BBC News TikTok Shop says its UK sales grew by more than 30% year-on-year in June, with live shopping the fastest-growing format. It says it now has more than 6,000 livestreams taking place every day. At an event in the centuries old Covent Garden market, it hosted 20 small businesses with stalls who were also […]
BBC News The impact of heatwaves is two-fold for bumblebees. UK species are adapted to our historically cooler climate – with fat, furry bodies that help them retain heat and powerful flight muscles that warm them as they fly. But in a heatwave their muscles generate more heat, while their thick coats and round bodies […]
BBC News “If they’re hungry, they’ll eat. I don’t force them to because I think that can instil pressure,” says Doone, from London. She says her daughter Cora, two, used to be the “best eater” but seeing others at nursery turn their noses up at certain foods made her do the same. “I’m trying not […]
BBC News Due to the combination of prolonged dry weather and increased demand for water, hosepipe bans are in force for millions of customers in England. River flows have decreased in recent weeks in England according to the Environment Agency, external, with 87% of catchments now at “below normal to exceptionally low levels”. In Wales, […]
BBC News A Russian warship, shadowed by a Royal Navy vessel, carried out a live-fire artillery exercise just 40 nautical miles south of Plymouth on Monday. The Royal Navy monitored the exercise and is continuing to “track the vessel’s activity closely”, a Ministry of Defence (MoD) spokesperson said. The Russian frigate, Neustrashimy, was also being […]
BBC News Ben Earl has called for a change to the Nations Championship format after England’s “brutal” schedule in the summer leg of the inaugural competition. England had to play three Tests in three different continents on successive weekends and accumulated 25,000 miles of travel. Victory over Argentina on Saturday keeps Steve Borthwick’s team in […]
BBC News US President Donald Trump has signed an order imposing a 50% tariff on a wide range of goods imported from Canada, in retaliation for what he called “unequal treatment” of US cars, dairy and alcohol. The duties take effect on 19 August and mark a major escalation in trade tensions between the North […]
BBC News World number two Luke Humphries is out of the World Matchplay after a shock first-round loss to Scotland’s Cameron Menzies. The former world champion was punished for some poor finishing and lost his first six legs with the darts before finally holding throw. Humphries threatened to stage a dramatic comeback, winning four legs […]
