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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Mattel The Barbie film has hit the billion-dollar mark just 17 days after it was released, according to distributor Warner Bros. The movie will finish the weekend with $1.03bn (£808m) in ticket sales at the global box office, it said in a statement on Sunday. It means Greta Gerwig has become the first woman to…

The extreme flooding in Slovenia has caused hundreds of millions of dollars worth of damage and killed at least three people, according to the country’s prime minister, Robert Golob. The devastating weather has been labelled the country’s worst-ever natural disaster after the Environmental Agency issued a red warning. Rescuers are now trying to reach flooded…