The Ashes 2023: Tammy Beaumont century leaves one-off Test in the balance
Tammy Beaumont’s maiden Test century led England’s emphatic fightback with the bat on day two of the one-off Ashes Test match at Trent Bridge. Beaumont was 100 not out as England finished the day on 218-2 in response to Australia’s 473. The opener joins Heather Knight, Jos Buttler and Dawid Malan as the England players […]
Baidu boss investigated for riding in self-driving car
Getty Images Baidu Chairman and chief executive Robin Li The head of Chinese online search giant Baidu is being investigated, after riding in one of the firm’s driverless cars on a Beijing ring-road. Robin Li was in the passenger seat when he made a video call to an artificial-intelligence developers conference in the Chinese capital. […]
Blake Lively accuses It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni of smear campaign
Getty Images Blake Lively has filed a legal complaint against It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni, alleging sexual harassment and a campaign to “destroy” her reputation. According to the legal filing, she accuses Mr Baldoni and his team of attacking her public image following a meeting in which she brought along her actor husband, […]
How brewing beer changed a lifeform for good
iStock Brewers domesticated wild yeasts hundreds of years ago – and changed this microscopic life form forever. Brewers tend to hawk their wares on the purity of their ingredients and the provenance of their hops. But the yeast that helps turn their efforts into beer seldom gets a mention. After decades shrouded in obscurity, the […]
‘We seized our island back from the navy’
Vikalpa A crew of villagers, activists and Catholic priests set sail for Iranaitivu in April Last year, a flotilla of 40 fishing boats set sail from northern Sri Lanka with a mission to seize back their island from navy occupation. The BBC’s Ayeshea Perera reports the extraordinary story of how they did this without any […]
The secret nuclear bunker built as the UK’s last hope
William Park Dug for an underground ‘shadow factory’ for aircraft during World War Two, the Drakelow tunnels were re-purposed as a nuclear bunker to be used by the UK government. We went inside. Deep beneath a hill in the Worcestershire countryside, about 20 miles west of Birmingham, lie a series of hidden tunnels. Once home […]
How can we protect its youngest users?
Getty Images Children searching for content relating to depression and self-harm can be exposed to more of it by the recommendation engines built in to social networks. Sophie Parkinson was just 13 when she took her own life. She had depression and suicidal thoughts. Her mother, Ruth Moss, believes Sophie eventually took her own life […]
How to cope with the end of the world
iStock (Credit: iStock) Are you prepared for the collapse of society? Here’s the knowledge you’d need to reboot civilisation. Let’s imagine a thought experiment. An aggressive viral plague has struck humanity. Spreading astonishingly quickly through our modern world of dense cities and international airliners, we’d already lost the fight in a matter of weeks. Civilisation […]
Women’s World Cup: South Africa knock out India to set up England semi-final
Buoyed by a knock of 80 from Laura Wolvaardt and 49 from Lara Goodall, South Africa completed the second-highest successful run chase in Women’s World Cup history in reaching 275-7 to win by three wickets. India could be forgiven for feeling sorry for themselves having been on the receiving end of the highest run chase […]
Staff shortages hitting supermarket shelves in Wales
BBC Butcher Chris George says young people “don’t want to do it” A shortage of UK workers is hitting supermarket shelves in Wales. Avara Foods, which employs 350 at its turkey processing plant in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, said a combination of Covid and Brexit meant many of its EU national workers had returned home. The UK […]