Divya Talwar and Natalie TruswellBBC News Investigations Family handout/PA Wire Bereaved mothers Amarjit Matharoo, Lauren Caulfield and Fiona Winser-Ramm have campaigned for years for an independent inquiry into Leeds Trust An independent inquiry into “repeated failures” at an NHS trust’s maternity units has been announced by Health Secretary Wes Streeting, following potentially avoidable harm to…
People living with knee osteoarthritis may find the greatest relief from aerobic activities such as walking, cycling, or swimming, according to a new study published in The BMJ. Researchers found that these forms of exercise were the most effective for easing pain, improving movement, and enhancing overall quality of life. Although other exercise types can…
By AFP Published October 20, 2025 The share price of Kering, the French luxury group that owns Gucci and other brands, jumped sharply Monday after it announced the $4.6-billion sale of its beauty products division to L’Oreal. Kering’s sale would bolster L’Oreal’s high end beauty offering – Reuters Its shares soared more than five percent…
Published October 20, 2025 eBay (UK) Limited has filed its accounts for 2024 and they show a return to profitability, helped by stronger cost management and operational efficiencies. Ebay These supported a positive operating margin and the company continues to expect to report ongoing profits based on the same careful cost and operational controls, as…
Rebecca MorelleScience Editor and Alison FrancisSenior Science Journalist Tony Jolliffe/BBC News Cate Blanchett has teamed up with Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank She’s a Hollywood A-lister, with a mantelpiece groaning under the weight of awards. But Cate Blanchett has taken an unexpected diversion from her day job – to immerse herself in the world of the…
Justin RowlattBBC Panorama and Anna LamcheBBC News Getty Images Housing Secretary Steve Reed says his job should be “on the line” over a pledge to build 1.5 million new homes in England – but two leading experts have told BBC Panorama the government looks set to miss its target. Prof Paul Cheshire, who has advised…
Alex PopeNorthamptonshire Higham Ferrers Riverside Angling Association A storage container of fishing and gardening equipment was destroyed in a fire The director of an angling club has said he has been left “devastated” after a suspected arson attack destroyed about £6,000 worth of fishing and electrical equipment. Craig Parkins, 40, from Fishing for Minds, part…
I found another piece of malware this weekend. This one looks more like a proof-of-concept because the second-stage payload is really “simple”, but it attracted my attention because it uses a nice technique to obfuscate the code. The dropper is a simple Python script (SHA256:e6f7afb92153561ff6c584fee1b04fb132ba984e8a28ca63708a88ebad15b939) with a low VT score of 4/62[1]. The script contains…
A group of chemists, microbiologists, and ecologists has developed a molecular probe (a molecule designed to detect e.g. proteins or DNA inside an organism) that glows when a sugar is broken down. Writing in the journal JACS, the researchers describe how this innovation makes it possible to observe the microscopic competition between algae and the…
Genetic mutations that can cause disease become increasingly common in sperm as men grow older, and new evidence suggests this happens because certain DNA changes are actually favored during sperm production, according to new research. In a major study published on October 8 in Nature, scientists from the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the TwinsUK study…
