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About 60 delivery riders are set to be deported after an immigration crackdown found them to be working illegally in areas including the West Midlands. Last month, 171 arrests were made as Home Office officials targeted workers in the so-called gig economy. Those arrested included Chinese nationals working in a …

If you want to cut the cord or just want to keep your regular TV plan, you’ve got a lot of choices, but live TV streaming services don’t require you to lock in to a pesky contract. They offer an assortment of channels, include DVR capabilities and offer the ability to stream sports and …

One of Britain’s most distinguished scientists, Prof Sir Paul Nurse, says the government is “shooting itself in the foot” with its visa system for science researchers. Sir Paul told BBC News that high visa fees are deterring early-career researchers, who are instead being welcomed by the UK’s economic rivals. Supporters …

[ The missing data problem. Credit: Nature Methods (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41592-025-02893-y Scientists learn about the brain’s inner workings by studying what animals or people do, how they move, react, and make choices. Behavior is complex, as animals and humans can move in countless different manners. Yet, neuroscience studies have heavily …

Iran’s capital Tehran is counting down to “day zero” – the day the water runs out and the taps run dry. Reservoirs that supply Tehran’s 15 million residents are almost empty. The Karaj dam, which supplies a quarter of the city’s drinking water, is just 8% full. Water rationing has …

Australia will introduce one of the world’s toughest social media policies for children next week, with a ban that comes into effect on Wednesday. Technology giant Meta has already started locking children under the age of 16 out of Instagram and Facebook, as it runs age checks on its users. …

Hazel ShearingEducation correspondent BBC Natalie Johnston was scrolling on Facebook a couple of years ago, when she came across a group called, “One And Done On The Fence”. Seeing it, she felt a sense of relief. “It was nice to hear someone giving it a name,” she says. She and …

Chatbots are genuinely impressive when you watch them do things they’re good at, like writing a basic email or creating weird, futuristic-looking images. But ask generative AI to solve one of those puzzles in the back of a newspaper, and things can quickly go off the rails. That’s what researchers …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah (the U) participated in a clinical trial that found that a new combination treatment plan helped people with recurring grade 3 astrocytoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, live longer. “Astrocytoma is an extremely challenging diagnosis for …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Scientists in Switzerland have built a robot as small as a grain of sand. Surgeons control it with magnets and move it through blood vessels to place medicine exactly where it is needed. Bradley J. Nelson, an author of the paper in …

[ Children universally believe animals experience emotions and feelings but are reluctant to say they have human-like thoughts, which can influence how we treat other species throughout life, according to a new study. Forrest Fellow Dr. Karri Neldner, from The University of Western Australia’s School of Psychological Science, was lead …

[ Understanding the shape or morphology of neurons and mapping the tree-like branches via which they receive signals from other cells (i.e., dendrites) is a long-standing objective of neuroscience research. Ultimately, this can help to shed light on how information flows through the brain and pin-point differences associated with specific …

Sarah TurnnidgeWest of England Family handout The final report into the death of Dawn Sturgess, who was poisoned by the nerve agent Novichok in Salisbury in 2018, will be released later on Thursday. In late 2024, an inquiry heard six weeks of public evidence about links between her death and …

Ofcom has fined a pornography provider £1m for not having robust age checks. AVS, which runs 18 adult websites, was also fined £50,000 for not responding to information requests from the communications regulator. Since July, websites and apps that host adult content have had to have age verification checks in …

A leaked policy note commissioned by Sir Keir Starmer’s office in 2023 – when Labour was in opposition – said legalising assisted dying for those with a terminal diagnosis would be “popular” with the public and warned it would not be “politically viable” to “do nothing on the issue”. Opponents …

Hundreds of UK online safety workers at TikTok have already signed agreements to leave the company, whistleblowers have told Sky News, despite the firm stressing to MPs that the cuts were “still proposals only”. More than 400 online safety workers have agreed to leave the social media company, with only …

[ Researchers have identified a molecular mechanism that helps explain why growing up in a stimulating environment enhances memory. In contrast, a lack of stimulation can impair it. The team from the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint research center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and Miguel Hernández …

Broadcaster and author Misha Glenny will replace Melvyn Bragg as the presenter of In Our Time when the popular BBC Radio 4 series returns next year. Bragg stepped down in September after more than 27 years – and 1,000 episodes – at the helm of the show, which takes a …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Jada Pinkett Smith allegedly threatened the life of a former colleague of husband Will Smith during a confrontation at a movie theater in Calabasas, according to documents obtained by Fox News Digital. Bilaal Salaam, a “best friend” to Will for “nearly 40 …

Australian teenagers under 16 are set to face a world-first social media ban from 10 December. The legislation has left tech platforms such as TikTok and Meta scrambling to figure out how to implement the ban to avoid fines of up to £25 million. The companies need to find ways …