Alison Holt,social affairs editor and James Melley,senior producer Family handout Alice Figueiredo’s family hoped lessons would be learned following their 22-year-old daughter’s death Warning: This article contains upsetting details and references to serious self-harm and death Just four months after a young woman died in a London mental health unit, another patient tried to harm…
By Bloomberg Published November 10, 2025 Human Made Inc., a Japanese streetwear firm founded by celebrity designer Nigo who created the A Bathing Ape (BAPE) fashion line, boosted the price of its initial share sale after solid investor demand. Human Made has a bold, streetwear aesthetic – Human Made The company set a price range…
In the opening scenes of the Amazon Prime series House of David season 2, shortly after the titular David slays Goliath with a stone to the forehead, battle rages around the biblical figure. A dusty visual overlay partially obscures crowds of men in the desert, sword-fighting in armor and on horseback. With some wardrobe tweaks,…
Kate Dyson Kate Dyson started the campaign group Surge Menopause after her experiences with surgical menopause A woman from East Sussex who was plunged into sudden menopause after surgery to remove both ovaries is spearheading efforts to change NHS policy in this area. Kate Dyson, 44, from Hastings, underwent the surgery six months ago after…
Graham FraserBBC Scotland University of Dundee Prof Iris Grunwald demonstrates the technology which she says now shows that a specialist doesn’t need to be “in the same hospital, or even in the same country, to help you” Doctors from Scotland and the US have completed what is thought to be a world-first stroke procedure using…
Gut bacteria play a major role in human health, influencing everything from digestion to immunity and mood. Yet, the microbiome’s complexity is staggering. The sheer number of bacterial species and their interactions with human chemistry have made it difficult for scientists to fully understand their effects. In a groundbreaking step, researchers at the University of…
Published November 10, 2025 The Very Group is under new ownership. The former Shop Direct, which owns Very and the legacy Littlewoods e-tail businesses, is now controlled by its major lender, global investment firm Carlyle. Another lender, Abu Dhabi-based media group IMI, is continuing as “a key stakeholder”. Very.co.uk The company said it’s “a positive…
By AFP Published November 10, 2025 A Patek Philippe timepiece that in 2016 became the most expensive wristwatch ever sold at auction fetched an even higher price this weekend, auctioneers Phillips said Sunday. A rare Patek Philippe watch which has captured collectors’ imaginations – (AFP – Valentin Flauraud) The watch sold for 14,190,000 Swiss francs…
In the 17th century, Christiaan Huygens and Giovanni Cassini focused their telescopes on Saturn and realized its bright bands were not solid features. Instead, they identified immense, separate rings formed from innumerable nested arcs. Centuries later, NASA’s Cassini-Huygens (Cassini) mission pushed that exploration forward. Starting in 2005, it returned striking images that reshaped scientists’ understanding…
The idea that our universe might be nothing more than an elaborate computer simulation has been a favorite theme in science fiction for decades. Yet new research from UBC Okanagan suggests that not only is this concept implausible — it is mathematically impossible. Dr. Mir Faizal, an Adjunct Professor at UBC Okanagan’s Irving K. Barber…
