Getty Images Warnings of a “painful” Budget tend to mean hefty tax rises are looming. Chancellor Rachel Reeves claims she needs to find £22bn to mend a “black hole” in the public purse. At the same time, she is pledging to end austerity and spend money on things like hospitals and roads, which are crucial […]
BBC Ritchie Conaghan, of the Girvan and District Great War Project, worked for 10 years to trace the families of the two sailors Two local historians from South Ayrshire have toiled for 10 years to give 31 fallen French sailors a fitting memorial. Ritchie and Lorna Conaghan were determined to track down the families of […]
Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images Lawyers representing children who developed long-term pain and injury after operations at Great Ormond Street Hospital have criticised a heavily redacted report carried out for the trust. More than 700 cases linked to the surgeon Yaser Jabbar are being reviewed including some involving leg lengthening and straightening. Some of the […]
BBC Amber Isle was created by Jordan Bradley from her flat during lockdown A childhood love of dinosaurs and a lockdown idea led Jordan Bradley to develop what she hopes will be a hit video game. “Dinosaurs have been an absolute obsession of mine ever since I was a small child,” she told BBC News […]
P&O Ferries owner, DP World, will now attend the UK’s investment summit on Monday, despite a row over a minister’s criticism of the firm. It had been feared they might pull out from the summit – where they were expected to announce a £1bn investment – after Transport Secretary Louise Haigh criticised the ferry firm […]
Tom Brady, a surefire future Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee and arguably the greatest player in NFL history, could be on the precipice of NFL ownership. Brady and businessman Tom Wagner, the co-founder of Knighthead Capital Management, came to an agreement with Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis to buy into the franchise last […]
NASA/ISS Hurricanes Helene and Milton – which have devastated parts of the south-east United States – have bookended an exceptionally busy period of tropical storms. In less than two weeks, five hurricanes formed, which is not far off what the Atlantic would typically get in an entire year. The storms were powerful, gaining strength with […]
The Department of Justice is photographed on June 8, 2023. The department has brought a suit against Virginia election officials that accuses the state of striking names from voter rolls in violation of U.S. law. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP/AP hide caption toggle caption Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP/AP RICHMOND, Va. — The U.S. Department of Justice filed a […]
Sport360X & Sports Mania tipped-off the 2024/25 edition of Dubai Open for Basketball Academies – DOBA; the ultimate youth basketball league that gathers UAE basketball academies. This championship is under the supervision of Dubai Sports Council and UAE Basketball Association. DOBA is divided into two sub-leagues: Division 1 & Division 2 for Boys and Girls […]
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Nihon Hidankyo, the Japanese atomic bomb survivors group, has won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize “for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons”. The group received the honour “for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again,” said Jorgen Watne Frydnes, the chair of the […]