Food apps and online gaming driving obesity
Getty Images Meal delivery apps are changing the way we buy and eat food, the report says How children use meal-delivery apps and the rising popularity of online gaming could be driving obesity across Europe, the World Health Organization has said. No European country is on track to stop obesity rising by 2025, the WHO […]
Rapper Nipsey Hussle’s killer convicted of murder
Getty Images Hussle was praised for his humanitarian charity work after his death The man who shot and killed Los Angeles rapper Nipsey Hussle minutes after a brief argument in 2019 has been found guilty of murdering the rising artist. Eric Holder, 32, was convicted by a jury in California on Wednesday after six hours […]
Retail leaders call for tax breaks to fight industry decline
PA The SRC says the retail industry is going through an unprecedented period of transition Retailers have asked the Scottish government for tax breaks to help halt a decline in the industry. The Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) says the rise of online shopping, increasing costs and pressure on household budgets are causing problems. It wants […]
Trump says Syria ‘not our fight’. Staying out may not be so easy
Getty Images While Trump visited the newly restored Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Islamist fighters in Syria toppled Assad’s regime When Donald Trump sat with world leaders in Paris last weekend to marvel at the restored Notre Dame cathedral, armed Islamist fighters in Syria were in jeeps on the road to Damascus finalising the fall […]
Firmus gas increase of 56.3% comes into effect
Getty Images The 56.3% price increase comes into effect from Monday Gas from Firmus Energy is going up by 56.3% on Monday – the largest single energy price hike in Northern Ireland to date. The price rise applies to 62,000 customers in the Ten Towns area and 47,000 in Greater Belfast. The annual gas bill […]
European court rules ID policy breaches human rights
Getty Images/D-Keine The PSNI retains convicted offenders’ fingerprints, photos and DNA profiles The indefinite storage of a convicted drink driver’s DNA profile, photo and fingerprints by police is a breach of human rights, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. The ruling follows a decade-long legal battle by Fergus Gaughran against the Police Service […]
Where we are in seven charts and what you can do to help
Getty Images Climate change is set to cause major changes across the world: sea levels will rise, food production could fall and species may be driven to extinction. The UN has warned that the world needs to limit climate change to below 1.5C above pre-industrial levels. But scientists say that keeping to the 1.5C target […]
Wall Street sees worst session in weeks
Reuters Lower energy prices and disappointing corporate earnings pulled stocks lower on Wednesday as Wall Street suffered its worst trading session in weeks. Indexes fell from recent highs as losses touched every industry sector. The Dow Jones, which had hit a record on Tuesday, fell 112.3 points or 0.48% to 23,4329.46. The S&P 500 index […]
Continued tech sell-off drags Wall Street lower
EPA A sell-off in shares of US technology firms has continued for a third day, dragging down all three major American stock indexes more than 2%. Apple was the biggest loser on the Dow, falling more than 6.7%. Amazon and Facebook also dropped at least 4%. The sharp downturn follows the huge gains earlier in […]
Weston-super-Mare’s See Monster closes, but what will be its legacy?
BBC See Monster featured four publicly accessible levels animated by a 10m waterfall It has towered over Weston-Super-Mare’s seafront for the past two months, but See Monster has now closed its doors. The former offshore platform-turned-art-installation split opinions from the start and has even caused controversy. Funded by the government, it cost millions of pounds, […]