Tag: bbc.com
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Revolut down as thousands of users report app not working
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/4333/live/71103e60-cc61-11f1-b1a3-5bda642ff934.jpg”] Getty Images Revolut has been hit by an outage which it says is impacting “multiple services”, as thousands of customers report problems. Users of the British bank have flagged being unable to make some payments or access funds via its app on Tuesday morning. Platform outage monitor Downdetector had seen more than…
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Broadband blackout for thousands in Thurnscoe after cable theft
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/4d87/live/f9f8dd90-cc5c-11f1-b1a3-5bda642ff934.jpg”] RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images Residents in Thurnscoe were left without wi-fi and telephone connectivity for two days Cable thieves left thousands in a South Yorkshire village without broadband and telephone connections for two days. People living in Thurnscoe and surrounding areas said elderly relatives were left cut off…
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Can one photo of your face reveal how ill you are?
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/56c3/live/041be760-c945-11f1-9357-bdb8a3cad3e4.jpg”] Getty Images An AI tool may be able to help doctors judge how ill a patient is using a single photograph of their face, say US researchers. Trained on millions of healthy faces, and 35,000 photos of cancer patients, the tool can make estimates on survival by looking closely at features near…
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F1 Q&A: Lindblad and Lawson futures at Racing Bulls, Rwanda, Imola and Red Bull as an engine supplier
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/6ae8/live/a1c9a300-cbc8-11f1-aba9-2bb2608f11d9.jpg”] Will Lindblad and Lawson be retained by Racing Bulls? F1 Q&A Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Liam Lawson (right) is ninth in the drivers’ championship with 75 points, while Racing Bulls team-mate Arvid Lindblad is 11th with 38 points Published 41 minutes ago Kimi Antonelli has his first opportunity to secure the…
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Curfews contribute to calm night in France after riots, says PM Lecornu
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/b1f5/live/422c9320-cc55-11f1-9b08-37acac6be953.jpg”] Clean up begins after French riots but police remain Targeted curfews across France contributed to a quiet night following a weekend of riots and looting across the country, the Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has said. Curfews were introduced across parts of central Paris, including Place de la République, where protesters had gathered…
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Climate Change Committee chair on Northern Ireland fact-finding mission
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/3f53/live/06d05290-cc72-11f1-a64c-550be9e3c66b.jpg”] Getty Images “Courage and leadership” are needed to ensure Northern Ireland catches up on tackling climate change. The new chair of the Climate Change Committee, Nigel Topping, is spending two days on a fact-finding mission to hear the thoughts of people across different sectors. He said Northern Ireland was a small nation…
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England rugby league: Brian McDermott names unchanged team for World Cup match against France
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/dbfb/live/cf63e340-cc61-11f1-a64c-550be9e3c66b.jpg”] We were not underprepared for World Cup, says England’s O’Neill Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Wigan Warriors hooker Brad O’Neill will feature again for England against France ByEmma Smith BBC Sport journalist Published 20 October 2026, 06:15 BST Updated 8 minutes ago Brad O’Neill has dismissed the suggestion that England were underprepared…
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Locals and carnival icons in Notting Hill Frieze exhibition
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/3256/live/6d83b120-cbf1-11f1-bd6b-397ab98949f6.jpg”] BBC Some of the local Notting Hill legends featured in an installation in west London as part of the annual Frieze art fair. (Clockwise from top left – Karl Amata, Allyson Williams, Jama Emli and Karen Millen) A fourth-generation Portobello market trader, a Notting Hill Carnival stalwart and fashion icon known locally…
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Alice Cooper on character, church and drugs ahead of Wolverhampton appearance
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/a9ed/live/5a4c64d0-cbd3-11f1-8825-01bdb552361e.jpg”] BBC Alice Cooper opens up about his stage persona in his new book Rock legend Alice Cooper has opened up about his redemption arc from the stage to the church ahead of a book tour pit stop in Wolverhampton. “It’s such a strange life that I had because I was the prodigal…
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Southampton trade historians teach AI to read handwriting
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/3b30/live/46f01410-cba4-11f1-9ee2-f74dfb8e54e5.jpg”] University of Southampton Researchers used an AI tool to analyse 200 years of handwritten documents Historians have uncovered 461 years of Britain’s maritime past using AI. The study involved training AI to process about 100,000 pages of handwritten records, a task that would have taken years if done manually. The University of…