Euro 2025: Boss Rhian Wilkinson says Wales are ‘culturally behind’ with women’s football
Wilkinson said she would like to see more families embracing the women’s game and there was still a perception being fed down that it is inferior to the men’s game. “I hate this men versus women argument, I’ve spoken to Craig [Bellamy, Wales men’s manager] at length about it,” she added. “I am as big […]
The disappearing island nation recreating itself in the metaverse
Getty Images Facing erasure due to climate change, the Pacific Island nation of Tuvalu is digitally backing up everything from its houses to its trees as it endeavors to save whatever it can. Faced with such an existential threat, what do you do? Build sea walls? Try to reclaim some land from the sea? Move […]
The lost worlds emerging from glaciers
Marcel Cornelissen As glaciers and ice patches melt, they reveal untold stories of human skill, adventure, faith – and deadly conflict. Some 5,000 years ago, a tattooed man in his 40s, with brown eyes and thinning black hair, climbed a steep mountain in the Ötztal Alps, on the border between what is now Italy and […]
Trump ramps up threats to gain control of Greenland and Panama Canal
US President-elect Donald Trump has ramped up threats to seize control of Greenland and the Panama Canal, calling both critical to US national security. Asked on Tuesday if he would rule out using military or economic force in order to take over the autonomous Danish territory or the Canal, he responded: “No, I can’t assure […]
Zip card applications reopen for 5-17 year olds
Transport for London (TfL) has reopened applications for Zip photocards – which discount travel for passengers aged from five to 17 – following a cyber-attack that affected its systems two months ago. It also said it can now process refunds for Oyster and paper ticket customers who have paid more than they should have for […]
Trudeau says ‘not a snowball’s chance in hell’ Canada will join US
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has hit back at Donald Trump’s threat to use “economic force” to absorb Canada into the US saying there isn’t “a snowball’s chance in hell” to join the two. President-elect Trump has in recent weeks repeatedly needled Canada about it becoming the 51st US state. “You get rid of that […]
Sheffield’s National Centre for Child Health Technology to get funding boost
Plans to build the “world’s most advanced” centre for child health at Sheffield’s Olympic Legacy Park have taken a step forward with extra funding set to be approved for the project. Sheffield City Council plans to hand over £8.8m from the government’s Levelling Up Fund for regeneration in Attercliffe to the Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation […]
Antarctica’s upside down ice-scape we had no idea existed
Filip Stedt/University of Gothenburg When scientists peered beneath one of Antarctica’s floating ice shelves, they were surprised to find an upside-down landscape of peaks, valleys and plateaus. “We were surprised – we had to double check it was real,” says Anna Wåhlin, professor of physical oceanography at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. “But we realised, […]
Musk provokes European leaders ahead of chat with German far-right leader
Watch: Ros Atkins on…Elon Musk’s political interventions Few European leaders have felt the lash of Elon Musk’s social media outbursts more than Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The tech-billionaire owner of X has called him an “incompetent fool” and urged him to resign. On Thursday Musk will use his platform to host Alice Weidel, the head […]
Elon Musk’s ‘disinformation’ endangering me, says Jess Phillips
Jess Phillips speaks to BBC Newsnight in the wake of Elon Musk’s tweets on grooming gangs Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips has told BBC’s Newsnight that “disinformation” spread by Elon Musk was “endangering” her but that it was “nothing” compared to the experiences of victims of abuse. The tech billionaire and adviser to US President-elect Donald […]