There has been an outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus in Kerala, India. Five people have caught the virus, two of whom have died. The authorities in the Kozhikode district, where the outbreak occurred, have instituted “containment zones” in the area and schools have been closed. Seventy-six people who cameContinue Reading
Raggedstone / Shutterstock As reports continue flying in about what were traditionally called UFOs (unidentified flying objects), Nasa is taking the topic very seriously. In fact, following the publication of a report from an independent committee of experts in fields including astronomy and aviation safety, the agency has even appointedContinue Reading
T he Culture Secretary has pledged that “new ways of consuming TV should not come at the expense of those who still enjoy terrestrial television” amid an increase in viewers turning to streaming platforms. Lucy Frazer will deliver a keynote speech on the future of TV at the Royal TelevisionContinue Reading
T he BBC has just announced the six celebrities who will star in the second season of its Louis Theroux Interviews… series. This year the docuseries will see Theroux travel from New York to France, and from Glastonbury to Kent, to spend time with boxer Anthony Joshua, actor Ashley Walters,Continue Reading
L abour’s hopes for a general election victory have been given a shot in the arm by a study which has found nine of ten Brits want new leadership. The Conservative Party has been in power for 13 years, since David Cameron entered a power-sharing coalition with Nick Clegg’s LiberalContinue Reading
Review at a glance I n Lauren Gunderson’s polished, pacey but sporadically absurd play a programmer called Merril constructs an AI model of her younger sister Angie, who went missing and was presumed murdered a year before, using her social media data, messages, purchasing history and so on. No prizesContinue Reading
T housands of NHS consultants are on strike across England in a dispute over pay as the health service braces itself for another wave of industrial action. Consultants will also walk out on Wednesday, when they will be joined by junior doctors in the first joint strike in the history ofContinue Reading
T he UK constitution is in urgent need of reform after a tumultuous period in politics exposed weaknesses that have damaged both public trust and the country’s international reputation, a major review has found. A joint report by the Institute for Government and Cambridge University’s Bennett Institute for Public PolicyContinue Reading
A British-born environmentalist who was jailed in Iran has been freed as part of a prisoner exchange brokered between the US and Tehran. Morad Tahbaz, a British-American conservationist of Iranian descent, was one of five US detainees who flew out of the Iranian capital and into Doha, Qatar, on MondayContinue Reading
Review at a glance “ Inconceivable.” “Incomprehensible.” Expert after expert in this new documentary struggles to put into words the fate that befell Lin Russell and her two young daughters. One horrible afternoon in July 1996, Lin, 45, and six-year-old daughter Megan were found bludgeoned to death in the heartContinue Reading
