Tag: bbc.com
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Rainbow sea slug find in Cornwall a reminder of climate change
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/04e6/live/3e271080-bceb-11f1-8ce2-417f8f7cb095.jpg”] Rachel Edworthy A rainbow sea slug was spotted at Porthpean Beach in Cornwall The discovery of a rainbow sea slug at a beach in Cornwall is an “important reminder” of climate change’s impact, conservationists have said. The Rock Pool Project, a community marine conservation organisation, said the slug, also known as babakina…
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Queen’s University Belfast students head to US for Nasa competition
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/788e/live/e1125b50-be4a-11f1-a73b-295bdc9b9b7f.jpg”] Queen’s University Belfast The team is made up of 10 students from Queen’s University Belfast Could a robot designed by young engineering students from Northern Ireland end up on the Moon? A team, from Queen’s University Belfast (QUB), are heading to Florida later this month to take part in a Nasa ‘lunabotics’…
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What to know about Brazil’s election pitting Lula against Flávio Bolsonaro
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/70fc/live/b2ed88c0-bd79-11f1-babe-4199b0e7ccea.png”] AFP The two candidates leading in the polls are Luíz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro Brazilians are voting on Sunday in a general election in which the two front-runners for the presidency bear very familiar names. The incumbent, veteran left-wing leader Luíz Inácio Lula da Silva, will be challenged by…
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The Celebrity Traitors connections that might surprise you, from Jerry Hall and Richard E Grant to Rob and Romesh
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/55c6/live/bcd74b30-bf24-11f1-bc2e-018d645d8d21.jpg”] BBC/Studio Lambert/Cody Burridge/BBC Creative/PA Wire Spoiler warning: This article reveals details from the first two episodes of The Celebrity Traitors “I know Rob very, very well. I mean, I’ve sat next to him as he’s had a colonic.” That was Romesh Ranganathan, reminding us – in case we were in any doubt…
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When parenting advice becomes too much
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/ddc0/live/3ce1b990-be3b-11f1-bc2e-018d645d8d21.png”] BBC Before Rosie Whitfield became a mum, she imagined herself parenting very calm children. “Then I had two wild boys,” she says with a laugh. Following the birth of her kids, Rosie spent hours online looking for the best advice and was drawn to one particular approach to parenting: Gentle parenting, which…
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Cornell University president says school ‘must do better’ after rape allegations
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/1acd/live/708a4390-bf7e-11f1-9b0d-03ed169a0cab.jpg”] Getty Images A student has alleged she was drugged and gang-raped inside the Chi Phi frat house at Cornell University Cornell University’s president says the school “must do better” after a woman alleged she was drugged and raped by a group of men at a fraternity house. In an eight-minute video statement…
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Why Canada is preparing for a (longshot) US invasion
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/4c81/live/804a5860-bd08-11f1-8a64-4f07fd1a6b57.jpg”] Getty Images Prime Minister Mark Carney admitted last week that he has prepared for a once-unthinkable scenario – a US invasion. Noting the risk was low and the likelihood highly improbable, he told the New York Times he had a responsibility to consider all possibilities as the US-Canada relationship is redefined under…
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Father and son smoke shop workers arrested in Mississippi students’ suspected kratom deaths
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/7f8d/live/c8fc2220-bf72-11f1-9223-5724758dc624.jpg”] Getty Images Kratom is legal in some states, including Mississippi A father and son who worked at a Mississippi smoke shop have been arrested and charged in connection with the death of at least one university student who died from a suspected overdose of kratom, sometimes called “gas station heroin” in the…
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England star Jude Bellingham shows he could become “one of the greatest” as he unlocks new level
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/ec9a/live/385a09b0-bf5b-11f1-bf94-5355097afbf2.jpg”] Bellingham unlocks new level and potential to be ‘one of the greatest’ Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Jude Bellingham is the first player to record three assists in a game for England since Trent Alexander-Arnold against San Marino in November 2021 By Alex Howell England reporter at Stadion HNK Rijeka Published 3…
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Ex-City trader How to spot a psychopath at work
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/cdd8/live/98b3f990-ab49-11f1-9191-cd98112fd46c.jpg”] Nick Cunard Geraint Anderson said success became an obsession for him during his time as a trader in London Most of us have had colleagues who can be tricky to work with. They may act impulsively, be manipulative, or even outright lie to advance their careers – but how can you tell…