3 hours ago About sharing By Kevin Peachey Cost of living correspondent Energy prices are expected to fall sharply in April, with the regulator Ofgem announcing its new price cap later on Friday. Consultancy Cornwall Insight has predicted a 14% drop, taking the typical annual bill to £1,656 – the lowest in more than two…
23 minutes ago About sharing Artwork: Engineers are still working to establish the status of the lander… but it is on the Moon By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent @BBCAmos An American company has made history by becoming the first commercial outfit to put a spacecraft on the Moon. Houston-based Intuitive Machines landed its Odysseus robot…
This is the kind of nerve-wracking wait that you do not want after a nerve-wracking landing… The spacecraft is supposed to have landed – but we haven’t heard anything back – yet. Now the Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall is going to try and find out. They’re the primary telemetry and tracking station for the…
A high-rise blaze in the Spanish city of Valencia is being tackled by more than 20 fire crews.
2 hours ago About sharing Couple Luke Davies and Jesse Baird have not been seen since Monday By Andre Rhoden-Paul BBC News Police say they have “grave concerns” over a TV presenter and his boyfriend who disappeared in Sydney in suspicious circumstances. Possessions belonging to ex-Network 10 presenter Jesse Baird, 26, and Luke Davies, 29,…
It is feared people may be trapped inside the 14-storey residential building as firefighters battle the flames.
52 minutes ago About sharing Ben Leonard died while on a hiking trip in north Wales in 2018 By George Herd & Oliver Slow BBC News An explorer scout leader and his assistant were responsible for the unlawful killing of a teenage scout in north Wales, a jury has found. Ben Leonard, 16, was among…
8 minutes ago About sharing Speaker Hoyle’s amendment decision ‘concerning,’ Sunak says By Paul Seddon & Sam Francis Politics reporter, BBC News Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Sir Lindsay Hoyle’s decision to depart from convention during a debate on the Gaza conflict was “very concerning”. The Commons Speaker is facing pressure to quit, after chaotic…
36 minutes ago About sharing Palestinians disembark an evacuation flight that has taken them from Egypt to the UAE By Quentin Sommerville BBC Middle East Correspondent Two very different flights in 24 hours, each with the same aim: to alleviate Gaza’s suffering. The first is the less perilous: an Etihad Airways passenger plane, flight EY750…
The mother of the Putin critic says Russian authorities are pressuring her to allow a secretive burial