More than 60,000 waiting to join Scouts amid ‘volunteer shortage’
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Duchess of Cambridge met children from the Beavers when she visited the Scouts...
Month: October 2019
Why are cathedrals hosting helter-skelters and golf courses?
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption More than 31,000 people visited Rochester Cathedral during the six weeks the golf course...
Georgia abortion ban: Federal judge temporarily blocks bill
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Protesters gathered outside the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta in May A US federal...
What links Silicon Valley and tinned food?
Image copyright Getty Images If you played a word-association game with the phrase "Silicon Valley", you would be unlikely to...
How a horrible goose topped the gaming chart
Image copyright House House Image caption Untitled Goose Game tells the story of a horrible goose Against all the odds,...
Why are so few women inventors named on patents?
Image copyright Hannah Eachus It's easy to list some of the many everyday items invented and patented by women -...
How to weigh a whale without a scale
Image copyright Fredrik Christiansen Image caption Southern right whale mother and calf in clear waters off Argentina How do you...
‘Request an ATM’ service to be launched
Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Communities will be able to request a free-to-use ATM for their area if they are finding...
Working all night is not ‘a badge of pride’
Image copyright Eos Deal Advisory Image caption Ina Kjaer and Maggie Brereton After years of early starts and late nights,...
Salesman places $3.5M bet on Astros to win WS
4:10 PM ET A Houston furniture salesman, attempting to mitigate millions of dollars in potential refunds from a promotion, placed...
‘Flight shame’ could halve growth in air traffic
Image copyright Getty Images Travellers are beginning to turn their backs on air travel over concern for the environment, according...
Learning to fly: Zion inquisitive in first practice
5:53 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN METAIRIE, La. -- New Orleans Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson didn't want to have any miscues...
The Himalayan village that confiscates single-use plastics
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged people to stop using single-use plastic across the country.While many Indian cities are...
How could Brexit affect music festivals?
Music festivals are a massive part of British culture, with a chance to hang out in a muddy field, drink...
One in ten children had drunk alcohol in previous week – NHS survey.
Barrow-in-Furness is struggling to cope with underage drinking. More children are admitted to hospital for alcohol consumption here than anywhere...
Tsunamis linked to spread of deadly fungal disease
Image copyright Education Images Image caption The tsunamis that followed a huge earthquake in Alaska in 1964 caused massive damage...
The Papers: PM’s ‘final’ Brexit offer and ‘furious’ Prince Harry
By BBC News Staff Image caption Prime Minister Boris Johnson will make his "first and final" Brexit offer to the...
Lillard raps at Shaq: ‘Kobe won you them rings’
5:10 PM ET Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard responded to Shaquille O'Neal's rap song with one of his own...
