Monthly Archives: November 2025

Hundreds of US flights cancelled as regulator orders cuts to air traffic | Aviation News

The Federal Aviation Administration is cutting air traffic by 10 percent due to a shortage of air traffic controllers.Hundreds of flights across the US have been cancelled following an order from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to temporarily cut air traffic by 10 percent at the country’s 40 largest airports to maintain safety amid a shortage of air traffic controllers due to the government shutdown.More than 790 flights scheduled for Friday were cut from airline schedules, according to…

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Grieving families’ despair at care home inspection gaps

Grieving families’ despair at care home inspection gaps

Eleanor Layhe, Jemma Woodman,South West and Ella RuleTrudy PolkinghornLugh Baker died in 2021 and his mother, Trudy Polkinghorn, said she "was so angry" with the regulator, the CQCCare homes that are graded as inadequate or requiring improvement are often not being reinspected for a year or more, a BBC investigation has found.More than 2,100 care homes in England as of October this year were rated as "requires improvement" by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) - but the BBC…

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How long will the US government shutdown last? | Government

The federal government shutdown is now the longest in US history.America’s longest government shutdown is becoming more painful by the day.At least 40 million Americans are struggling to get food, more than a million federal workers haven’t been paid, health insurance premiums are rising, and flights are getting disrupted.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listCongress has been locked in a standoff over a bill to fund government services, with Democrats demanding tax credits that will make health…

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Sao Paulo Grand Prix: Lando Norris says improved consistency has helped him regain championship lead

Sao Paulo Grand Prix: Lando Norris says improved consistency has helped him regain championship lead

Norris has gained 35 points on Piastri since the Dutch Grand Prix at the end of August, which Piastri won while Norris retired with a fuel-line failure.That result made Piastri a strong title favourite, especially in the context of his consistency through the season up to that point. Norris is still one victory short of Piastri's tally of six this season so far.But Norris rejected the idea that he had started taking more risks since that race because…

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Exeter homeless death rate highest among English cities featured in annual Museum of Homelessness campaign charity report

Exeter homeless death rate highest among English cities featured in annual Museum of Homelessness campaign charity report

Exeter’s homeless death rate in 2024 was the highest among all the English cities featured in this year’s Museum of Homelessness Dying Homeless Project report after rising nearly threefold since the previous year.The campaigning charity, which publishes its research into the deaths of people experiencing homelessness across the UK each October, found that 21 people died while homeless in Exeter in 2024. It recorded eight such deaths in the city in 2023 and 2022.Exeter’s 2024 homeless death rate,…

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Weight-loss drug makers announce pricing agreement with Trump | Health News

United States President Donald Trump, Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk have unveiled a deal to slash the prices of popular GLP-1 weight‑loss drugs for the government’s Medicare and Medicaid programme, as well as for cash payers.The deal, announced on Thursday, is aimed at increasing access to treatments through US Medicare for people aged 65 and above and the Medicaid programme for low-income people, which together provide healthcare coverage for nearly half of all Americans.Recommended Stories list of 4…

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Global Pasty Championships launched with 250-year-old recipe

Global Pasty Championships launched with 250-year-old recipe

An international pasty competition has been launched with the help of a 250-year-old recipe.The Global Pasty Championships, which is due to take place in February next year, was announced at the Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall.Chief executive David Harland said the first recorded written recipe of a pasty was by John Tremayne, from the Heligan estate, in 1746.The recipe, which has ingredients including mutton, lard and port, was sampled by people at the launch.Mr Harland, one of…

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Man rowed with carer before fatal Tenerife balcony fall

Man rowed with carer before fatal Tenerife balcony fall

Matthew Hill Health CorrespondentBBCJamie told a care manager to tell his mother he loved her before fatal fallThe mother of a 25-year-old man with autism has accused his carer of unprofessional conduct before he fell to his death from a hotel balcony in Tenerife, an inquest heard.Jamie Cole from Bristol was accompanied on holiday by a carer who he left after reportedly becoming upset about the cost of a restaurant bill on 14 January 2025. He was found…

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Newquay pupils help recycle dumped polystyrene bodyboards

Newquay pupils help recycle dumped polystyrene bodyboards

Heidi Davey,Cornwall and Zhara Simpson,South WestBBCKarl Fice-Thomson, who explores rockpools, said he was finding little polystyrene balls "absolutely everywhere"School pupils have helped deconstruct dozens of the discarded and broken polystyrene bodyboards for them to be safely recycled. More than 40 children at Newquay Junior Academy and volunteers took part in the workshop called Bodyboard Breakdown.Karl Fice-Thomson, who runs rockpool tours, said about 17,000 bodyboards had been collected from beaches in Newquay in 2024."When I'm shining my UV torch…

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Two more charged after Watchet drugs seizure

Two more charged after Watchet drugs seizure

Two more men have been charged in relation to a drugs seizure in a coastal town.About 322 kilos (710 lbs) of cocaine, worth an estimated £26.5m, were found by National Crime Agency officers in the early hours of the 31 July in Watchet, Somerset.Colin Benson, 59, and Joshua Rose, 38 - both from Longton in Preston - were arrested on Tuesday by National Crime Agency officers.They appeared at Taunton Magistrates Court earlier charged with importing class A drugs,…

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Plans for new Aldi in Ivybridge refused by councillors

Plans for new Aldi in Ivybridge refused by councillors

Plans to build an Aldi store have been refused by councillors due to concerns over its impact on neighbouring properties.More than 1,200 people supported the application for the site in Ivybridge, Devon, which the supermarket's real estate director Elliot Saunders said was the highest level of support for one of its UK stores, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.South Hams councillors backed planning officers who said the store off Rutt Lane, near the railway station, would be "overbearing"…

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The law turns a “blind eye” to the severe financial consequences of being in an abusive relationship, study warns.

The law is failing victims and survivors because it is turning a “blind eye” to the long-lasting and severe financial consequences of being in an abusive relationship, a new study warns. The law should be reformed to make domestic abuse and its impacts on the victim-survivor a specific consideration when dividing financial assets, enabling awards to be enhanced. This is only currently taken into account in rare and extreme cases in family law when assets are redistributed. The…

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