Month: May 2025

Chemical castration has been used on sex offenders in several countries over many years, with some success – but it remains controversial. The principle of […]

The M&S website was down in the early hours of this morning – hours after the retailer revealed it’s facing a £300m hit to profits […]

Extra cancer screenings for women with dense breasts could save hundreds of lives, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Cambridge found […]

A natural disaster has been declared in Australia after unprecedented floods in New South Wales. More than four months’ worth of rain has fallen in […]

A registered sex offender was found with a six-year-old girl after he was detected by facial recognition technology. David Cheneler, 73, was discovered with the […]

A new species of bacteria discovered on board a space station could have profound implications for astronauts and long-term travel through the cosmos. A strain […]

West Nile virus has been found in mosquitoes collected in the UK for the first time, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said. The […]

Marks and Spencer (M&S) has warned investors it is facing a £300m hit to trading profits as a result of last month’s ransomware attack. The […]

Disposable vapes will be banned in the UK from 1 June. The ban on selling or supplying disposable vapes, announced in January last year, applies […]

Feeding astronauts is astronomically expensive and as the idea of humans colonising the moon and Mars becomes increasingly realistic, there’s a race to find better […]