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Wall squats better at lowering blood pressure
Getty Images By Philippa Roxby Health reporter Strength-training exercises such as wall squats or holding the plank position are among the best ways to lower blood pressure, a study suggests. Current guidance focusing mainly on walking, running and cycling should be updated, the UK researchers say. Analysis, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine,…
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Godwin Emefiele’s downfall: How Nigeria’s bank boss ended up in court
Mansur Ibrahim By Nduka Orjinmo BBC News, Abuja Nigeria’s once-powerful central bank chief has been charged with illegally owning a shotgun and hundreds of cartridges, marking a spectacular fall for a man who has long been at the centre of the nation’s politics and finances. Godwin Emefiele appeared in court on Tuesday, six weeks after…
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Joe Lewis: Tottenham Hotspur owner charged over alleged insider trading
Getty Images By Brandon Drenon BBC News, Washington DC Tottenham Hotspur owner Joe Lewis has been charged with “orchestrating a brazen insider trader scheme”, US attorney Damian Williams has said. Mr Williams used a video announcement to accuse the British billionaire of using inside information to “shower gifts on his friends and lovers”. Mr Lewis…
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Seawilding: the Scottish community reviving a loch
Loch Craignish in Scotland is being ‘seawilded’ with oysters and seagrass meadows: some of the world’s most depleted habitats. Could it be a model for wider underwater restoration? Sally MacLeod can still remember the days when the loch she lives on teemed with life. As a family of passionate divers, swimmers and sailors, buying a…
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Making ‘The Blue Flash’: How I reconstructed a fatal atomic accident
In 1946, a dangerous radioactive apparatus in the Manhattan Project killed a scientist when his screwdriver slipped. To tell his story, Ben Platts-Mills pieced together what happened inside the room. Less than a year after the Trinity atomic bomb test, a careless slip with a screwdriver cost Louis Slotin his life. In 1946, Slotin, a…
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Travis King: How the US negotiates with North Korea
Reuters By Chelsea Bailey BBC News, Washington The fate of Travis King, a US soldier who crossed into North Korea, remains unknown and experts say the US is at a critical stage to try and negotiate his return home. The challenge is America has never had an official diplomatic relationship with North Korea. As a…
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Watch: Flames engulf giant Buddha statue in China
A giant Buddha statue has been damaged by a fire in China’s north-west Gansu province. Videos shared on social media showed the statue at the Great Buddha Temple of Shandan County surrounded by flames in the early hours of Monday morning. After the fire was extinguished, the statue appeared to remain partially intact, but several…
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The world’s most liveable cities for 2023
We speak to residents in five of the highest-ranked cities to get the low-down what makes them so special. After a pandemic slump, quality of life is again on the rise in many of the world’s cities. In fact, overall liveability has reached a 15-year high, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s annual Global Liveability…
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The best of Boston’s hidden history with author and guide Dina Vargo
From a secret Underground Railroad station to the Witch House of Lime Street to the Debutante Murderer House in Beacon Hill, this guide is sure to enrich and surprise you. Some travellers come to Boston to follow The Freedom Trail past famous sights from the US’ colonial and Revolutionary history. Others wander around the hallowed…
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Trevor Reed: Ex-US marine freed by Russia is injured fighting in Ukraine
Getty Images By Max Matza BBC News A US man who was jailed by Russia for nearly three years before being released in a 2022 prisoner swap has been injured while fighting in Ukraine. Ex-US Marine Trevor Reed was hurt while fighting against Russia’s invasion, the US State Department said on Tuesday. Officials add that…