Jake Levison

6 days ago | mkfm.com | Jake Levison

The ban on selling or supplying disposable vapes, announced in January last year, applies both in shops and online. Vapes have skyrocketed in popularity in recent years, with usage growing by more than 400% between 2012 and 2023, according to the government. But why is the government cracking down on disposable ones, what are the punishments for continuing to sell them - and could there be wider vape bans in the future? Why are disposable vapes being banned?

2 weeks ago | manxradio.com | Jake Levison

The ban on selling or supplying disposable vapes, announced in January last year, applies both in shops and online. Vapes have skyrocketed in popularity in recent years, with usage growing by more than 400% between 2012 and 2023, according to the government. But why is the government cracking down on disposable ones, what are the punishments for continuing to sell them - and could there be wider vape bans in the future? Why are disposable vapes being banned?

2 weeks ago | news.sky.com | Jake Levison

The new-look FIFA Club World Cup is coming this summer, bringing together some of the biggest teams from across the globe - including two Premier League sides - for a huge prize pot. A completely different format is being used this year, featuring 32 teams instead of seven, and kicking off a new rotation where the tournament will take place every four years instead of annually. But how does the tournament work, which teams are involved and why has it been controversial? What is the Club World Cup?

3 weeks ago | three.fm | Jake Levison

Lyle Menendez, 56, and his 53-year-old brother Erik have spent 35 years behind bars for the shotgun murders of their father and mother, Jose and Kitty Menendez. The brothers have claimed that their parents abused them and have argued that the killings were an act of self-defence. A Netflix drama series about the brothers called Monsters, which aired in September, thrust them back into the spotlight and led to renewed calls for their release, including from their family.

1 month ago | news.sky.com | Jake Levison

Irish band Kneecap have had a meteoric rise in the music industry, with tens of millions of streams on Spotify alone and widespread critical acclaim. The trio's genre-bending rap/hip hop tracks, performed in a mixture of English and Irish-language, have clearly resonated with a mainstream audience, but their many controversial moments - some of them seemingly intentional - have helped them hit such heights. Here's what you need to know about the band and their most notorious moments.