Inside eight fashion designers’ homes that match their owners’ clothing aesthetic
Robyn Lea When fashion people pour their creativity into their homes, the results can be tactile interiors that visitors may wish they could wear. “You walk into those spaces and it just blows your mind,” Australian photographer, author and director Robyn Lea tells the BBC. Lea’s latest photo book, This Creative Life – Fashion Designers […]
The waste food upcycled into new products
Getty Images The waste food going to landfills is an invisible but important part of greenhouse gas emissions. Could discarded scraps be turned into new food instead? In a two-storey building on the harbour at Refshaleøen, Copenhagen, there is chocolate being tempered in the kitchen; upstairs, plates of tacos and protein bars are being served. […]
More than 100 customers contact BBC about scams
Reuters People complain of poor treatment by Revolut after being tricked out of money deposited with e-money firm “I never imagined I’d be a victim of a scam,” says Dr Ravi Kumar. “But here I am, a 53-year-old NHS consultant in intensive care medicine and anaesthetics, deeply affected.” He lost £39,000 in May when scammers […]
Wicked star apologises for alleged actress snub
Ariana Grande has apologised to the actress who plays horror icon Elvira after she accused the singer of ignoring her during a meet-and-greet. Actress Cassandra Peterson, who’s best known for her Mistress of the Dark alter-ego, said Ariana Grande had requested tickets for herself and family members to one of her stage shows. She told […]
Thirsty and exhausted – claims of modern slavery on a UK trawler
Joel Quince arrived in the UK in 2012 having secured a job as a deckhand with TN Trawlers – a company owned by the Nicholson family, based in Annan on the southern coast of Scotland. Joel is among dozens of workers from around the world who may have been trafficked to work for the small […]
Rachel Reeves signals hike in National Insurance for firms
Getty Images The chancellor has given the clearest signal yet that businesses will face an increase in National Insurance on the day the government announced billions of pounds in overseas investment had been secured. Rachel Reeves said Labour’s election pledge not to increase National Insurance on “working people” related to the employee element, as opposed […]
Matthew Perry death: Inside Hollywood’s ketamine obsession
Shutterstock Climbing into his backyard jacuzzi that overlooked the Santa Monica Mountains, Matthew Perry uttered the seven words that would ultimately lead to his death: “Shoot me up with a big one.” The big one, court documents would later reveal, was a dose of ketamine, a prescription anaesthetic and a hallucinogen that has become popular […]
London detective creates orchestra for emergency workers
BBC Seb said musicians “can bring their whole selves to it and be really relaxed and be who they are” “So, I live a bit of a double life,” says Seb Valentine, whose day-to-day job and out-of-work passion couldn’t be more different. The detective sergeant worked as an opera singer before joining the Metropolitan Police. […]
Japan is recycling food waste back into food with fermentation
Rachel Nuwer Food waste, including leftover rice from making onigiris, is turned into high-value animal feed through fermentation (Credit: Rachel Nuwer) Rachel Nuwer gets a firsthand look at a unique fermentation method being piloted in Japan to transform edible leftovers and scraps into sustainable feed for pigs while saving money, reducing waste and curtailing emissions. […]
Surgeon accused of having indecent images of children
Google Dr Raed Al-Mobayed worked at the Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil when he allegedly downloaded the pictures A surgeon has been accused of possessing 153 indecent images of children with nine of them in the most serious category. Dr Raed Al-Mobayed, 45, of Llanelli, is charged with possessing indecent images of children and […]