Instagram bans ‘cosmetic surgery’ filters
Image copyright Daniel Mooney/Instagram Instagram is removing all augmented reality (AR) filters that depict or promote cosmetic surgery, amid concerns...
Month: October 2019
Raptors receive ‘largest’ ever NBA title rings
8:40 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN TORONTO -- It was a gray and gloomy morning in Toronto on Tuesday with rain...
High Street: How many UK shops have closed?
Image copyright Getty Images Hardly a month goes by without news of another wave of shops shutting or of stores...
Should children with type 2 diabetes be offered a gastric op?
Image caption Arleth Avila has been earmarked for gastric surgery in Colorado As a side-effect of the rise in childhood...
Poor toilet hygiene behind E. coli superbug spread
Image copyright Getty Images People not washing their hands after going to the toilet, rather than undercooked meat, is behind...
Heavy social media use linked to poor sleep
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Some teenagers may be struggling to disengage from social media for fear of missing...
Blood pressure pills ‘work better at bedtime’
Image copyright Getty Images To get the best out of your daily blood pressure medication, take it just before you...
Babies born at 22 weeks ‘can now survive’
Image copyright Getty Images Improving survival rates for extremely premature babies mean it is now possible to save the lives...
Drugs: UK should consider legalising possession, MPs say
Image copyright Getty Images The government should investigate decriminalising the possession of all illegal drugs in a bid to prevent...
Mark Parker: Nike boss to leave role after Oregon Project is closed down
Parker with Nike athlete Eliud Kipchoge on 12 October after he became the first person to run a marathon in...
What prohibition’s failure means for the legalisation of cannabis
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Prohibition aimed to outlaw the manufacture and sale of alcohol across the US Economists...
UK cyber-centre targets payment card fraud
Image copyright Getty Images Britain's cyber-defence centre has thwarted more than one million cases of suspected payment card fraud in...
Katie Price, Lauren Goodger and Georgia Harrison Instagram posts banned
Image copyright Instagram Image caption The ASA said it was concerned that The Only Way Is Essex star Lauren Goodger's...
‘Sex work paid my student bills. Now I regret it’
Image copyright Getty Images When he was out of money and stealing the milk in student digs, he decided there...
MPs vote yes – and no – on Brexit bill
MPs have approved Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit legislation on its first hurdle through the House of Commons.But minutes later...
Britons killed abroad: UK support ‘patchy’ for grieving families
Image copyright Cowan family Image caption Exactly how Briton Russell Cowan died in Italy in 2016 remains unclear The widow...
Slow progress for fracking as opposition grows
Image copyright Getty Images Getting fracking up and running in England has been slower than expected, an official report has...
Lions deal Diggs to Seattle, stunning teammates
5:19 PM ET The Detroit Lions traded starting safety Quandre Diggs and a 2021 seventh-round pick to the Seattle Seahawks...
