BBC News Wildfires across more than 250,000 acres have forced evacuations and caused power outages in the Washington state’s Spokane area, officials said. Washington State Governor Bob Ferguson declared a statewide emergency and burn ban on Saturday morning. “Our state is facing a very serious situation with multiple fires, and our hearts go out to […]
BBC News Ultra-runner Sophie Woods ran 2,000km across eight countries in only 29 days to break the record for completing the Via Alpina – one of the world’s toughest endurance challenges. The course follows the entire length of the Alps with elevation equivalent to climbing Mount Everest 12 times. The 42-year-old began the marathon on […]
BBC News Speaking to the BBC, Bradshaw said high temperatures and drought conditions have placed all areas of farming under increasing pressure. Vegetable producers, he said, are running low on water, reducing the amount of food produced in the UK and increasing the cost it takes to grow it. “We can’t change what’s happening at […]
Business News Wherever volatile fuel prices head this year, don’t expect bargain flights. Airfare in the U.S. in June was up 26.5% compared with a year earlier, according to the latest federal data. Airline leaders say customers continue to book even after carriers hiked fares. They told Wall Street analysts this month that they’re expecting […]
Digital Trends Apple has capped the number of security reports researchers can keep open at once after AI bug hunting put its review process under pressure, according to the Financial Times. Some submissions describe hallucinated or purely theoretical risks. Others uncover vulnerabilities serious enough to require patches. Bynario told the FT that it found more […]
Digital Trends A federal judge has approved Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement over nearly half a million pirated books. The same litigation also protected a more physical method of feeding its AI systems. Anthropic bought print books, removed their bindings, scanned every page and destroyed the originals. The legal divide came down to acquisition. The settlement […]
BBC News Runner Sophie Woods has become the fastest person to complete a 2,000km (1242 miles) ultramarathon across the Alps. Woods ran the Via Alpina through storms, heat of up to 37C and dodged floods and wildfires across eight countries. “Through the whole thing, I was only ever thinking about the day, the hour, the […]
BBC News A teenage girl has died at the Kendal Calling festival in the early hours of the morning, police have said. The 17-year-old suffered a medical episode at about 02:15 BST and was pronounced dead at the scene. Cumbria Police said it was looking into the circumstances and wanted to speak to anyone who […]
BBC News Five people have been found dead and 41 are missing after an Indonesian ferry carrying 271 people caught fire while at sea, officials say. The captain of the ship reported the fire – off Madura island – as the vessel sailed from the country’s second-largest city, Surabaya in East Java, to Makassar in […]
BBC News England’s netballers were beaten 68-50 by world number one side Australia in their quest to win bronze medals at the Commonwealth Games. The day after Saturday morning’s frustrating semi-final loss to New Zealand, England tried to rally themselves to get on the podium, but came up against a Diamonds team recovering from one […]
