Faith-based entertainment is booming, thanks to a ready-made audience and the backing of the American right. The TV series The Chosen, with Jonathan Roumie playing Christ, claims to have reached more than a quarter of a billion viewers. And this is jus...

AA says ‘cash-guzzling’ councils are adding clean-air levies to parking tariffs and resident parking permitsDrivers are being caught out by hefty price rises to park their cars, as councils across England impose parking surcharges on petrol and diesel ...

Switzerland is leading the world in purifying its water of micropollutants, a concoction of chemicals often found in bodies of water that look crystal clear. They include common medicines like antidepressants and antihistamines, but have unknown and po...

The IEA forecast indicates a sharp rise in the requirements of AI, but said threat to the climate was ‘overstated’The global rush to AI technology will require almost as much energy by the end of this decade as Japan uses today, but only about half of ...

Head of National Education Union calls for statutory ban on phones in schools and social media ban for under-16sAlmost all schools in England have banned mobile phone use by pupils, according to the first national survey conducted, as the leader of the...

Why have the city’s bin collectors gone on strike? Jessica Murray reports“It’s been absolutely unbelievable,” William Timms, a pest controller, tells Hannah Moore.“Since March, calls have gone up 50%. Usually, I’m dealing with about three or four roden...