Dominic Hughes Global health correspondent Getty Images Escherichia coli bacteria – also known as E. coli, the bug that causes food poisoning – is one of the bacteria that is showing greater resistance to front-line antibiotics More than three million children around the world are thought to have died in 2022 as a result of…
Tanzania’s main opposition party has been barred from participating in this year’s election, days after its leader was charged with treason. Ramadhani Kailima, director of elections at the Independent National Elections Commission, said that Chadema had failed to sign a code of conduct document that was due on Saturday, meaning the party was disqualified from…
The rail minister, Lord Peter Hendy, has reported himself to the police after he was spotted using a mobile phone while driving a vintage Routemaster bus in London during a charity tour. The former Transport for London commissioner apologised for what has been described as an “error of judgment” after a passenger saw him texting…
Thomas Mackintosh BBC News Shutterstock for Big Brother Hollywood actor Mickey Rourke has left Celebrity Big Brother after “further use of inappropriate language” and “instances of unacceptable behaviour”, ITV has said. On Saturday, Rourke, 72, used behaviour and language considered to be threatening and aggressive towards fellow housemate Chris Hughes, the BBC understands. No physical…
Tourists from Great Britain who travel to the continent to satisfy their epicurean desires for cured meats and fragrant cheeses will be frustrated in their attempts to bring home some of their favourite foods after a ban on meat and dairy imports from EU countries came into force this weekend. From Saturday, holidaymakers will no…
Max Romeo, the influential Jamaican reggae artist best known for tracks such as Chase the Devil and War Ina Babylon, has died at the age of 80. The singer, known to his family and friends as Maxie Smith, died after heart complications in Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica, on Friday. Romeo rose to fame in the…
Ohio State’s national championship football team will have some extra jewelry to show off on its visit to the White House on Monday. The Buckeyes received three rings between the first and second quarters of Saturday’s spring game at Ohio Stadium. Players and coaches from the 2024 championship team received a ring for making the…
Hashem Abedi, the Manchester Arena bombing plotter, has attacked three prison officers with hot cooking oil at a high-security prison, the Prison Officers’ Association (POA) has said. The Prison Service confirmed Abedi carried out the “unprovoked” and “vicious” assault on Saturday at HMP Frankland in County Durham. He is reported to have thrown boiling oil…
Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix had a terrific rookie season that caught the attention of the NFL world at large. Consider one of the quarterback’s newest teammates, tight end Evan Engram, sold on Nix. “He has everything that it takes to be great in this league,” Engram said of Nix in a recent interview. “The…
Donald Trump’s presidential administration has exempted smartphones and computers from the 125% levies imposed on imports from China as well as other reciprocal tariffs, which experts had cautioned might cause electronic consumer prices to dramatically spike in the US. The announcement was made late on Friday in a US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) notice…
