Reuters Notting Hill Carnival organisers say they need government funding to run the event safely Campaigners have urged the government to step in to protect the future of Notting Hill Carnival as they mark Windrush Day. The west London carnival is in jeopardy, its chairman Ian Comfort said in a letter leaked to the BBC...
Cameron Weldon & Jack Silver BBC News, South West BBC No transport projects in Devon and Cornwall featured in the chancellor’s speech Steve Keable accused the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves of “playing into her Labour heartland” by prioritising other parts of the country Mid-Devon district councillor Steve Keable said the “political reality” was that Reeves was...
Exeter City Council is under pressure to reconsider its plan to close Northbrook Swimming Pool after community campaigners triggered a full council debate on the closure by raising a petition imploring it to keep the pool open that was signed by nearly 2,250 local residents. As a result it will hold a debate on the...
Getty Images Health organisations have urged the government to take immediate action to protect babies and children from nutritionally poor, sugar-laden food. The Obesity Health Alliance (OHA) said children “face relentless exposure to unhealthy food” and called for stronger regulation of the baby food market. It follows an investigation by BBC Panorama which found baby...
Tony Smith and Angus Crawford BBC News Investigations Getty Images Young Instagram users could still be exposed to “serious risks” even if they use new Teen Accounts brought in to provide more protection and control, research by campaigners suggests. Researchers behind a new report have said they were able to set up accounts using fake...
Paul O’Hare BBC Scotland News BBC Kerrie Meyer had gender reassignment surgery at the age of 72 Campaigners have warned the UK Supreme Court’s ruling on the definition of a woman could have “dire consequences” for the safety of trans people. Scottish Greens MSP Maggie Chapman told BBC Scotland News the trans community is now...
Campaigners fighting plans to bring an electricity cable from a floating wind farm onshore at a beach in Devon say they have crowdfunded £10,000 to pay for a legal challenge. Developers White Cross are planning to build the wind farm about 30 miles (52km) off the north Devon coast and bring the electricity cable onshore...