The public will be asked who should receive social care and how it should be paid for as part of a review into the system. Baroness Louise Casey, who is leading a commission into adult social care in England, described the system to the BBC’s Radio Four Today programme as “impossible” to navigate and called…
Kirk was addressing a crowd from under a tent on 10 September as part of his American Comeback tour of college campuses, during which he invited attendees to debate him. A shot rang out as he was speaking about gun violence; Kirk slumped over to the side. Chris Bagley, one of four law enforcement witnesses…
Kernohan said he was not against more pitches being built, but suggested a brownfield site would be more suitable for redevelopment. He said Burlish Meadows was an acid grassland, a rare habitat in Worcestershire. “There are some scarce species that you don’t get in other areas in the county,” he said. “One butterfly, the white…
Arable farmers may soon be able to stop slugs eating their crops thanks to research by a Shropshire-based university and the work of “slug sleuth” farmers. Data collected by 28 “slug sleuths” has helped researchers from Harper Adams University find environmentally friendly slug control methods in the form of “prediction maps”. It is part of…
The campaign targets have been high profile. An oil terminal in St Petersburg was hit with drones ahead of Putin’s showpiece economic forum in the city in June. Then there were strikes on a refinery in Moscow itself, creating explosion videos that went viral. Now there’s a confirmed hit on an oil refinery in Omsk,…
South Korean technology giant Samsung Electronics says it expects to post a 19-fold jump in its profits, driven by global demand for artificial intelligence (AI) memory chips. The company forecast that it made 89.4tn won (£43.6bn; $58.4bn) between the start of April and the end of June, marking its third record quarterly operating profits in…
A reservoir wall broke in Nanning in China, sending out a torrent of water after rivers swelled from the passage of a typhoon. At least two people have been killed by flooding due to Typhoon Maysak, while another 480,000 have been evacuated across the southern Guangxi province, officials say. The province’s emergency flood control response…
Older women face a lower chance of fertility treatment working, even when using young donor eggs – with a marked drop-off from around the age of 49, new research suggests. Experts studying 1,774 women say the findings challenge the idea that donor eggs can fully “reset” the reproductive clock, but should not put older couples…
Inde Navarrette is meeting with major directors and considering her next moves. The Obsession star has enjoyed a meteoric rise in awareness and acclaim since the release of Curry Barker’s horror hit, which has now crossed $400 million globally at the box office. In a new interview with Nylon, the 25-year-old was asked if she…
The Gods do indeed walk among us. The Odyssey has arrived. London’s Leicester Square was alight on Monday evening as Christopher Nolan ushered in his hotly anticipated summer blockbuster at the film’s world premiere. It was a home turf event for much of the cast, including Britons Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson and Mia Goth. They…
