UK approves embryo ‘gene editing’
UK scientists win permission to genetically modify human embryos for the first time. BBC News – UK
UK scientists win permission to genetically modify human embryos for the first time. BBC News – UK
David Cameron asks a Labour MP to examine why black offenders are more likely to be jailed than white offenders in English and Welsh courts. BBC News – UK
UK mother Tareena Shakil, who took her toddler son to Syria, is found guilty of joining the so-called Islamic State and encouraging terror. BBC News – UK
The UK is to accept more unaccompanied child refugees from Syria and other conflict zones – but the government has not said how many. BBC News – UK
Tesco “knowingly delayed paying money to suppliers in order to improve its own financial position”, the supermarket ombudsman has found. BBC News – UK
Explorer Henry Worsley dies after suffering exhaustion and dehydration during a solo attempt to cross Antarctica. BBC News – UK