Port Heiden is used to an occasional walrus but 200 turned up last month and two weeks later a thousand were spottedWalruses are gathering on the Alaskan peninsula and scientists are trying to work out why.Residents of a village of 110 on the peninsula see the occasional walrus in Bering Read more
Novartis confirms it paid Trump’s lawyer’s company $1.2m – significantly more than was initially disclosedRobert Mueller, the special counsel, has been investigating payments made by corporations to Donald Trump’s attorney Michael Cohen, two of Cohen’s clients said on Wednesday.AT&T and the Swiss pharmaceuticals company Novartis both said they were contacted Read more
Two missions ‘are supportive of each other’, says agency’s new head after Trump signed directive aimed at returning to moonThe US effort to return to the moon will not undermine its mission to be the first country to put a human on Mars, the new head of Nasa insisted on Read more
EastEnders star has been taking medication to help manage the condition, Scott Mitchell says Via: Dame Barbara Windsor diagnosed with Alzheimer's, husband says
More than 800 students call for civil standard of proof to be applied in disciplinary casesThe University of Cambridge is considering lowering the standard of proof in disciplinary cases under pressure from students after it admitted it has a significant problem with sexual misconduct.More than 800 students wrote an open Read more
Some 5m people are now self-employed, accounting for 15 per cent of the British workforce Via: Universal credit reforms risk 'crushing' hopes of self-employed people, warn MPs
More than 80 charities urge Jeremy Hunt to fix 'broken' adult social care system after report shows thousands of disabled people struggling without basic care and support as NHS 'picks up the bill' Via: 'I've been wearing the same pyjamas all year': Plight of care home residents laid bare in Read more
Potential yield worth between £9,000 and £25,000, say prosecutors Via: Parents of acid attacker Arthur Collins appear in court accused of growing cannabis
UK negotiators say continued full participation in Galieo is a 'test case' for close cooperation on security Via: UK threatens less security cooperation with EU if locked out of Galileo satellite system after Brexit
‘I did not want my rape spoken about over breakfast cereal on the Today show. I’d heard about Matt Lauer. You can’t tell me the people at the top of NBC aren’t aware. Come on said Rose Via: Rose McGowan says she knew about Matt Lauer and killed Ronan Farrow Read more