Month: December 2019

Image caption Stormont parties are taking part in the health summit along with senior civil servants The secretary of state...

‘Your partner is in hell’, Richard Coles told

Image copyright BBC/Duncan Stingemore Image caption Richard Coles co-presents Saturday Live on BBC Radio 4 and was a contestant on...

Sparkhill GP’s patient sex assault conviction quashed

Image copyright Black Letter Communications Image caption Dr Rajeshkumar Mehta has had his conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal...

Jodie Kidd: Press weight abuse fuelled my anxiety

Model and racing driver Jodie Kidd has told the BBC her anxiety in her teens was fuelled by claims in...

10 Gifts for People Who Just Need Some Sleep

I've always had trouble sleeping. Between crippling anxiety and general insomnia, I take all the help I can get. And...

Bank of England keeps interest rates on hold

Image copyright PA Media The Bank of England has kept interest rates on hold at 0.75% but indicated it may...

The 12 biggest questions for bowl season

8:00 AM ET After a week to catch our breath (and watch Army-Navy), college football is already back in force...

5G connections increase 166% to 4 million globally in Q3

Cloud gaming, smart grid, XR, AR and VR are among the use cases that are popular with 5G. 5G technology...

How to Watch the December Democratic Debate

It’s that time of the year. The days get grayer, the air gets sharper, the nights stretch longer. The long...

Retail sales fall sharply in November

Image copyright Getty Images Retail sales fell in November with shoppers keeping a tight grip on spending amid uncertainty about...

Airbnb is not an estate agent, EU court rules

Image copyright Reuters The accommodation-booking service Airbnb does not need an estate agent's licence to operate in France, Europe's top...

Boeing ‘is not a trustworthy company anymore’

Image caption Zipporah Kuria met with the European Aviation Safety Agency about the Boeing 737 Max Boeing is not a...

Climate change: Met Office says warming trend will continue in 2020

Image copyright Getty Images Next year will continue the global warming trend with temperatures again likely to rise more than...

Coughlin out as Jags’ executive VP of football ops

7:11 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan fired executive vice president of football operations Tom Coughlin...

Senegal’s plastic recycling ‘monster’ campaigns for a cleaner country

Modou Fall has been struggling for years to alert people to the problems caused by single-use plastics, especially plastic bags.To...

How the scramble for sand is destroying the Mekong