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BBC Africa Eye: Elderly caned at Kenya’s PCEA Thogoto Care Home for the Aged
BBC Africa Eye By Njeri Mwangi in Nairobi & Tamasin Ford in London BBC Africa Eye Vulnerable residents at an elderly care home near Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, have been mistreated and neglected, a BBC Africa Eye investigation has revealed. Secret filming shows staff members physically mistreating residents, dumping food directly onto tables without any plates,…
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Baby monitors and smart speakers enabling abuse, say MPs
Getty Images By Tom Singleton Technology reporter, BBC News Fitness trackers, home security systems and baby monitors are among the devices that MPs warn are enabling the growing issue of tech-enabled domestic abuse. The Culture, Media and Sport Committee says there are on average nine such “smart” products in UK homes. It found they were…
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Porton Down: Can this laboratory help stop the next pandemic?
By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent, reporting from Porton Down One of the UK’s most secretive centres of scientific research – Porton Down – is aiming to stop the next pandemic “in its tracks”. I have passed through the incredibly tight security at this remote facility to get rare access to its scientists. They…
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Zuckerberg ‘not holding breath’ over Musk cage fight
Reuters and Getty Images Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg has said he is “not holding his breath” over a proposed cage fight with rival Elon Musk. In a post on the new social media app Threads, Zuckerberg said he had proposed 26 August for the showdown. Responding to a post on X in which Musk claimed…
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The Lighthouse Way: Walking Spain’s ‘other’ camino
Few know about the vastly more-meditative, nearby Camino dos Faros, or Lighthouse Way, along the wild and deserted Finisterre coast that’s known as “the end of the earth”. The narrow path weaved along the side of a vertiginous promontory carpeted with ferns and the occasional cluster of buttercups and purple hollyhocks. Wispy tendrils of fog…
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Explore Adelaide’s best bars with award-winning mixologist Callan Fleming
From hybrid “clubstaurant” 99 Gang Social to the stylish and hidden Maybe Mae, award-winning mixologist Callan Fleming shares his favourite bars in South Australia’s capital. Flanked on three sides by picturesque wine regions and blessed with an array of award-winning distilleries, South Australia’s capital has always punched above its weight when it comes to high-quality…
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The Irish Light: Woman abused by paper which falsely said vaccine killed her son
Gemma O’Doherty Telegram Channel By Marianna Spring BBC Disinformation and social media correspondent A grieving mother and her lawyer have been targeted by an extreme campaign of abuse after suing a conspiracy theory newspaper which falsely claimed her son died from a Covid vaccine. The Irish Light repeatedly abused Edel Campbell online and its supporters…
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Seren Price, 5, to climb highest peak in North Africa
PA Media A five-year-old girl is aiming to reach new heights by climbing the highest point in North Africa. Seren Price became the youngest person to complete the UK’s Three Peaks challenge in under 48 hours last year. If walking up the three highest points of Scotland, England and Wales was not enough, Seren and…
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‘I’m next, I need to save myself’: Why layoffs cause other workers to quit
Many workers who survive company cuts have the instinct to flee to other jobs – and often do. In an economic environment of widespread layoffs and company downsizing, many employees are holding tight to their positions. Yet, according to some experts, these cuts may create a surprising domino effect – driving some remaining workers to…
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Israeli security forces kill three Palestinians in West Bank
Reuters By Yolande Knell BBC News, Jerusalem Israeli security forces say they have killed three alleged Palestinian militants in the north of the occupied West Bank, near the Jenin refugee camp. The camp was the focus of a major military operation last month. It marks a further escalation in a wave of violence over the…