Increasingly warm and sunny weather over the last half century – driven in part by climate change – has helped some British butterfly species to flourish, according to one of the world's biggest insect monitoring schemes. But the overall picture is more troubling. Data collected over half a century shows …

'I'm not being listened to' - new health plan launched as women say they are still ignored Zoe Trafford often had to play the role of agony aunt to her customers. But the hairdresser in Liverpool told the BBC there came a point when the roles had to be reversed …

A government loan scheme for first-time home buyers in England mostly helped higher earners in areas where homes are cheaper, a major think tank has said. The Help to Buy scheme which was introduced in England in 2013 by the Conservative government also had "limited impact" on social mobility, according …

The government is simultaneously confronting the economic consequences of the war in Iran, as spelt out starkly by the International Monetary Fund and the sharpening of arguments from some, including former Nato secretary general Lord Robertson, that the war is evidence defence spending needs to go up more and more …

Immigration advisers are encouraging migrants to cheat the asylum system, with some helping migrants to pose as gay to get asylum in the UK, a BBC investigation has found. A BBC reporter, posing as a former student wanting to remain in the UK, met one of those advisers, Tanisa Khan. …

Billy Kenber ,Politics investigations correspondentand Phil Kemp ,Politics reporter A shadow industry of law firms and advisers is charging thousands of pounds to help migrants pretend to be gay in order to stay in the UK, the BBC has found. In the first part of a major undercover investigation, we …

For all the hype about data centers in space, there just aren’t very many GPUs up there. As that starts to change, the near-term business of orbital compute is starting to take shape. The largest compute cluster currently in orbit was launched by Canada’s Kepler Communications in January, and boasts …

Roblox is introducing new account types designed to give kids and younger teens age-appropriate access to chat and games, the company announced on Monday. The move comes as Roblox implemented mandatory age checks in January for all users who want to access chats. The same age-check technology will be used …

Jeff Bezos-backed electric vehicle startup Slate Auto has raised another $650 million as the company prepares to put its first affordable pickup trucks into production by the end of 2026. The carmaker said Monday that the Series C funding round was led by TWG Global, a firm run by Guggenheim …

Hackers have reportedly stolen data from at least a dozen companies following a breach at business monitoring software maker Anodot, leaving its customers exposed to extortion and at risk of having their data published online. Bleeping Computer, among the first to report the Anodot breach, and BBC News both reported …