16 minutes ago About sharing Young adults may have started smoking because of stress during the pandemic, researchers found By Aurelia Foster Health reporter A decades-long decline in smoking in England has nearly ground to a halt since the pandemic, a study suggests. The rate of decline slowed from 5.2% in the years before the…
16 minutes ago About sharing The US House of Representatives voted to formalise an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden on Wednesday By Anthony Zurcher North America correspondent By voting to formally authorise the congressional investigation into Joe Biden, Republicans in the House of Representatives have started the ball rolling towards his impeachment. It may…
1 hour ago About sharing By Tom Espiner Business reporter, BBC News Former BP boss Bernard Looney will forfeit up to £32.4m after the oil giant found he committed “serious misconduct” in failing to disclose relationships with colleagues. Mr Looney is to be dismissed without notice and will not receive further salary or benefits, the…
The acrobat is taken to hospital after the accident on the circus’s “giant wheel of death”.
48 minutes ago About sharing Democrats have defended President Joe Biden over what they say is ‘an extreme political stunt’ By Bernd Debusmann Jr on Capitol Hill, Sam Cabral & Anthony Zurcher BBC News, Washington The US House of Representatives has voted to formalise its impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. Lawmakers voted along party…
Politics Today 2:57 pm We Have Mounting Proof That Cruel Men Control Women’s Bodies in Red States We Have Mounting Proof That Cruel Men Control Women’s Bodies in Red States In Texas and Ohio, the suffering of Kate Cox and Brittany Watts foreshadows a grim future for women there. And maybe in blue states too….
1 minute ago About sharing Krishnaraj Nadarajah said he heard a “massive explosion” By James McCarthy & Catriona Aitken BBC News Emergency services are at the scene of a large fire at an industrial estate in south Wales. South Wales Police said officers were responding to a “serious incident” on Severn Road in Treforest, Pontypridd,…
48 minutes ago About sharing Terry Crews and Andre Braugher on set for Brooklyn Nine-Nine By Malu Cursino BBC News The cast of Brooklyn Nine-Nine have paid tribute to their co-star Andre Braugher, who has died aged 61. Remembering his “wisdom, kindness and friendship,” the stars also shared stories – like how he enjoyed “crooning…
7 hours ago About sharing By Steven McIntosh Entertainment reporter Actor Andre Braugher, who has died at the age of 61, was responsible for some of the funniest moments across Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s eight seasons. The US sitcom thrived thanks in large part to the police chief at the centre of it – Captain Raymond Holt…
1 hour ago About sharing Susie Verrill could not leave her bedroom for five months during her pregnancies due to constant sickness By Charlie Jones and Laura Foster BBC News, East Scientists say they have discovered why some women become extremely sick during pregnancy, bringing them one step closer to a potential cure. Babies produce…