Parents in England skipping meals to afford school uniforms, survey finds | Schools

Parents in England are skipping meals and turning to buy-now-pay-later services such as Klarna in order to afford school uniforms before the autumn term, according to a survey. Almost half (47%) of... Read more »

Korea’s ‘sea women’ spend more time underwater than beavers

The Haenyeo do not display classic mammalian responses to diving such as a slowed heart rate and reduced blood flow to muscles. There’s a group of women in Jeju, an island off... Read more »

‘We’ll give them very good protection, very good security’ — Trump

Editor’s note: This is a developing story and is being updated. President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived at the White House on Aug. 18 for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump. In the Oval... Read more »

Mild weather delivers bumper apple harvest – DW – 08/18/2025

Skip next section Convicted school attacker on the run after fleeing clinic 08/18/2025August 18, 2025 Convicted school attacker on the run after fleeing clinic A 33-year-old man who went on an armed... Read more »

Hamas accepts an Arab ceasefire proposal as the Palestinian death toll exceeds 62,000

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa (C), accompanied by Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty (2R), speaks at a press conference on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing on August 18, 2025.... Read more »

Children’s exposure to porn higher than before 2023 Online Safety Act, poll finds | Pornography

Exposure to pornography has increased since the introduction of UK rules to protect the public online, with children as young as six seeing it by accident, research by the children’s commissioner for... Read more »

Son of Norway crown princess charged with four rapes

Norway’s Marius Borg Hoiby next to his mother, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, in Oslo, June 16, 2022. LISE ASERUD / AP The 28-year-old son of Norway’s crown princess has been charged with raping... Read more »

Bioethanol plant begins shut-down process

Lucy Hooker Business reporter, BBC News Olivia Hutchinson Reporter, BBC Radio 5 Live BBC Vivergo, one of two UK bioethanol plants, has ceased production and will start laying off its 160 employees... Read more »

Injured Gazan children could come to Northern Ireland for treatment

Jayne McCormack BBC News NI political correspondent Stormont’s first and deputy first ministers are “close” to an agreement Stormont’s first and deputy first ministers have granted the Department of Health approval to... Read more »

Why the Bundesliga lags behind Premier League and La Liga – DW – 08/18/2025

There is no denying that the Bundesliga has experienced a significant loss of talent over the summer.  Florian Wirtz has moved from Bayer Leverkusen to Liverpool; Bayern Munich legend Thomas Müller chose... Read more »