BBC News Seven areas of England are officially in drought after a hot and dry summer, the Environment Agency has said. July saw 7% of the expected levels of rainfall, with just 1% across southern England. The seven areas are: East Anglia; Hertfordshire and the whole of London; Thames Valley; Hampshire & the Isle of […]
BBC News Oscar-winning Irish musician Glen Hansard has died in a motorbike crash in Dublin. Hansard, 56, was the frontman for rock group The Frames and also featured in The Commitments. He won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for Falling Slowly in 2007 which he wrote for the low-budget film Once. Hansard was […]
BBC News Screenwriter Russell T Davies has described the death of his husband to an aggressive brain tumour as his “greatest loss”. Speaking on the On the Marie Curie Couch podcast, the Doctor Who writer opened up about Andrew Smith, who died in September 2018, following eight years of treatment for glioblastoma multiforme, external. The […]
BBC News Japan’s south-western Kyushu region has had more than 100 aftershocks since it was struck on Tuesday by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake which left at least 13 people dead. Many others are in “cardiopulmonary arrest” – a term often used in preliminary reports in Japan before a death is officially confirmed. Amid searing heat, […]
BBC News This year’s new engines, with a nominal 50-50 split between internal combustion and electrical power, have been criticised by drivers for reducing their ability to drive on the limit. This is caused by the need to constantly recharge the batteries, which is reducing the challenge of fast corners by turning them into what […]
BBC News French DJ and electro-house pop musician Kavinsky has been found dead at his home in Paris aged 50. The star, whose real name was Vincent Belorgey, enjoyed a slow-burning cult hit with his 2010 track Nightcall, which soundtracked the opening credits to the stylish neo-noir crime movie Drive, starring Ryan Gosling. After being […]
BBC News Greggs’s pivot towards healthier products and trending drinks has helped it boost sales, with the bakery chain reporting a 20% rise in profit over the first half of the year. Greggs, the UK’s largest fast-food chain, has launched a range of new products this year, many of which latch onto trends such as […]
BBC News Ofgem has proposed new measures which could see developers of data centres made to pay hundreds of millions of pounds up front. The British energy regulator said a refundable fee should be charged for projects that want to connect to the network, amid mounting demand for connections to the electricity grid. It is […]
BBC News Russia has charged Telegram’s founder Pavel Durov with facilitating terrorism over allegations the messenger app has been used for recruitment by Ukrainian secret services. The FSB – Russia’s domestic security service – said Telegram had been used “to prepare and co-ordinate acts of sabotage and terror” inside Russia and had failed to remove […]
BBC News Jay Clayton has been confirmed as the next US director of national intelligence (DNI), after President Donald Trump’s original choice was rejected by lawmakers. On Tuesday, the US Senate voted 51 to 47 to install Clayton, replacing the acting DNI Bill Pulte. Pulte was Trump’s original pick but faced backlash for being a […]
