1 hour ago About sharing Watch: Fire engulfed the historic dragon spire which then collapsed By Adrienne Murray Copenhagen Alarm bells first rang out early on Tuesday morning as fire ripped through Copenhagen’s historic former stock exchange building, Børsen. Within no time at all the inferno had gutted large parts of the 400-year-old structure and…
1 hour ago About sharing By Paul Brown & Daniele Palumbo BBC Verify Satellite imagery released over the past 24 hours has revealed evidence of probable damage at an Iranian air base following an Israeli strike in the early hours of Friday morning. BBC Verify has analysed two images showing part of an air-defence system…
14 minutes ago About sharing By Ben King Business reporter, BBC News The company behind two of the UK’s most popular vape brands is “well-equipped” to survive the upcoming ban on disposables, claims its distributor. Elfbar and Lost Mary have already launched reusable versions of their popular disposable vapes. However, councils warned that the UK…
2 hours ago About sharing The A21 self-driving bus on a street in Seoul, South Korea By Nick Marsh Business reporter There is a moment on the A21 bus, at around midnight, when the man in the driver’s seat presses a small red button on his dashboard. He smiles, then lets go of the steering…
18 minutes ago About sharingBy Nick Triggle Health correspondent @nicktriggle There is, it seems, an epidemic of illness among the working-age population. This week the Office for National Statistics once again warned about the number of people being driven out of the jobs market because of ill-health. And on Friday the government in England said…
Policing minister Chris Philp is set to meet the commissioner after an officer described a campaigner as “openly Jewish”.
Squatters say they have come to an agreement with the owners of the York and Albany near Regent’s Park in north London.
Bosses say they had to cancel some tickets for the Rick Astley gig to test the venue “effectively”.
17 hours ago About sharing Canadian police said the heist is not just about gold, but “how gold turns into guns” By Nadine Yousif BBC News, Toronto The arrests that followed a “sensational” gold heist have shed light on the illegal gun trade between the US and Canada. Thousands of gold bars worth C$20m ($14.5m;…
1 hour ago About sharing Dr Mohit Mandiratta said he supports other people taking on fit notes if they are trained By Andre Rhoden-Paul & Doug Faulkner BBC News Rishi Sunak has announced plans to trial stripping GPs of their power to sign people off work, as he attacked the UK’s “sick note culture” in…