European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen survived a no-confidence vote in the European Parliament on Thursday, brought by mainly far-right lawmakers who alleged she and her team undermined trust in the EU through unlawful actions. As expected, the motion failed to get the two-thirds majority it needed to pass.…
The remains of a famous sycamore tree, which stood on Britain’s Roman-built Hadrian’s Wall in northern England for more than 200 years, has found a new home nearly two years after it was illegally felled. The removal of the tree from its spot known as “Sycamore Gap,” a pronounced dip…
Australian universities may lose funding if they’re not judged to be doing enough to address anti-Jewish hate crimes, according to new measures proposed by the country’s first antisemitism envoy. Jillian Segal was appointed to the role a year ago in response to a surge in reports of attacks against Jewish…
For months, the UK has felt like it’s barrelling towards banning under-16s from social media. Spurred on by Australia’s ban, campaigners and MPs have brought the idea of a teenage ban into the UK’s mainstream, and now the government is consulting the public on what it thinks should happen. Among…
Argentinian negotiators have been summoned home from global climate talks in Azerbaijan by the President Javier Milei’s government. The team were ordered to pack up and leave on Wednesday, just three days into the two-week COP29 summit in Azerbaijan. No reason was given, but the Argentinian president – a right-wing…
The clocks have gone forward, marking the start of daylight saving time in the UK. On Sunday 29 March the time jumped forward an hour when it hit 1am – and yes, it means you’ll have lost an extra hour of sleep. But the gain of an hour of daylight…
People may be misdiagnosed as overweight or obese under the body mass index (BMI) system, a study suggests. BMI is a tool which measures body fat based on height and weight. Some 30% of adults in England were obese in 2024, and 66% were overweight or obese, according to the…
Pregnant women and cancer patients could face “life-threatening” delays because of a worsening shortage of sonographers, experts warn. The vacancy rate for sonographers is 24.2% across England, rising to 38.2% in some areas, according to the Society of Radiographers (SoR). In addition, one in every 13 (7.6%) sonographers are planning…
The clocks are going forward this weekend, marking the start of daylight saving time in the UK. On Sunday 29 March the time will jump forward an hour when it hits 1am – and yes, it means you will lose an extra hour of sleep. But the gain of an…
A cloned animal that helped pave the way for the creation of Dolly the sheep has gone on permanent display at a Scottish museum. Morag the sheep and identical twin Megan were cloned from the same embryo and were the first mammals to be successfully replicated from differentiated cells. Their…