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Jonah FisherEnvironment correspondent andTom InghamClimate and Science ProducerGwyndaf Hughes/BBCWater from drought-hit Hampshire has been used to help fill this lake in WiltshireSouthern Water has warned tanker companies to stop delivering its water to the Wiltshire estate of an American billionaire.Some of it was recently used, entirely legally, to help fill a lake, despite a hosepipe ban being in place locally for domestic users.Multiple water tankers have been filmed both day and night by local residents filling up from standpipes in part of neighbouring Hampshire where a drought order is in place.The BBC has been told that those tankers went to…

Winning tip: ebike tour of Sardinia’s west coastWe explored Sardinia’s wild west coast by ebike with Bosa Bike Experience, who had us whizzing up into vertiginous mountain villages with views of the sparkling azure sea, then back down in time for mirto spritz at a sunset bar right on the seafront. Then back into Bosa’s maze of colourful cobbled streets for delicious Sardinian specialities like seafood fregola, smoked ricotta and wine from local vines grown on volcanic soil. The nearby beaches were perfect – some family-friendly, others wild and deserted.EmmaProfileReaders’ tips: send a tip for a chance to win a…

Britain’s Prince Harry, right, arrives at a railway station in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. Railway of Ukraine Ukrzaliznytsia/AP hide caption toggle caption Railway of Ukraine Ukrzaliznytsia/AP LONDON — Britain’s Prince Harry has arrived in Ukraine for a surprise visit in support of wounded service members. Harry’s representatives confirmed they were in the capital, Kyiv, on Friday, though they declined to discuss the prince’s schedule for security reasons. This is the second time Harry has visited Ukraine since the start of Russia’s full scale invasion in 2022. He made a trip to the western city of Lviv in…

Tom Brady continues his winning ways, ringing up the highest salary of any television personality, while TV’s top three chefs earned nearly $100 million combined. And the kings of late night are still laughing all the way to the bank—but not for long. Nowhere is the structural decline of linear television more on full display than in late night. For decades, the shows were reliable cash cows for the networks, but in recent years analysts estimate that none turn a profit. Then, in July, CBS made the abrupt decision to cancel The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, citing $40 million…

The Federal Trade Commission is launching an investigation into AI chatbots from seven companies, including Alphabet, Meta and OpenAI, over their use as companions. The inquiry involves finding how the companies test, monitor and measure the potential harm to children and teens. A Common Sense Media survey of 1,060 teens in April and May found that over 70% used AI companions and that more than 50% used them consistently — a few times or more per month. Experts have been warning for some time that exposure to chatbots could be harmful to young people. A study revealed that ChatGPT provided bad advice…

A senior pharmaceuticals executive has called on the government to come up with a “proper” roadmap for raising spending on new medicines, saying Britain is “not a good place” to develop or sell drugs.Paul Naish, the UK head of market access for the French company Sanofi, said Britain was “at a critical point”.He added: “We’ve still got the best universities, we’ve got some of the best scientists in the world, but it’s not a good place to do the development work for medicines. It’s an expensive place to operate, and it’s a terrible place to sell medicines.”The drugmaker MSD, known…

Demi Lovato has dropped an infectious new single, “Here All Night.” The dance-ready track was produced by Zhone, and arrives alongside a music video directed by Hannah Lux Davis. “Begging for the bass ’til it’s hitting me right/ Sweatin’ on the dance floor under the lights,” Lovato howls on the soaring pop track. “To get over you/ I’ll be here all night.” “’Here All Night’ is a breakup song I wrote by channeling a character, and it was so freeing to step into someone else’s story,” Lovato shared in a statement. “From the moment we finished the song, I knew…

Micah Parsons is living his best life with the Green Bay Packers. After the Packers improved to 2-0 with a win over the Washington Commanders on Thursday, fans trolled Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones by letting a superstar leave:Parsons went on to praise his new team, saying he was “ecstatic” to get to work with Green Bay after the trade. “That’s the relief part. I’m finally able to be me,” Parsons said. “Everyone knows this is my happy place, and they’re like, ‘Yo, you just look like you’re having fun out there.’ And I just truly am blessed to be…

September 11, 20252 min readEarly Experiments Show Fast-Acting Antidote Targets Carbon Monoxide PoisoningA study in mice and on human blood uses a new protein to snag carbon monoxide before it latches onto blood cellsBy Sara Novak edited by Sarah Lewin FrasierA new antidote is designed to rapidly address carbon monoxide poisoning. Carbon monoxide is a quiet assassin. Odorless and colorless, it has a uniquely efficient ability to starve the body of oxygen: It acts quickly, building up in the bloodstream and attaching to hemoglobin in oxygen’s place. When oxygen can’t attach, red blood cells don’t transport it around the body,…

Don’t knock slip-on sneakers until you’ve tried them. They might get a bad rap for being “granny shoes,” but boy are they undeniably comfortable (and ridiculously convenient for travel). You just have to find a pair that won’t give off too much of an orthopedic vibe, like these Skechers Go Walk Flex-Relish Slip-ins that could easily pass for a much cooler pair of canvas sneakers. Performance-wise, they’re sitting at the top of the hands-free sneaker category with almost 7,000 five-star Amazon ratings, many of which are accompanied by glowing reviews suggesting they’re a solid choice for 20,000-step-count days, 50-mile hikes,…