Blocked drains in the UK are costing over £100 million a year with the vast majority being blamed on wet wipes. It is not however just wet wipes that are causing the problem, with people…
Spanish court backs dictator Francos exhumation
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Franco was buried alongside tens of thousands of civil war victims Spain's Supreme Court has ruled that the remains of dictator Francisco Franco should be exhumed. It backed the Socialist…
Clashes in Indonesia over sex before marriage bill
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Protesters clashed with police outside parliament in Jakarta Police have fired tear gas and water cannons at protesters demonstrating outside the Indonesian parliament over a proposed new criminal code that…
Emmys apologise for in memoriam mix-up
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Slatkin (left) described Previn as "a great gentleman" Conductor Leonard Slatkin has assured the public he is alive and well after his photo was used by mistake in the…
Thomas Cook collapse: German airline seeks help
Image copyright EPA Germany is considering issuing financial aid to the Condor airline after Thomas Cook declared bankruptcy. Thomas Cook, which has a 49% share in the airline, collapsed on Monday. Condor has applied for…
Why are US abortion rates at a record…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Pro-choice and anti-abortion activists outside the US Supreme Court Abortion rates have fallen to their lowest level since the pregnancy-terminating procedure was legalised in a 1973 Supreme Court decision,…
This is not Mars: Sky in Indonesia turns…
Image copyright Eka Wulandari Image caption Conditions in Indonesia's Jambi province looked straight out of a post-apocalyptic movie Skies over an Indonesian province turned red over the weekend, thanks to the widespread forest fires which…
Race on to restore supply after Saudi oil…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionTake a look at how much damage the attacks did to the Khurais facility in Saudi ArabiaA week on, it's still not known who launched the attack…
Criminal charges for Brazil dam disaster firms
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe moment the dam collapsedBrazilian federal police have proposed criminal charges against mining giant Vale and German safety firm Tüv Süd and 13 of their employees over…