BBC News Another woman, Jo from Leeds, contacted BBC News following coverage of the Maidenhead attack. In July, she woke in her room to an unknown man standing at the end of her bed, and screamed for help. “It was just horrible, it was horrendous. Terrifying. I was shaking so badly,” she said. Her friend […]
BBC News For years now, executives at companies that are pouring hundreds of billions of dollars a year into developing various artificial intelligence tools have insisted that the technology will ultimately mean people will spend less of their time working. An engineering director at Google said four years ago that AI would deliver a four-day […]
BBC News The NHS Modernisation Bill is currently at the report stage and due for a third reading on 7 September. Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Helen Morgan said this was “a catastrophic step backwards” and described it as the “greatest backward step in patient safety in a generation”. “Andy Burnham must urgently put an end […]
BBC News Local governments have urged people to avoid outdoor activities, while several top tourist attractions remain closed, including parts of Disneyland and Legoland, and several viewing platforms along the Bund in Shanghai. Footage on state media show ground-floor businesses flooded in the former French Concession in Shanghai – an area popular with tourists – […]
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 […]
