Tag: bbc.com

  • UK should set maximum working temperature rules, advisers say

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/476d/live/5bad1aa0-53a0-11f1-a184-d13a0f944f44.jpg”] Getty Images UK temperatures hit 40C for the first time on record in July 2022 but scientists warn that even more extreme heat is now possible The UK should introduce a maximum temperature for workplaces to protect people as heatwaves intensify due to climate change, the government’s adviser has said. The Climate…

  • Tottenham relegation fight: Fine margins leave Spurs fighting for survival on final day

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/896c/live/83ab29b0-53d8-11f1-ab41-d18b0ab8d99a.jpg”] The crucial split-second call that could deny Spurs safety To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video can not be played Figure caption, Highlights: Tottenham’s relegation fears grow after defeat at Chelsea By Phil McNulty Chief football writer at Stamford Bridge Published 20 May 2026, 00:16…

  • ‘Ghost brokers’ targeting 16 to 25 year-olds with fake car insurance online

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/1c36/live/b81dea30-53aa-11f1-b682-cf91850925ea.jpg”] Getty Images Half of drivers aged 16-25 have bought policies through social media or messaging apps, the finance watchdog says Young drivers are being targeted by “ghost brokers” selling fake car insurance online, the finance watchdog has warned. Half of drivers aged 16-25 have bought policies through social media or messaging apps,…

  • Bournemouth 1-1 Man City: After news of Pep Guardiola’s future, City suffer title despair

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/b9b6/live/e5934c80-53c3-11f1-8c0f-7378c6de4448.jpg”] Title despair & Guardiola going – 24 hours of pain for Man City To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video can not be played Figure caption, Highlights: Man City held at Bournemouth as Arsenal secure Premier League title By Shamoon Hafez Manchester City reporter at…

  • Arsenal win the Premier League – how the Gunners celebrated title win

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/cf7b/live/a498b470-541a-11f1-9a06-e9b999966857.jpg”] Arsenal players celebrate title at Emirates at 5am To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video can not be played Figure caption, Arsenal react to winning the Premier League title ByGary Rose BBC Sport journalist Published 19 May 2026 Updated 37 minutes ago Arsenal players were…

  • Donegal: Body of a man discovered in Buncrana residence

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/ab30/live/95a22b40-cfc7-11f0-b5fb-03fb61693eba.jpg”] Getty Images The body of a man aged in his 40s, was discovered at a residence in Buncrana Gardaí (Irish police) have launched an investigation following the discovery of a body in County Donegal. The body of a man aged in his 40s, was discovered at a residence in Buncrana on Tuesday…

  • Taiwan Travelogue, a love letter to food and adventure, wins International Booker Prize

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/0a20/live/c85cdfe0-538d-11f1-b2cc-ef524c94883c.jpg”] Adrian Dennis / AFP via Getty Images A tale about forbidden love and Taiwanese food has won the International Booker Prize, becoming the first novel translated from Mandarin Chinese to win the prestigious award. Taiwan Travelogue, written by Taiwanese author Yang Shuang-zi and Taiwanese-American translator Lin King, follows two women on their…

  • Woman dies after falling into uncovered New York City manhole

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/eeee/live/f83a3720-53ca-11f1-b98b-7d367c19a088.jpg”] CBS A woman has died after stepping out of her car and falling 10 ft (three metres) down an uncovered maintenance hole on Fifth Avenue in New York City, police have said. Officers responded to an emergency call in Manhattan and found the woman unconscious and unresponsive down the manhole just before…

  • Ruth Dodsworth says ex-husband gave her no access to her own money

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/26e9/live/b98e8ff0-df24-11f0-9dac-b79514ec4a2d.png”] ‘Coercive control law changed my life’ TV presenter Ruth Dodsworth has described how she had to ask her ex-husband for cash to buy herself anything after he gave her “absolutely no access” to her own money. Dodsworth’s former husband Jonathan Wignall was jailed in 2021 for coercive and controlling behaviour and stalking.…

  • Google to release first smart glasses since Google Glass flop

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/5143/live/9472cb30-541a-11f1-9a06-e9b999966857.jpg”] Bloomberg via Getty Images More than a decade after its famed Google Glass failure, Google is going to try again with smart glasses. The glasses will go on sale sometime in autumn and feature a small camera in the frames and small speakers in the arms, allowing Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) product…