Whorlton Hall: Hospital abuse missed despite at least 100 official visits
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionUndercover BBC filming shows staff swearing, mocking and taunting patients with autism...
Month: May 2019
‘Unique’ Iron Age shield discovered in Leicestershire
Image copyright ULAS Image caption The shield was preserved due to being left in a waterlogged pit A 2,300-year-old Iron...
Hopsy Sub Home Tap Review: A Crafty Way to Enjoy Draft Beer at Home
It’s almost summer, which means it’s time to give serious thought to beer. You could buy six-packs, sure, or step...
7 Items for Grilling on Your Tiny Apartment’s Balcony or Roof
Grilling is a treasured summer pastime. Unless, of course, you live in an small urban apartment with limited outdoor space....
10 Best Wireless Earbuds for Working Out (2019)
Both of Jaybird's current running headphones, the Tarah and the X4, are excellent, durable, long-lived workout buds with fantastic sound...
Brexit: Theresa May’s withdrawal bill delayed
Image copyright Reuters Theresa May's Brexit withdrawal bill will not be published or debated until early June, the government says.The...
Colluding drug firms ‘cost the NHS millions of pounds’
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Prochlorperazine is prescribed for nausea and dizziness Four pharmaceutical firms have been accused of...
Letter makes plea to rich over climate
1.5 degrees Keeping the rise in global average temperature below 1.5 degrees Celsius will avoid the worst impacts of climate...
Two female loos for every male one, experts recommend
Image copyright Getty Images Public health experts are calling for fair provision of public toilets for women, saying the aim...
European elections 2019: Polls to take place across the UK
Image copyright EPA Voters will head to the polls later for the European Parliament elections.Seventy-three members, known as MEPs, will...
Ozone layer: Banned CFCs traced to China say scientists
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Much of the CFC-11 gas has been used in home insulation Researchers say that...
Topshop tycoon Sir Philip Green to close 23 stores
Image copyright Getty Images Topshop tycoon Sir Philip Green plans to close 23 stores, putting 520 jobs under threat, as...
Logan Broadbent Shows Us How to Throw a Boomerang Like a Pro
Ever wonder what makes a boomerang fly? World champion thrower Logan Broadbent says it's pretty simple. "Basically the best way...
Whorlton Hall: Hospital ‘abused’ vulnerable adults
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionUndercover BBC filming shows staff swearing, mocking and taunting patients with autism...
British Steel insolvency endangers 5,000 jobs
Image copyright Reuters British Steel has been placed in compulsory liquidation, putting 5,000 jobs at risk and endangering 20,000 in...
Brexit: PM under fire over new Brexit plan
Image copyright EPA Theresa May will make the case for her new Brexit plan in Parliament later, amid signs that...
Plastic straws: Which companies are banning them?
Image copyright Getty Images Campaigns and shows like Blue Planet II have given us a glimpse into what single-use plastics...
Aspirin ‘safe’ for brain-bleed strokes
Image copyright Getty Images Patients who have had a stroke caused by bleeding in the brain can safely take aspirin...
