Image copyright Colin O’Brady Image caption Colin O’Brady’s Instagram page features a daily selfie of his chores, such as securing his tent each night A 33-year-old American man has become the first person to cross Antarctica alone and unassisted. Explorer Colin O’Brady finished in 53 days, ahead of British Army Captain Louis Rudd, 49, after …
Image caption Vern Unsworth (R) helped bring top international cave rescuers to the mission, including Rob Harper (L) Elon Musk is seeking to dismiss a defamation claim by saying that “over-the-top” paedophilia claims he tweeted should not be taken seriously. He is being sued by Vern Unsworth, who aided the rescue of 12 boys from …
Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Image caption Japan will be free to hunt whales like the minke for commercial purposes from July onwards Japan says it is to restart commercial whaling in July in a move that is likely to draw international criticism. It said it would withdraw from the International Whaling Commission (IWC), the body …
Image caption Staff at the firm’s base in Shotts were told on Thursday morning they were being made redundant Workers at a troubled clinical waste firm in North Lanarkshire have been handed redundancy notices. Healthcare Environmental Services (HES) told staff they were being made redundant with “immediate effect”. In a letter given to employees, managing …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption There are still fears that another eruption could happen The alert level for Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano has been raised to the second-highest level possible, after a series of eruptions. All flights around the volcano have been rerouted and a 5km (three-mile) exclusion zone has also been imposed. Indonesia’s …
Image copyright BAE Systems/PA Image caption Prime Minister Theresa May said she was “delighted” 700 young people would get a “kick-start” to their careers BAE Systems plans to recruit nearly 700 apprentices in 2019, up by almost a third on this year. The defence firm said the new recruits would join its air, land and …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Jeffree Star is one of the top social media influencers in the beauty industry Most shoppers do not trust social media influencers, a survey has indicated. In the research for BBC Radio 4, 82% of people who took part said it was not always clear when an influencer had …
Image copyright Google A majority stake in Gatwick Airport is to be sold to French operator Vinci Airports for £2.9bn. Vinci Airports, part of infrastructure group Vinci, will buy 50.01% of the UK’s second-busiest airport. The other 49.99% will be managed by current owners Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP). The airport was closed in the run-up …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Margrethe Vestager ordered Google to pay a record-sized fine this year Data abuse has “darkened” technology’s potential, the EU’s Competition Commissioner has warned. In an interview for the BBC’s Today programme Margrethe Vestager criticised the tech giants for misusing data and failing to respect citizens’s rights. New EU rules …
Did you get an Amazon Alexa for Christmas? Well spare a thought for all those people in the world who share their name with the digital assistant. Here they tell us the annoying things about having such a famous name. Video produced by Matt Wareham. Follow Newsbeat on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. Listen to Newsbeat …