Karen Hoggan Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images Mobile phone blackspots will be eliminated on several major railway lines and train tunnels by 2028, the body which runs Britain’s railway infrastructure has pledged. Network Rail, which is owned by the government, has signed a deal with two private telecoms firms in a move it claims...
Rachel Reeves’s key choice in this Spending Review is to prioritise long-term investment over day-to-day spending. Within that, some cash will be routed to the Midlands and the North of England rather than London. And against tight limits on day-to-day spending, the chancellor chose to funnel funding towards health. These are important strategic reprioritisations. The...
Khanyisile Ngcobo BBC News, Johannesburg AFP/Getty Images It will be President Cyril Ramaphosa’s first meeting with Trump at the White House South Africa’s president has faced tough challenges before – he was the chief negotiator for Nelson Mandela’s African National Congress (ANC) during talks to end white-minority rule in the early 1990s – but his...
In over a century of international football, Brazil’s football federation has largely shied away from trusting foreign managers with its top job. Only three non-Brazilians have ever led the side, and they coached just seven games in all. Uruguayan Ramon Platero was the first in 1925 and managed four games, Joreca from Portugal managed two...
Leanne Crawford BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Investigations BBC A woman who fled an abusive relationship said she had to barricade herself into her rented home every night for more than six months, because her council left her with a broken door lock. Jane – not her real name – should have had extra home security,...
Kemi Badenoch has said it would be wrong to think a change of leader would “fix everything” after the Conservatives suffered heavy losses in English local elections. The Tory leader told the BBC her party would “come out fighting” after losing 674 council seats and control of 16 authorities. But she cautioned against a knee-jerk...
Nadine Yousif BBC News Reporting fromVancouver, British Columbia Eloise Alanna/BBC Vancouver has been labelled one of the most “impossibly unaffordable” cities in the world for housing Before Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Canada and threatened its sovereignty, the Canadian psyche was consumed with another major issue: housing affordability. With an election on the horizon, voters...
With the IPL upon us, we discuss the major talking points heading into the tournament Source link...
