Nicky Harley

Nicky Harley

Journalist


A Palestinian farmer collects wheat stalks during the annual harvest in Khuza'a, east of Khan Yunis. Getty Images
Can the Middle East’s ancient wheat save the world’s crops from climate change?

Legacy of century-old wheat collection is at heart of research creating future food security

September 06, 2024, 6:00 PM
Scientists have discovered a way to make skin transparent using yellow food dye. Photo: US National Science Foundation
Common food dye can make skin 'invisible' in groundbreaking technique

Skin and muscle can be made temporarily transparent, leading to hope for improved cancer treatments

September 05, 2024, 6:00 PM
A Muslim woman waits for Friday prayers in Liverpool, one of the cities where race riots broke out this month. Reuters
British Muslim women living in fear as hate surges after riots

Females are scared to wear the hijab or even leave their homes after widespread UK unrest

August 30, 2024, 6:00 PM
The burning of a Quran in Sweden in 2022 led to widespread protests in Muslim nations. AFP
Sweden charges three men with hate crimes over burning of Quran

Right-wing protester Rasmus Paludan and two others face up to two years in prison if convicted

August 28, 2024, 12:21 PM
A group of people, one of them in a wheelchair, are brought ashore in Dover, Kent, from a Border Force vessel. PA Wire
Child given a wheelchair as Channel migrants arrive in UK

They are the first arrivals since more than 200 people made the journey on one day last week

August 27, 2024, 4:22 PM
Pavel Durov faces allegations of links to organised crime. Getty Images
Russia blasts French probe into Telegram boss Pavel Durov

President Emmanuel Macron has pushed back against Russian accusations that Paris wants to limit free speech

August 27, 2024, 11:11 AM
Police are investigating an explosion outside a synagogue in La Grande-Motte, in the south of France. AFP
French police officer hurt in suspected arson attack at synagogue

A blazing car exploded in the car park of Beth Yaacov synagogue in the coastal town of La Grande-Motte

August 24, 2024, 10:53 AM
Rescuers are continuing to investigate the sinking of a luxury yacht off Porticello, near the Sicilian city of Palermo, Italy.  Reuters
Manslaughter investigation launched over Mike Lynch luxury yacht sinking

The British technology magnate and six other people were killed when the yacht sank off Sicily

August 24, 2024, 10:15 AM
Members of a special police unit escort a man suspected to be responsible for the Solingen knife attack from a helicopter to the office of the Federal Prosecutor in Karlsruhe, southern Germany. Reuters
Man surrenders and confesses to Germany knife attack

Police say a 26-year-old Syrian has admitted to the mass stabbing in the western German city of Solingen that killed three people and injured eight

August 24, 2024, 5:21 AM
A protest by Oxfam against Britain supplying weapons to Israel, in London in July. Getty Images
Foreign Office whistleblowing policy under fire on Israel arms sales

Lawyers demand more protection for informants after diplomat resigns in protest at approach to Gaza-Israel war

August 21, 2024, 3:12 PM
Study visa applications are down by almost 40 per cent this year, the Home Office says. PA
UK government urged to lift restrictions on student visas

All options must be on the table, says higher education watchdog

August 18, 2024, 1:28 PM
British Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said action against extremism strategy had been 'hollowed out' under the previous government. EPA
UK launches rapid overhaul of extremism strategy after riots

New project will look at threats posed by radical ideologies and gaps in the system

August 18, 2024, 12:10 PM
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy, left, meeting Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz. Bloomberg
UK and French ministers fear 'full-scale' Middle East war

Lammy and Sejourne say region facing pivotal moment amid growing tension between Israel and Iran

August 18, 2024, 11:17 AM
Zainab Benkura,18, a student at Harris Academy St John's Wood, collects her A-level results in London on August 15.  Reuters
Shadow over British universities as overseas students look elsewhere

Rising fees, visa changes and global competition are posing difficult questions for the country's seats of learning

August 16, 2024, 6:00 PM
A vehicle destroyed in the fighting in Russia's Kursk region. EPA
'Clock is ticking' for Putin to respond to Ukraine's incursion

Kursk assault is the largest into Russia by a foreign military since the Second World War

August 16, 2024, 5:17 PM