The 3,000m-high border that’s melting away
Paul Grüner The “Schöne Aussicht – Bella Vista” refuge by the Italian-Austrian border in winter (Credit: Paul Grüner) Changes that begin in the ice at the tops of high mountain ranges are cascading down to lower altitudes. As the world warms, they are changing borders, livelihoods and the shapes of mountains along the way. It […]
Rocket firm ‘pauses’ plan for Highland spaceport in Sutherland
Orbex Orbex has been planning a spaceport facility in Sutherland A rocket manufacturer is to “pause” construction of a spaceport in Sutherland to instead focus its launch efforts in Shetland. Orbex announced it would now aim to launch its first rockets from SaxaVord Spaceport. The company, which is based at Forres in Moray, said it […]
Nigel Farage says Reform can win power
Getty Images Find yourself in a marquee on a Saturday afternoon where there’s a bar with wine and beer, gags being cracked, and speeches being made and you might think it’s a wedding. But the marquee at Chelmsford City Racecourse on Saturday was packed with more than 1,000 people who had turned up to a […]
The ‘hidden’ cancer side-effect no one talks about
Serenity Strull/ Getty Images Lymphoedema affects millions of people worldwide, but receives little attention (Credit: Serenity Strull/Getty Images) Patients who beat cancer can be left with an incurable, chronic and painful condition. Sufferers and doctors alike are fighting to bring this hidden condition to light. During a visit to the oncologist to discuss his cancer […]
Garden shed to Plymouth brewery for craft beer firm
BBC Bulletproof Brewing’s Paddy Lawrence started brewing in a garden shed in 2017 A Plymouth craft beer company which started out in a garden shed is looking to bring a 160-year-old brewery in the city back to life. Bulletproof Brewing will soon be producing beer at the Millbay site of the former Octagon Brewery, which […]
How two rival crime families turned Glasgow into a ‘war zone’
Crown Office Detectives investigating five murder plots targeting Daniel family associates in 2016/17 found a haul of weapons in a lock-up garage On the afternoon of 6 December 2006, two men in a blue Mazda pulled up outside a garage in Lambhill, in the north of Glasgow. Raymond Anderson and James McDonald put on old […]
Trump rings bell on record stock market
Getty Images Donald Trump stood on Wall Street on Thursday, a euphoric crowd of America’s business elite assembled before him, and hammered the bell to kick off morning stock market trading. The mood was celebratory. Not only had the president-elect just been named Time person of the year, but the stock market, already up strongly, […]
The anxious wait for life-changing drug decisions
Owen Mathias/MNDA Mike’s wife Jayne became his carer as his health deteriorated and he got his MND diagnosis When Mike Thomas first started receiving life-extending medication for his motor neurone disease, he described it as “a glimmer of hope”. Mr Thomas, 60, said his experience since being diagnosed with the degenerative condition in 2022 has […]
How the wars of 2024 brought together rivals and created enemies
BBC This has been one of the most eventful years since I began covering global security for the BBC in the aftermath of the 11 September attacks in 2001. The sudden toppling of Syria’s President Assad, North Korean soldiers fighting for Russia. British and US missiles sent to Ukraine and fired at Russia, Iranian missiles […]
Be a ‘secret agent’ and other new ways to exercise
BBC The BBC’s Justin Harper testing out a running app in Singapore It might have been one of my regular runs around the streets of Singapore, but the experience was spiced with danger. I was the hero in my very own spy story, speeding from one checkpoint to another to foil the bad guys. The […]