3D Printed Guns
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The planned release of blueprints which would have allowed owners of 3D printers to create their own home-made guns, has been blocked by a federal judge in the US.
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The miracle of the Thai cave boys
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In an age of bad-news stories, the tale of how a co-ordinated international effort led to the rescue of 12 Thai teenagers and their coach from a flooded cave network has gripped and inspired the world.
Read More‘Sex education ban’ school rated inadequate by Ofsted
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A school which bans sex education, and cuts passages which offend its religious beliefs from books, has been given an ‘Inadequate’ status by Ofsted.
Read MoreSimon Cowell ditches his phone... will others follow?
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TV talent show mogul and cultural icon Simon Cowell has revealed that he has not used a smartphone for the past ten months, and he’s part of a growing trend of people rejecting the rapid advance of technology in order to preserve their own sanity.
Read MoreA primary-age mental health crisis?
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The NSPCC are reporting a sharp rise in the numbers of children under 11 who have been referred for mental health treatment by schools.
Read MorePeace in Korea?
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After months of worrying stories about the activities of North Korea and its apparently warmongering leader Kim Jong-un, there is suddenly a renewed sense of international optimism about the country... thanks to the work of some unlikely players.
Read MoreThe US, UK and France bomb Syria
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A coalition of forces from America, the UK and France carried out military strikes against Syria after its president ordered the use of chemical weapons on his own people. With Syria closely allied to Russia, many are concerned that the situation is edging dangerously close to global catastrophe.
Read MoreFacebook data breach
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Social media giant Facebook allegedly ‘lost sight’ of its users’ data once it had been accessed by external ‘apps.’ As a result the company is under investigation in the UK, and under pressure around the world, for not taking its data protection responsibilities seriously enough.
Read MoreDoping scandal hits British cycling
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A new parliamentary report on combatting doping in British sport has made a series of allegations about British cycling, and particularly its heroic talisman Sir Bradley Wiggins.
Read MoreOxfam Haiti scandal
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The UK Government has said it will review its £32 million annual funding of Oxfam, after the charity became embroiled in a sexual misconduct scandal. A journalistic investigation by The Times revealed that several of its aid workers used prostitutes in Haiti, in the immediate aftermath of the 2010 earthquake.
Read MoreLarry Nassar sentenced to 175 years in prison
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After 156 women stepped forward to report crimes of abuse, a former doctor to the US Olympic gymnastic team has been jailed for 175 years. But questions remain about why it took so long for him to be stopped – and for justice to be served.
Read MoreA time of great uncertainty
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Although the rise of President Trump and his escalating war of words with North Korea has amused many and even pleased some, it remains one of the key destabilising factors in a global picture characterised by war, poverty and worrying political trends...
Read MoreChildren and pensioners in poverty
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New statistics suggest that nearly three-quarters of a million more people outside of the working age have fallen into relative poverty in the UK in the last four years.
Read MoreCrisis in Zimbabwe
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An unfolding situation in Zimbabwe means that President Robert Mugabe’s grip on power has finally weakened...
Read MoreThe Paradise Papers
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The accounting of the super-rich – including the Queen – has been thrust under the public spotlight thanks to a huge leak from inside an offshore accounting firm...
Read MoreHarvey Weinstein scandal
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Hollywood has been rocked by a series of allegations against film mogul Harvey Weinstein – the man behind many of the biggest films of the last three decades.
Read More‘Racist’ Dove adverts
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The cosmetics firm Dove has come under fire after releasing an advert which appeared to show a black woman becoming white after using the company’s soap.
Read MoreRise of nationalism in Germany
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In the German parliamentary election, Chancellor Angela Merkel won a fourth term in office, but suffered severe losses.
Read MoreHurricane Irma, and a year of colossal environmental disaster in the US
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After creating havoc in Central America, the massive Hurricane Irma tore across Florida in the USA, causing huge damage.
Read MoreA new ‘right to be forgotten’?
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The British Government are proposing tough new data protection rules which mean people could ask for their personal data and items that they posted online when they were younger to be deleted.
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