The Latest Breaking News from Countdown

The former Countdown star has some strong thoughts on Rishi Sunak's plan to tackle innumeracy in England after years spent promoting maths at all levels

The former Countdown presenter said there "is no stopping her" as she looked ahead to the future

From a 9-year old Scrabble prodigy to the UK jigsaw champion, we asked master gamers and puzzlers to reveal their secrets

Edward, from Booterstown, went head to head with champ Tom Stevenson and ended the game with a score of 91 to Tom’s 106.

Edward, a civil servant from Booterstown, qualified for the finals of series 86 on the show as Number 2 seed

New research finds up to one in five New Zealanders now prefers a plant-based diet – eliciting a bloody-minded response from the meat industry. Jonathan Milne reports.

From fertiliser to grow the grass on our dairy farms, through to supermarkets' profit margins, we investigate the different costs contributing to the $1 rise in a simple two-litre bottle of milk.

The BBC Radio 1 presenter who grew up in Heaton was congratulated by her former Strictly Come Dancing co-stars as she shared the news

Radio 1 DJ Vick Hope will be appearing on our TV screens more often, as the former Strictly Come Dancing contestant announces her latest career achievement with fans and famous friends

The introduction of the long-awaited Therapeutic Products Bill has excluded changing the rules on pharmacy ownership but Andrew Little told Newsroom he’ll keep an open mind. 

The latest Lancet Countdown report, which monitors the health consequences of climate change, highlights the need to prepare for future calamities. Even as Covid-19 continues to spread, a recent study suggests that the likelihood of another pandemic increases by 2% each year. In the coming decades, the interplay between the…