Lewis Adams & Stuart Woodward BBC News, Essex Stuart Woodward/BBC Jackie Thacker says her heart has been broken by plans for the Lower Thames Crossing The Lower Thames Crossing will become the largest road tunnel in the UK and is described by National Highways as “the most significant road project in a generation”. But what […]
Munaza Rafiq Disability producer BBC / Emma Lynch “I was sobbing as I was put to sleep, and I was sobbing when I woke up.” This is the painful memory Dani Czernuszka-Watt replays in her mind as she remembers going for the abortion she never wanted to have. Dani was told she would have to […]
A towering statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is removed in Richmond, Va., in September 2021. It was one of many monuments and statues to Confederate leaders removed or relocated following protests after George Floyd’s murder in 2020. Steve Helber/AP hide caption toggle caption Steve Helber/AP President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday […]
Easter egg prices have risen by as much as 50% compared to last year, while some have shrunk in size, according to an investigation by Which?. The price of chocolate has risen by 16.5% in a year, outpacing an overall 4.4% increase in the cost of supermarket food and drink, the consumer group says. Meanwhile, […]
The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, abruptly resigned Friday, saying in a searing letter that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s aggressive stance on vaccines was irresponsible and posed a danger to the public. “It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the secretary, but rather […]
BERLIN, Germany — In the Estrel Hotel, a 20-minute drive to the southeast of the German capital, in a room filled with 160 numbered desks, officials from more than 300 clubs and representatives of more than 80 agencies are gathered to talk transfers. There are owners and general managers, sporting directors and scouts, agents and […]
The City of Fort Worth, Texas, is ending its contract with Synagro, the Goldman Sachs-backed provider of fertilizer made from sewage sludge, over concerns that “forever chemicals” in the fertilizer are contaminating local farmland and groundwater. Fort Worth this month also sued several manufacturers of the chemicals, also called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS, […]
President Trump on Friday commuted the sentence of Carlos Watson, a co-founder of the now-defunct digital media company Ozy Media, on the day he was set to surrender to prison, three people familiar with the matter said. Mr. Watson was sentenced in December to almost 10 years in prison for trying to defraud investors and […]
David Dimbleby Presenter, Invisible Hands, BBC Radio 4 BBC I remember 1974 well. With inflation on the rise, the government had been locked in battle with trade unions over worker pay. The government appeared paralysed: stand up to the miners and strikes could shut down the power system, but give in and pay them more […]
Luke Shaw has returned to training with Manchester United after nearly four months on the sidelines. Shaw trained with Ruben Amorim’s squad at Carrington on Friday morning. He hasn’t featured since the 4-0 win over Everton on Dec. 1 because of an unspecified muscle injury. The 29-year-old has only made three appearances for United since […]