Month: April 2019

Image copyright Getty Images Thames Water has told investors they will be able to demand their money back if a...

Gene-silencing: ‘New class’ of medicine reverses disease porphyria

Image copyright Sue Burrell Image caption Sue Burrell no longer has severe bouts of pain. Doctors have used a new...

Baby sleepers recalled in US after deaths

Image copyright US Consumer Product Safety Commission Toymaker Fisher-Price has recalled nearly five million of its Rock 'n Play Sleepers...

More GP appointments available due to success of pilot scheme

Image copyright Getty Images An NHS scheme that has enabled GP practices to free up more time for doctors to...

Gadget Lab Podcast: What Happens to Uber After Its IPO?

Uber filed to go public this week. No big surprise there; everyone in the industry has been waiting months for...

Is Uber really worth $100bn?

Image copyright Getty Images Everything about Uber is big.The taxi app and delivery business is America's biggest venture capital-backed company.It...

Ebola outbreak ‘not global emergency yet’

Image copyright Getty Images The World Health Organization says the spread of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo is...

Beresheet spacecraft: ‘Technical glitch’ led to Moon crash

Image copyright SpaceIL Image caption Pictures of the moon taken by Beresheet as it made its descent Preliminary data from...

Jet Airways halts all international flights

Image copyright Getty Images Passengers are stranded in India and around the world after Jet Airways suspended all international flights.Flights...

Nigel Farage launches Brexit Party ahead of European elections

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionNigel Farage: "No more Mr Nice Guy."Ex-UKIP leader Nigel Farage has launched...

Can you spot ocean plastic from space?

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionLauren Biermann: "We've been concentrating on getting the science right; the next...

Sony Xperia 10, Xperia 10 Plus Review: Cheap and Cinema-Wide

When everyone zigs, Sony likes to zag. That's likely why it was one of the first Android phone makers to...

Bounty pregnancy club fined £400,000 over data handling

Image copyright Getty Images Pregnancy club Bounty UK has been given a £400,000 fine for illegally sharing the personal information...

Confused about climate change? Talk to our chat bot

BBC News has launched a chat bot to help users learn about climate change in weekly conversations on Facebook Messenger.Subscribers...

Fewer people injured in violent attacks – A&E data study

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Experts at Cardiff University said the rise of 'high harm' crimes amid falling overall...

Upskirting now a crime after woman’s campaign

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionGina Martin campaigned for the law to be changed after a man...

Give women more consistent abortion service, NHS told