A second power outage in two days his hit the French Riviera region after a fire at a substation in Nice overnight, which authorities said was caused by a malicious act. At least 45,000 homes were affected after the blaze broke out at around 02:00 local time (01:00 BST) on Sunday, a day after nearby...
Some states’ departments of corrections are outsourcing to private companies their decision-making about who can and who cannot communicate with people in their prisons. These decisions cut families and loved ones off, sometimes permanently. The Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) has said it does not maintain any records of who has been blocked from...
Cannes faced a citywide power cut on Saturday, disrupting the prestigious film festival and closing restaurants, and businesses. French police are investigating suspected arson as the cause of the outage, after a a substation in the village of Tanneron, which supplies Cannes, was attacked by arsonists in the early hours. Despite the disruption, the Cannes...
    As the late senator from Washington state, Warren Magnuson, who served for more than 30 years in Congress, once said, “All that each industry seeks is a fair advantage over its rivals.” Wilt Chamberlain had a fair advantage on the basketball court because he stood 7-foot-1. It allowed him to score...
More 4-D chess, this time on China? Or does Donald Trump want to consolidate whatever gains he can from “Liberation Day” before doing damage to commerce in the US? A couple of days ago, both the US and China agreed to begin talks this weekend to resolve the trade war that has all but turned...
Remember all that discussion of how socialized medicine would lead to “death panels?” It turns out that this worry was far too optimistic about what the future would hold. In Great Britain the trajectory is far darker: as the country rushes to embrace medical murder without any checks on the ability of doctors to push...
Kevin Peachey Cost of living correspondent Getty Images Interest rates are widely expected to be cut on Thursday, with further falls predicted for later in the year. Analysts say a cut to 4.25% from 4.5% by the Bank of England is highly likely, although no change or a bigger reduction remain possibilities. Such a move...
People in Nigeria may lose access to Facebook and Instagram after parent company Meta said it faced large fines and “unrealistic” regulatory demands from the Nigerian authorities. Last year, three Nigerian oversight agencies imposed fines on the US-based social media giant totalling more than $290m (£218m) for violating various laws and regulations. Meta was unsuccessful...
Liv McMahon Technology reporter Peter in Lancashire Peter says “nothing will be going to waste” from his hugely discounted Co-op purchase. A suspected glitch on Thursday evening saw some Co-op product prices reduced by as much as 100% on the delivery app Deliveroo. The pricing error allowed some shoppers to get products – including jars...
Mirra Andreeva had just stepped up to the baseline to serve for a place in the Madrid Open quarter-finals when the power went out. A sweeping outage left millions in Spain, Portugal and parts of France without power, causing chaos across many regions. At the Spanish tennis tournament, the electronic line-calling system went down, with...
A major power cut across large parts of Spain and Portugal has resulted in dozens of flights being cancelled as well as disruption to rail and road networks. Some 96 departing flights from Portuguese airports have been grounded so far, with the country’s capital city airport in Lisbon worst affected. A total of 45 flights...
Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner jokes that he was fearful of getting a yellow card and being suspended for the FA Cup final after cutting short his celebration after the third goal in his side’s 3-0 win over Aston Villa. MATCH REPORT: Crystal Palace 3-0 Aston Villa Available to UK users only. Read full article...
Lucy Gilder, Jake Horton and the Data Science team BBC Verify BBC Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) – set up to cut US government spending – claims to have saved, on average, more than $10bn a week since President Trump entered office. “We’re talking about almost $200bn and rising fast,” Trump told the...
Eubank will have to weigh in one final time at about 08:00 BST on Saturday in line with the rehydration clause. Neither Benn nor Eubank are allowed to put on more then 10lbs from the 11st 6lb limit. Benn, 28, weighed 11st 2lb and is not expected to have any issues with the rehydration limit....
I read the saddest little letter today, almost as if Charles Dickens had come back to life, and conjured up another orphan with an outstretched bowl, begging for one more, tiny dollop of a spoonful. PLEASE, SIR – MAY I HAVE ANOTHER? It arrived in Tony Seruga’s inbox with the subject line ‘Not Great!’ You...