In the 1980s, you could buy a publication offering detailed advice about how to prepare for nuclear war – it makes for timely, fascinating and occasionally morbid reading. If you were to browse a British newsstand in the early 1980s, you might have discovered a rather unusual magazine. Called Protect & Survive Monthly or “PSM”, it aimed to teach people how to survive the almost unthinkable – nucle
BBC newsreader Peter Donaldson, who has died aged 70, was to have been the voice of radio bulletins in the event of a nuclear attack. What would have gone out on the UK's airwaves if the Cold War had turned hot? "This is the Wartime Broadcasting Service. This country has been attacked with nuclear weapons. Communications have been severely disrupted, and the number of casualties and the extent of
For the first time, the BBC has given detailed access to the plans it drew up in the Cold War for a Wartime Broadcasting System to operate in the event of nuclear war. Paul Reynolds, a former BBC diplomatic and foreign correspondent, has been studying the secrets of what was known as the "War Book". The War Book reveals a world of meticulous BBC planning. The Wartime Broadcasting System (WTBS) - r
Unqualified medics, popularly known as quacks, are routinely arrested in India for posing as doctors. But a charity is now trying to train them in primary medical care. Atish Patel explains why. Sanjoy Mondal opened his small clinic with just a desk and a few plastic chairs in eastern India 15 years ago, after a short stint assisting a doctor working at a government hospital. Although he has not s
Japanese firm unveils 'virtual wife' to battle lonelinessClose Japanese firm Vinclu is releasing a new smart home device that doubles up as a "virtual wife" for lonely men. The Gatebox, targeted at single young men, features a holographic character that talks and even texts you. The device won't be on the market until late 2017, but it's already prompted mixed reactions.
Karipbek Kuyukov says he is disappointed he could not enter the UK A Kazakh artist who was born without arms says he could not get permission to enter the UK last month because he could not give fingerprints.
Outdoor air pollution is contributing to about 40,000 early deaths a year in the UK, say the Royal Colleges of Physicians and of Paediatrics and Child Health, external. They say diesel emissions have been poorly controlled. And indoor air pollution has been overlooked. Tobacco still poses the biggest indoor threat, but wood-burning stoves, cleaning products and air fresheners can contribute. Mould
Chris Oakley envisages the Wylfa site as a Fata Morgana, a complex form of mirage that is seen in a narrow band above the horizon The closure and decommissioning of the last working Magnox nuclear reactor in the world has inspired an art exhibition. The nuclear plant at Wylfa on Anglesey was shut down in December. Over the two years leading up to the closure, the artist group X-10 has been creatin
The NHS says there's "no good-quality evidence", external that homeopathy is effective as a treatment for any health condition, yet it funds it. Why and to what extent? Homeopathy is an extremely controversial issue - so it's no surprise it came top of our poll of readers when we asked what they would like us to investigate. The Department of Health doesn't hold any figures for England - nor do th
While some Trump supporters remain loyal, others are changing their vote More senior Republicans have withdrawn support for US presidential candidate Donald Trump after his obscene remarks about women became public. At least a dozen Republicans have said they will not be voting for him, since the comments emerged on Friday. Mr Trump says he will never drop out of the race to be president and will
Hundreds of tributes have been laid on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice Five people believed to be linked to the man who killed 84 people in Nice are in police custody, the Paris prosecutor's office says. Three arrests were made on Saturday and two on Friday, including the man's estranged wife, Le Monde reported, external. Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel drove a lorry into crowds marking Bastille Day o
At least 84 people have been killed, including more than 10 children, after a lorry slammed through a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in the southern French city of Nice. The driver ploughed on for 2km (1.2 miles) on the Promenade des Anglais at about 23:00 local time on Thursday, before being shot dead by police. Witnesses say the lorry swerved in an apparent attempt to hit more people. Guns and a
At least 125 people have been killed and about 150 injured in an explosion claimed by the so-called Islamic State group in Baghdad, Iraqi police say. A car bomb exploded on a busy street in the Karrada district late on Saturday. The mainly Shia area was busy with shoppers late at night because it is the holy month of Ramadan. Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi was met by angry crowds while visiting the scen
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