Lauren Woodhead BBC England Data Unit Getty Images More than one in seven councils have lowered swimming pool temperatures in the past five years, new figures have revealed. Freedom of Information (FOI) requests by the BBC found 15% of councils had reduced pool temperatures since 2020, with rising energy costs taking most of the blame. […]

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! It’s almost a cliché to say that Donald Trump has accumulated enormous power in the last six months. He has busted through what used to be guardrails, come close to defying the courts, collected big bucks from ABC and CBS, not to mention $200 million from Columbia,

Nine-time Grand Slam champion Monica Seles has revealed she was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis – a neuromuscular autoimmune disease – three years ago. The 51-year-old has chosen to go public with the rare long-term condition, which causes muscle weakness, to raise awareness before this month’s US Open. Seles first noticed symptoms of the condition, which

James Delaney and Jane MacSorley PA Media Nicholas Rossi leaving Edinburgh Sheriff Court in 2023 A fugitive who had to be extradited from Scotland to stand trial for rape in the US while claiming he was the victim of mistaken identity told police his ex-girlfriend “raped him” after she reported he had raped her. Nicholas

Laura Gozzi & Paulin Kola BBC News EPA Russia has kept attacking Ukrainian cities and making slow progress on the ground in eastern Ukraine Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is joining European leaders in talks aimed at increasing pressure on US President Donald Trump to side with Ukraine during Friday’s summit with his Russian counterpart in

Salah has played for the senior national team for 14 years and his importance to Egypt is such that high-ranking government officials have been known to get involved when he has been injured. “I even had calls from Egypt’s Minister of Health,” recalls Dr Mohamed Aboud, the national team’s medic, about the time Salah suffered

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld an Arkansas law prohibiting doctors from providing gender transition medical treatment to minors, reversing a lower court decision that blocked the first-in-the-nation law. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 8-2 on Tuesday to overturn a lower court decision, now

Image source, BBC Sport Chris Bevan BBC Sport journalist You already know about the Premier League’s established superstars but what about the wildcards who might make a name for themselves this season? Whether they are new and recent signings, late bloomers or exciting young academy talents, we are talking about the less familiar faces of

Suranjana Tewari Asia Business Correspondent in Eneabba Bloomberg via Getty Images Rare earths are essential in the production of alloys for magnets Drive three hours north of Perth, and you’ll arrive in Eneabba – barren and desolate, just the odd hill in the distance. This is Western Australia mining territory. Buried in this vast terrain

Crime in DC: What do the figures say and how safe do people feel? US National Guard troops have begun appearing on the streets of Washington DC, a day after President Donald Trump deployed the troops to the city and took control of its police force as he argued violent crime was out of control.