By Bloomberg Published November 18, 2025 Nike Inc.’s new sneaker drop with rapper Travis Scott is among the most popular shoe releases ever, even as the secondary market for kicks cools off. Nike has launched a number of collaborations with Travis Scott – Instagram: Travis Scott Scott’s blue-and-white Fragment Jordan 1 sneakers, which were made…
Beth Cruse,West of England and James Diamond,West of England, Bath BBC William has Treacher Collins syndrome, which affects around one in 50,000 children The mum of a seven-year-old boy with a rare genetic condition says life-changing surgery means he is finally able to have his very first sleepover. William, from Bath in Somerset, has Treacher…
The government of Brazil has created 10 new Indigenous territories, after protesters urged action at the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém. The designation means the areas, including one in part of the Amazon, will have their culture and environment protected under Brazilian law – though this is not always enforced. The…
Jonah FisherEnvironment correspondent Jonah Fisher/BBC Grant Mitchell from Severn Trent Water says every day 10 tonnes of wet wipes is removed from sewage at Minworth Wastewater Treatment works Long the scourge of water companies for blocking pipes, a ban on the sale of wet wipes made of plastic will be signed into law later today….
Published November 18, 2025 Fashion wholesale group Whispering Smith has filed its accounts for the year to March and managed to push some numbers upwards, despite the year clearly being a tough one for the Manchester-based business that remained loss-making. Brave Soul – Whispering Smith The company is a designer, importer, exporter and wholesale distributor…
Introduction Today’s diary is an example of KongTuke activity using fake CAPTCHA pages for a ClickFix-style lure. Also known as LandUpdate808 or TAG-124 and described as a sophisticated TDS system, KongTuke has been active since at least May 2024. I keep track of this campaign through the infosec.exchange Mastodon instance, which is mostly information from…
Some 380 hospice beds out of around 2,000 lie empty in England because of financial pressures, say bosses. Hospice UK has told BBC News this is up from 300 a year ago and illustrates the severe challenges facing the sector. Beds are left empty to save money – since staffing and caring is costly –…
A team led by the University of Oxford has uncovered an unexpected contributor to entropy in quantum timekeeping: the act of measurement itself. In findings published on November 14 in Physical Review Letters, the researchers show that the energy required to read a quantum clock is far greater than the energy needed to run it….
Many people use CBD-infused oils and lotions believing they offer an easy and relatively low-risk way to ease discomfort. However, scientists still have a limited understanding of how CBD actually interacts with the nervous system. The popularity of cannabis-based products has risen sharply over the past ten years. One major reason is the 2018 federal…
Published November 17, 2025 Montirex, the UK sports brand based in the Northwest of England has its sights set on the US market and its products are now available there exclusively through JD Sports. Montirex JD is stocking the brand’s signature Trail collection and MTX Run City New York range in the JD Sports Times…
