BBC News Farmers source additional water for their crops and livestock over summer from a combination of stored winter rainfall on site, and by extracting it from natural sources – a process called abstraction. This can be from groundwater or from surface water, like rivers and streams. This summer has seen significant low rainfall affecting […]
BBC News The driver of the vehicle, Henry Long, received a 16-year sentence and is not eligible for early release. Speaking on the Today programme, Thames Valley police chief Jason Hogg urged the government to reconsider its position. Only prisoners convicted of rape, grooming, and serious child sex offences will be excluded from the scheme […]
BBC News US blogger Perez Hilton is recovering in hospital after members of the public reported that he had appeared to self-harm during a TikTok livestream. Emergency services were called to his home in Miami on Tuesday after concerned viewers reported a man “livestreaming acts of self-harm on social media”. The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office told […]
BBC News A man has been charged in connection with the death of a nine-year-old girl in Arbroath. Officers were called to the Elliot Industrial Estate shortly after midnight on Sunday following reports that the child, from West Yorkshire, had been found injured. She was taken to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee alongside four other people, […]
BBC News The man suspected of killing a Scottish aid worker in Greece has appeared in court in Athens. The body of Elisabeth Jane Ross was found in a suitcase at an abandoned building on 18 July, days after she had been reported missing. Sharif Ahmadzai, who is 26 and from Afghanistan, arrived at the […]
Streaming Services: What to watch on Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video and More – Digital Trends Microsoft Edge has long held one unusual advantage over Chrome on Windows. It could stream Netflix at the full resolution of your expensive 4K monitor. However, Chrome is finally crashing into that exclusive club. Netflix has updated its system requirements […]
Tech A live feed shows SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on the day of SpaceX’s initial public offering (IPO) at the Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York City, U.S., June 12, 2026. Jeenah Moon | Reuters SpaceX shares plunged on Wednesday after a surge in AI spending rattled investors and clouded an otherwise expectation-beating quarter. The stock […]
BBC News The number of antisemitic incidents recorded across the UK since the start of the year is up by a fifth compared to last year, figures show. The Community Security Trust (CST), an organisation that provides security support to the Jewish community, recorded 1,926 incidents of anti-Jewish hate across the UK in the first […]
BBC News Posters for the new The Mummy film have been banned from the London Underground and other billboards after regulators said they included realistic depictions of a dead child. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received 30 complaints regarding the promotional campaign for the Lee Cronin film and said the posters must not be displayed […]
Digital Trends If you think AI writing is easy to spot, a new study suggests you may be overestimating your ability to tell the difference. Researchers from Villanova University have found that readers struggled to tell AI-generated stories from human-written ones and frequently rated the AI versions higher. The study, led by Dr. Deena Skolnick […]
