helena Wilkinson BBC News Constance Marten and Mark Gordon’s newborn baby was wearing only a nappy on a cold night, according to the taxi driver who drove them from Liverpool to Harwich, Essex, a court has been told. Ms Marten, 36, and Mr Gordon, 49, are accused of the…
2 hours ago About sharing A US soldier walks towards a burning oil well in southern Iraq By Frank Gardner BBC security correspondent Washington now finds itself facing a dilemma. President Joe Biden has promised a strong response to Sunday’s deadly attack on a US military base in Jordan. But the challenge for the US…