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…
Images reveal Icelands glacier melt
Image copyright National Land Survey of Iceland/Kieran Baxter Image caption These images Breiðamerkurjökull glacier taken in 1989 (top) and one taken this year (bottom) show how much ice has been lost over this period A…
Series of failures behind Boeing Lion Air crash
Image copyright Getty Images A series of failures led to the crash of a Lion Air flight, which killed 189 people and led to the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max, a report has found.…
House lawmakers alleged relationship investigated
Image copyright Getty Images US lawmaker Katie Hill is under congressional investigation amid allegations she had an affair with a Capitol Hill aide. The House of Representatives Ethics Committee launched the inquiry after a conservative…
Doctor suspended after baby born without a face
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A number of cases involving the doctor are being investigated A Portuguese obstetrician has been suspended after a baby was born without a nose, eyes or part of his…
Leonardo da Vinci: Louvres long-awaited exhibition
Image caption La belle ferronnière - a portrait of a lady from the court of Milan - is a work attributed to Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci It took more than a decade to prepare…
Lion Air families told of fatal crash causes
Image copyright EPA Mechanical and design problems with the flight control system were among the causes of the Lion Air crash a year ago, victims' families have been told. Indonesian investigators focused on a system…
Pair charged over Oslo ambulance hijacking
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe ambulance crashed after a rampage through OsloA man has been charged with attempted murder after a stolen ambulance crashed into a family in the Norwegian capital…
Chile leader to meet opposition amid mass protests
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Security forces have been using water cannon to break up protests Chilean President Sebastián Piñera has said he will meet opposition leaders amid major protests which have left 15 people…