Emer MoreauBusiness reporter Getty Images The report said that a 22-year-old who falls out of work for health reasons could lose out on £1m over the course of their lifetime. The number of sick and disabled people out of work is putting the UK at risk of an “economic inactivity crisis” that threatens the country’s […]
Getty Images The Assynt estate was taken into community ownership 20 years ago MSPs are set to vote on legislation which could allow the government to intervene in private land sales and require for large estates to be broken up. Ministers say they want to address the high concentration of land ownership in the hands […]
Ana Faguy and Sakshi Venkatraman,New York Watch: ‘Hard’ to send money to New York City if Mamdani wins mayoral race, Trump says US President Donald Trump has endorsed Andrew Cuomo in the New York City mayor’s race, urging voters not to elect left-wing front-runner Zohran Mamdani. “Whether you personally like Andrew Cuomo or not, you […]
Daniela Relph,Senior royal correspondent, Rio de Janeiro and John Hand William plays football with children at iconic Maracana stadium The Prince of Wales was presented with the keys to Rio de Janeiro as he began a five-day visit to Brazil. Prince William was on the city’s Sugarloaf Mountain, with a bird’s eye view of the […]
Kevin KeaneEnvironment, energy and rural affairs correspondent, BBC Scotland BBC Farmer Johnnie Balfour says there needs to be a more nuanced approach to climate change Johnnie Balfour farms a 300-strong herd of Aberdeen Angus – and is planning to expand operations. Cattle are notoriously the most planet-warming, methane-emitting of all the farmed animals. But Johnnie’s […]
Azadeh MoshiriPakistan Correspondent BBC Floods have swept across Pakistan, hitting urban and rural areas, including the capital of Punjab, Lahore Rescuers and relatives searched knee-deep in water for the body of one-year-old Zara. She’d been swept away by flash floods; the bodies of her parents and three siblings had already been found days earlier. “We […]
Getty Images Thousands of people from some of Scotland’s most deprived areas are to be offered free weight-loss jabs as part of government-funded research. Up to 5,000 people in Scotland will take the injections as part of the multi-million pound study being led by Glasgow University. The findings will provide insight into the lives of […]
Angie BrownEdinburgh and East reporter Kat Denisi Kat is now cancer-free but is now struggling with the symptoms of medically-induced menopause When Kat Denisi was diagnosed with breast cancer at 32 she was put into a medically-induced menopause to stop her hormones fuelling the tumour. The set designer also underwent radiotherapy, which left her with […]
Available for over a year What’s been called the storm of the century – Hurricane Melissa – has barrelled through Jamaica, Cuba, and the Bahamas over the past two days. Hannah Cloke, Professor of Hydrology at the University of Reading, explains whether Melissa was caused – or made worse – by human-made climate change. As […]
Israel has received via the Red Cross in Gaza two coffins which the Palestinian armed group Hamas says contain the bodies of deceased hostages, according to the Israeli prime minister’s office. Israeli forces will now transfer the bodies to the National Centre of Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv for identification. Hamas’s armed wing announced earlier […]