BBC News New York Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has revealed she has decided to freeze her eggs and has shared her first steps in the process on social media. The 36-year-old posted the clips on Sunday, hours before telling ABC News This Week she had not “ruled out the possibility” of running for president. In […]
BBC News Much of the country will feel some relief from the heat early in the week before temperatures spike again. On Monday, the air will feel a little fresher compared to the weekend with maximum temperatures in northern areas of the UK around 18 to 24C. Further south, while cooler than Sunday, it will […]
BBC News Because every school sets its own uniform policy, parents can still face very different expectations and costs. Lorraine, who lives in London, has two children in secondary schools and is frustrated that her school has not changed any of its uniform policy this year. She says several items are still compulsory, including the […]
BBC News Dr Alyssa Grocutt, who is herself heavily tattooed, explored perceptions of tattoos in the workplace for her PhD at the University of Calgary in Canada, and found many stereotypes around tattooed people still exist today, both positive and negative. Perhaps unsurprisingly, people with intimidating tattoos – in this study, a skull and a […]
BBC News Millions of people will learn of the level of winter energy prices later this month, when Ofgem announces the quarterly price cap for the three months from October. To help those who might struggle to pay, energy companies distribute the £150 Warm Home Discount to about six million households in the winter. Households […]
BBC News When Mathipa was assigned to the case a month later, he issued a subpoena to special forces to force them to hand over full details of this alleged training exercise and all the personnel involved. When access to these documents was finally promised, three months later, Mathipa had a premonition that he would […]
BBC News After years of speculation, Jose Mourinho has confirmed that he agreed to replace Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United in 2013, before changing his mind and re-joining Chelsea instead. “When I left Real Madrid, I signed to go to Manchester United after Sir Alex,” the 63-year-old coach – now back at Real for […]
BBC News Consumers will benefit from an end to so-called subscription traps and a crackdown on “pretend prices”, Andy Burnham has said. The prime minister is bringing forward a package of changes announced under his predecessor, Sir Keir Starmer, to make it easier to cancel subscriptions. Burnham is also planning to outlaw shops using fake […]
BBC News After their Europa League qualifying loss in Poland, McInnes called on his side to “be far more stingy with our work, defend the goal with our lives, don’t give our opponent opportunities” and criticised the squad for showing the same worrying characteristics that were the club’s ruin last season. His side showed little […]
