What appeared to be a tornado was spotted off the coast of a south east Cornish town, stunning onlookers. The cloud appeared during storms which kicked off today, August 16, after a week of scorching… [+1683 chars]
A mother-of-three was left with a gaping hole in her head after having a cancerous tumour removed, which she blames on her frequent sunbed use in her teens. Mary Bentley, from Dallas, Texas, was hav… [+11268 chars]
A cannibal ejection of energetic and highly magnetized, superheated gas is barreling toward Earth and has a 10 percent chance of producing X-class flares, which are major events that can trigger radi… [+3917 chars]
There are just over two weeks to go until the summer transfer window slams shut with both Manchester United and Chelsea particularly involved in the latest drama. Red Devils boss Erik ten Hag may fin… [+1080 chars]
A group in Tayside has defended its decision to appoint a man as a period dignity officer. Jason Grant's hiring sparked a heated online debate, with critics saying the job should have gone to a woma… [+3223 chars]
A dog has been diagnosed with monkeypox in the first suspected case of the disease being transmitted from humans to pets. The four-year-old Italian greyhound had been sharing the same bed with its o… [+1484 chars]
Jonathan AmosScience correspondent@BBCAmoson Twitter The American space agency Nasa has rolled out its giant new Moon rocket to prepare it for a maiden flight. Known as the Space Launch System (SLS… [+4804 chars]
ByKatherine Kretke, Southwest Research InstituteAugust 16, 2022 Lucy will explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids thought to be fossils of planet formation. Credit: NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center E… [+3968 chars]
Jeremy Paxman will step down from University Challenge after 28 years, the BBC has announced. Paxman, 72, who has presented the show since 1994, will film his last episode this autumn. His final ser… [+572 chars]
Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez has expressed his remorse for his conduct in being sent off for headbutting an opponent on his Anfield debut. The Uruguayan was involved in an altercation with Crystal… [+4199 chars]
Ancient grains of dust that are older than the solar system itself have been found in samples from asteroid Ryugu brought to Earth by the Japanese Hayabusa2 spacecraft nearly two years ago. The pre… [+2997 chars]
The Kenyan opposition leader, Raila Odinga, has rejected as null and void the result of a presidential election that he was declared to have lost, and pledged to challenge the outcome with all consti… [+3685 chars]
