Nick TriggleHealth correspondent Getty Images This week’s five-day doctor strike in England will go ahead despite a new offer from the government. The British Medical Association said 83% of its members had voted to continue with the walkout in an online poll over the weekend. Turnout was 65%. The union agreed to the snap poll…
A food bank has said the number of people asking for its help has tripled. Ludlow Food Bank in Shropshire said on average it helped 28 people per week, but last week that had shot up to 84. It is appealing for more donations, particularly of tinned goods like soup and baked beans. “Our poor…
Dan GrazianoDec 14, 2025, 09:00 PM ET Close Dan Graziano is a senior NFL national reporter for ESPN, covering the entire league and breaking news. Dan also contributes to Get Up, NFL Live, SportsCenter, ESPN Radio, Sunday NFL Countdown and Fantasy Football Now. He is a New Jersey native who joined ESPN in 2011, and…
WhenWhen he was 19 years old, Brendan Foody started Mercor with two of his high school friends as a way for his other friends, who also had startups, to hire software engineers overseas. It launched in 2023 as essentially a staffing agency, albeit a highly automated one. Language models reviewed resumes and did the interviewing….
Liv McMahonTechnology reporter Getty Images Ofcom is investigating BT and Three over mobile outages it said had caused “UK-wide disruption”, including to emergency services. Thousands of Three customers reported they were unable to make calls in June, while BT and EE customers were hit by a similar outage in July. The regulator said it would…
Regan Morris,Los Angelesand Ian Youngs,Culture reporter Reuters Rob and Michele Reiner pictured in 2018 Legendary Hollywood film-maker and actor Rob Reiner and his wife Michele have been found dead in their Los Angeles home. Authorities are investigating the incident as an apparent homicide after police and firefighters were called to the couple’s house on Sunday…
Ian YoungsCulture reporter Getty Images Sir Cliff was speaking after finishing his latest tour of Australia, New Zealand and the UK Sir Cliff Richard has revealed he has been treated for prostate cancer. The 85-year-old singer said the cancer was discovered when he had a check-up for a recent tour, but that it had been…
The world has not slid into a simple US–China bipolar order but become “two superpowers and many strong powers”, veteran Peking University scholar Wang Jisi has warned, pointing to a relationship plagued by structural confrontation, deep misunderstandings and rising risks of conflict. In a wide-ranging virtual conversation last Friday at the University of Hong Kong’s…
AFP via Getty Images At least 15 civilians have been confirmed dead in Sunday’s shooting attack at Bondi beach. Many were attending an event to mark the first day of the Jewish festival of Hanukkah. Authorities have confirmed that two rabbis, a Holocaust survivor and a 10-year-old girl were among the victims. This is what…
The US firm behind the Roomba smart vacuum cleaner, iRobot, has filed for bankruptcy protection after facing competition from Chinese rivals and being hit by tariffs. Under the so-called pre-packaged Chapter 11 process, the main manufacturer of its devices, Shenzhen-based Picea Robotics, will take ownership of the firm. The tough commercial landscape had forced iRobot…
