BBC News Obesity is an “escalating global epidemic”, says the WHO. More than one billion people worldwide are now obese, and childhood obesity has quadrupled since 1990. In 2025, Italy became the first country to pass a national law recognising obesity as a chronic, progressive and relapsing disease. Rather than treating obesity simply as the […]
BBC News The Rightmove data suggests that fewer tenants are proactively filtering for pet-friendly properties when searching for a home. While pets remain the most common searched-for term overall – ahead of gardens, garages and furnishings, the lead at the top is shrinking. Renter searches for properties that allow pets fell by 54% in May […]
BBC News Going forward, she hopes the new Prime Minister Andy Burnham will be supportive of the campaign, including her calls for a ministerial post to be dedicated to the issue of sex education and wellbeing. The MP added despite initial reluctance, a number of her colleagues on her own Labour backbenches were beginning to […]
BBC News When Kelsey first arrived at secondary school, she said she wanted to be almost anywhere else but there. She struggled with friendships, clashed with teachers and often tried to avoid coming into school. But after a week’s work experience placement at Whipsnade Zoo, in Bedfordshire, her outlook could not be more different. She […]
BBC News Social media posts wrongly claiming that sunscreen causes cancer have been spreading widely online. And, as rates of skin cancer continue to rise, health experts worry that such baseless claims could discourage people from protecting themselves from harmful ultraviolet radiation. BBC Verify’s Marco Silva reports. Produced by Kevin Nguyen. Shot and edited by […]
BBC News On the fourth series of Love Island UK in 2018, Megan Barton-Hanson pulled fellow Islander, Wes Nelson, for a chat. Just moments earlier, she had ended her relationship with Eyal Booker after admitting the pair had little more than physical chemistry. Now, sitting opposite Wes, who had been coupled up with Laura Anderson […]
BBC News Residents of the village of Nethy Bridge, near the wildfire that has been burning in the Cairngorms, have been told they can return to their homes after being evacuated on Friday night. The fire was declared a major incident due to a change in weather, but that has now been stood down by […]
BBC News Anthony Joshua was knocked down twice – the first happening just 20 seconds into his comeback – before recovering to dramatically stop Kristian Prenga in the second round in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The British heavyweight was fighting for the first time since the December car crash that claimed the lives of close friends […]
