Wales Women will not fly business class to World Cup as WRU aims to address inequalities
After a gruelling summer fitness camp, they travelled to Canada, where a convincing defeat was followed up by a 73-7 hammering by England – Wales’ fifth straight loss. “No stone has been left unturned in the last nine months in particular, to prepare this team to perform with distinction in New Zealand,” added Walker. “We […]
Close-up view of crack that made mega-iceberg
Vision-1 Airbus The North Rift pictured last Saturday. The gap is about 2km wide Very high resolution imagery has been released of the crack that resulted in the calving of Antarctica’s latest mega-iceberg. A74, as the 1,290-sq-km (500-sq-mile) block is known, broke away from the Brunt Ice Shelf exactly a week ago. The new pictures […]
Why we should treat violence like an epidemic
Getty Images We call violence an ‘epidemic’ – and there is reason to take that literally. The good news? From Chicago to Glasgow, treating violence like an infectious disease has had impressive results. Working as a maxillofacial surgeon in Glasgow in the early 2000s, Christine Goodall treated hundreds, if not thousands, of patients with injuries […]
Beyoncé and Taylor Swift make history
Beyoncé: “I am so honoured, I’m so excited.” Beyoncé has set a new record at the Grammy Awards with her 28th win. The star is now the most-awarded woman in Grammys history, overtaking bluegrass singer Alison Krauss. “I am so honoured, I’m so excited,” she said while accepting her record-breaking trophy, for best R&B performance. […]
The ‘river people’ under threat
Getty Images The sapori people paddle rafts on the Brahmaputra River in South Kamrup, India (Credit: Getty Images) The islands of the Brahmaputra are remote, unmapped, under threat — and home to 2.5 million people. BBC Future travelled with a visiting hospital boat to see what is at stake. Monai Doley is telling me how […]
Katie McCabe: Arsenal winger and Republic of Ireland captain signs new contract
Arsenal winger Katie McCabe has signed a new contract. The Republic of Ireland captain has made 193 appearances and scored 31 goals for the club since joining in 2015. The Gunners reportedly rejected an offer, external from Chelsea for McCabe in January and her previous contract was set to expire next summer. “Arsenal is home […]
Does it matter if we know where our food comes from?
Cito Victoir Magwane of TechnoServe Faustin Mulomba’s family has strong ties to the coffee business “My parents were coffee growers, I am a coffee grower, I have known how to handle coffee since my birth,” says Faustin Mulomba, from Bweremana in the west of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo). Mr Mulomba has spent […]
Final black and white adventure to air in colour
BBC Patrick Troughton’s Second Doctor (centre) and his companions, Jamie (Frazer Hines) and Zoe (Wendy Padbury) The last black and white Doctor Who adventure to be broadcast on TV has been remade in colour. The War Games, a 1969 10-episode epic, was the swansong for Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor. The show has been […]
How deep brain stimulation silenced food cravings
Science Photo Library The brain’s reward centre is over-active in individuals with addiction disorders (Credit: Science Photo Library) As a last-resort treatment, one severely depressed patient had electrodes implanted in her brain, with some surprising beneficial effects. Anna had been depressed for much of her adult life, seeking a range of treatments that might help […]
How Philipp Plein became the industry’s bad boy
Getty Images Plein fans include Paris Hilton, Naomi Campbell and Nicki Minaj (pictured at one of his shows) In the first few minutes of speaking to Philipp Plein, the designer has likened catwalk shows to funerals and described fashion magazine editors as “dinosaurs”. It’s clear from the outset that an interview with one of the […]