12 March 2026

Henry de Bromhead celebrates his first winner of the 2026 Cheltenham Festival as Heart Wood triumphs in the Ryanair Chase on day three. Listen to Situationships with Sophie and Christine on BBC Sounds ...

Churchill and Austen to be replaced by wildlife on British banknotes

Winston Churchill, disliked in India for his role in the 1943 Bengal famine, and Jane Austen will no longer feature on .
The NationOpinion

What Will Be Left After the University of Texas Destroys Itself?

UT-Austin has collapsed its race, ethnic, and gender studies into a single program while a new policy asks faculty to avoid ...
Phys.org

Thousands of dead puffins are washing up on Europe's beaches—why it's been such a dangerous winter for seabirds

February 2026 has seen thousands of dead seabirds washing up along the coastlines of the UK, France, Spain and Portugal. There's evidence that these "wrecks" (where large numbers of seabirds are found ...
NBC News

A new U.S. attack on Iran could risk large-scale retaliation

WASHINGTON — Although weakened and facing a domestic crisis, Iran’s regime still has substantial firepower that could inflict damage on American interests and allies in the region, disrupt the global ...
The New York Times

Iran Could Direct Proxies to Attack U.S. Targets Abroad, Officials Warn

Security officials are monitoring increasingly worrisome signs as President Trump considers another military campaign against Iran. By Eric Schmitt Reporting from Washington U.S. and other Western ...
Newsweek

Map Shows Places With Most Shark Attacks as Fatal Bites Increase

Shark attacks worldwide returned to near-average levels in 2025, but fatalities climbed higher than usual, newly released figures show. The Florida Museum of Natural History’s International Shark ...
WAPT

Cyberattack cripples UMMC systems, forces clinic closures

A cyber attack at the University of Mississippi Medical Center has taken down many of the hospital's systems.UMMC officials said the attack has affected access to the hospital's electronic medical ...
Los Angeles Times

When it comes to shark attacks, there’s a grim reason California stands out in the U.S.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Shark attacks returned to near-average levels in 2025 after a dip the previous year, according to the latest ...
Government Technology

Cyber Attacks on Schools Plateaued in 2025, but More Records Exposed

Ransomware attacks against schools and universities held relatively steady in 2025, but the scale of data exposure rose sharply, driven in part by third-party software vulnerabilities and a handful of ...
TechRepublic

Ransomware Groups Claimed 2,000 Attacks in Just Three Months

Ransomware may no longer dominate daily headlines, but it has hardly retreated. While public attention shifted to the rapid rise of artificial intelligence, ransomware groups accelerated their ...