Jonah Fisher Environment correspondent Getty Images About 3.5 million tonnes of sewage sludge, that’s enough to fill nearly 900 Olympic sized swimming pools are spread of farmers fields in England and Wales each year. Successive governments have failed to deal with the threat posed by spreading sewage sludge containing toxic chemicals on farmers’ fields, a […]
This is a team Bellamy has built in his image. They are daring, adventurous, unafraid to lose in the pursuit of glory. To sit back and play for a draw is not in their make-up, Bellamy said beforehand, and Wales backed that up with a momentous performance to roar back from 3-0 down to level. […]
A ban on a “destructive” type of fishing that drags large nets along the seafloor could be extended across English waters, the government has said. The proposal would expand the ban on bottom trawling from 18,000km2 to 48,000km2 (around 18,500 sq miles) of the UK’s offshore areas that are already designated as protected. The plan […]
Mary McCool BBC Scotland News BBC Kirsty Buchan posted pictures describing herself as a “good teacher gone bad” A former physics teacher whose sexually explicit OnlyFans profile was seen by school pupils has been struck off. Kirsty Buchan, from Coatbridge in North Lanarkshire, posted pictures of herself using the pseudonym Jessica Jackrabbit, and described herself […]
Tehran indicates it will not accept the US proposal made during the fifth round of talks last month. Iran will soon present a counterproposal for a nuclear deal to the United States, according to its Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Esmaeil Baghaei, the ministry’s spokesman, told a weekly news conference on Monday that Iran was not […]
Family photo Matthew’s father, pictured as a baby in the late 1940s Matthew’s dad had brown eyes and black hair. His grandparents had piercing blue eyes. There was a running joke in his family that “dad looked nothing like his parents”, the teacher from southern England says. It turned out there was a very good […]
National Guard soldiers and US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Police officers clash with demonstrators outside the Metropolitan Detention Center, MDC, in downtown Los Angeles, California on June 8, 2025. Frederic J. Brown/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Frederic J. Brown/Getty Images National Guard soldiers and US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Police officers clash […]
Angela Ferguson & Rachael Lazaro BBC News, Manchester JMG Press Forensics are on scene outside the Fairway Inn pub in New Moston A murder investigation has been launched after a teenage boy died in north Manchester. Officers, paramedics and the air ambulance were called to Nevin Road in the New Moston area of Manchester at […]
UK government plans major defence reforms at the cost of welfare programmes, drawing public anger. Under the slogan “welfare not warfare”, protesters have come out in force in London, objecting to the British government’s plans to increase military spending while cutting back on social support. Like its European allies in NATO, the United Kingdom is […]
President Donald Trump, center, and Vice President JD Vance, right, and Elon Musk met backstage prior to a presidential campaign event at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pa., on Oct. 5, 2024. Bloomberg/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Bloomberg/Getty Images Vice President Vance says he’s “loyal” to President Trump, but also voiced praise for […]