BBC News A small boat has crossed the English Channel carrying 230 people, the largest-ever recorded number to make the journey in a single vessel. The boat arrived in the UK on Saturday, when 258 migrants on four boats made the crossing. This breaks the previous record from July when 165 people made the crossing […]
Digital Trends Brain implants, like the ones made by Elon Musk’s Neuralink, typically involve open-skull surgery. But a Chinese startup says it can skip that step entirely, threading its device into the brain through a vein in a procedure that reportedly takes as little as ten minutes. According to the South China Morning Post, Shanghai-based […]
BBC News LIV Golf New York final leaderboard -16 J Niemann (Chi); -13 H Varner III (US); -9 L Westwood (Eng), S Vincent (Zim) Selected others: -6 P Casey (Eng), T McKibbin (NI); -3 L Canter (Eng); +1 R Bland (Eng) Full leaderboard Joaquin Niemann led throughout to win the LIV Golf New York event […]
BBC News At least 13 people have been killed in a Ukrainian drone strike on the Russian republic of Tatarstan, officials have said. One child was among the victims with 39 more people injured, Russian authorities said, in one of the deadliest single attacks on Russia since the start of Moscow’s full-scale war in Ukraine. […]
BBC News Thames Water paid its finance chief a £1m signing-on fee in July as the company struggles with a mountain of debt and faces temporary nationalisation. Steve Buck joined the company in April 2025 but it is understood the seven-figure payment was not made until last month after the company had taken legal advice […]
BBC News Fifa and its president Gianni Infantino have been accused of breaking trust “through deception” in an open letter issued by Uefa, Concacaf and the Asian Football Confederation. The letter, signed by the presidents and general secretaries, said recent controversy over the Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) proposal was fundamentally about “the integrity of the […]
Digital Trends Mac developers keep finding new ways to make their laptops do things Apple never intended. Earlier this year, an app went viral for making MacBooks moan when slapped. Another unique app lets you feel a webpage’s buttons through the trackpad before you click them. Now, a developer has built one that makes the […]
BBC News Police have advised motorists who had to leave their vehicles behind to call 101 with their number plate details so arrangements can be made for them to get them back. Traffic travelling westbound is being diverted onto the A326 towards Ashurst Bridge and then onto the A338 to the Ashley Heath roundabout to […]
BBC News Painter and Meadows were crowned BBC Sports Personality Coach of the Year winners in 2024. They remain resolutely modest when it comes to their own achievements, while the results continue to speak for themselves. The demand for their attention is no surprise. When Hodgkinson joined Painter, she could run 400m in around 57 […]
BBC News A drought is expected to be declared in more parts of England on Monday, joining half of the country and the whole of Wales. The National Drought Group – made up of regulators, government officials, water companies and agricultural bodies – will meet on Monday afternoon to assess the situation across England. Almost […]
