Watch: Moments of drama from Commons Speakers
Tensions flared in the House of Commons on Wednesday night when a debate on Gaza “descended into farce”. The upheaval came after Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle broke with convention to allow a vote on a Labour amendment to a SNP motion. The Speaker, who must remain politically impartial at all times, then faced accusations that […]
Thwaites: Ice robot reaches under mighty Antarctic glacier
A robotic submersible called Icefin has revealed new details about the melting processes occurring under Thwaites Glacier, one of the biggest and fastest flowing rivers of ice in Antarctica. The BBC was given special access to film the deployment of the sub. Source: BBC News
Satellite radar spies big Antarctic iceberg
The continent’s new mega-berg, A81, is observed by Finnish company Iceye’s satellite radar system. Source: BBC News
Footballer Dani Alves guilty of nightclub rape
A court in Spain has sentenced Alves, who played for Barcelona and Brazil, to four and a half years. Source: BBC News
Moment car crashes into living room, causing £30,000 of damage in Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire Police have released footage of a driver crashing into the living room of house in Wisbech in 2021 causing nearly £30,000 of damage. After the collision, the suspected drink driver, Michael Wilson, ran off, and then called the police to inform them that his car had been stolen. Emergency services arriving to the scene […]
Wrong-way driver calls police on himself by mistake
A driver in Nebraska phoned police to report that he was almost hit by a driver who he said was going in the wrong direction, seemingly unaware that he himself was the one on the wrong side. A deputy was able to arrest the driver before anyone was seriously injured. Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office released […]
Moment giant Antarctica drone takes off
The first pictures of a giant drone flying in Antarctica have been released by the British Antarctica Survey. Scientists want to use the drone to reach inaccessible parts of the continent to understand the impacts of climate change. The drone is operated remotely and engineers with company Windracers monitor it from a computer. BBC climate […]
How did a car get there? Police probe ‘unusual’ crash
Police in Wellesley, Massachusetts are investigating an “unusual” car crash in a grocery store parking lot on Monday. A driver mistakenly stepped on the gas pedal instead of the brake, leading their car to end up wedged between two other vehicles. The driver, who was briefly trapped in the vehicle, was rescued and sustained minor […]
Watch: Chaos in the Commons over Gaza ceasefire vote
An SNP opposition day debate on a ceasefire in Gaza descended into confusion with some MPs walking out of the Commons. SNP and Tory MPs expressed their anger, after Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle chose both the government and the Labour Party’s amendments to an SNP motion, breaking with convention. Source: BBC News
Ambergate: Water shoots into the air after large pipe bursts
Footage has been captured showing water shooting into the air after a large pipe burst in a field. It happened at about 14:00 GMT near Ambergate, Derbyshire. One witness said he saw water spraying more than 100ft into the air. Jonathon Wroe, Severn Trent Network control lead, said: “Our teams are currently working hard to […]