George King BBC News, Suffolk Getty Images Work to build Sizewell C is expected to create nearly 8,000 jobs The construction of the Sizewell C nuclear power plant on the Suffolk coast is a key part of the government’s growth programme. But some locals fear being forced out, accusing landlords of cashing in on a […]
Lucy Hooker & Charlotte Edwards & Tom Espiner Getty Images It is being dubbed “awful April” with a range of household bills set to go up in the next few days. There is nothing much you can do if your council tax is increasing, or you are buying a house and facing a higher stamp […]
Tamasin Ford BBC Global Disinformation Unit and Africa Eye Undercover footage shows Dr Kelvin Alaneme explaining how he sells UK jobs to foreign nationals Recruitment agents who scam foreign nationals applying to work in the UK care sector have been exposed by BBC secret filming. One of the rogue agents is a Nigerian doctor who […]
Thomas Vilgis, a food physicist at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Germany, has been in love with foie gras for a quarter century. The luxurious delicacy is a pâté or mousse made from the rich, fattened livers of ducks or geese. “It’s something really extraordinary,” Dr. Vilgis said, recalling his early encounters […]
SAN FRANCISCO — In summer 2022, the new Florida men’s basketball staff had zero wins, an auspicious but limited track record and one guarantee: Thomas Haugh, the lanky three-star recruit in the practice gym, was not leaving Gainesville without plans to come back. He was possibly the only human ever to be both a native […]
Donald Trump hints at exploring paths to a third term as United States president despite constitutional limits. US President Donald Trump has said he is “not joking” about seeking a third term in office, which is barred by the United States Constitution. Speaking in a phone interview with NBC News on Sunday, Trump directly addressed […]
Alarms sound as staff deal with medical emergencies in The Thistle’s using space Chris Clements BBC Disclosure The alarm is sounding in the UK’s first drug consumption room. A man in his 30s has overdosed in the “using space” – a room in the Glasgow facility where nurses supervise injections in eight booths. He had […]
Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani Letter from Africa series, Abuja Charterhouse For many years, well-off Nigerians have sent their children to prestigious British boarding schools – but now some of those institutions are setting up campuses in Africa’s most populous nation. Last year, Charterhouse launched a primary school in the city of Lagos and will open a […]
At the end of a week when the true impact of Hollywood coming to Wrexham was laid bare by a balance sheet containing almost as many new records as music store HMV, it felt appropriate that the Welsh club should make the long trip to Exeter City. The Devon club are in their 21st season […]
The engine shuddered to life around half past noon local time on Sunday, and with a guttural roar, the 92-foot-tall Spectrum rocket lifted slowly away from its launch tower, marking the first liftoff of its kind on the European continent. The rocket, launched by Isar Aerospace from within the Arctic Circle at a spaceport on […]