Alex Bish South East Investigations Team Jonathan Fagg BBC England Data Unit PA Media The specialist national team the NTRG was deployed 44% more in 2024 compared with 2022 There has been a sharp increase in the number of times a specialist team that deals with serious incidents in prisons has been deployed in England...
Neve Gordon-Farleigh BBC News Henry Godfrey-Evans BBC News, Essex Simon Ashton/BBC The charges first came into force to use the crossing, which connects Essex and Kent, in 2003 The standard charge for car drivers using the Dartford Crossing will rise from £2.50 to £3.50 in September. The crossing links the M25 in Essex and Kent....
Daniel Logan & Niall Glynn BBC News NI Reuters 14 families have also been provided with emergency accommodation during the disorder. NIHE chief executive Grainia Long says she expects to see the number of those seeking help to rise. On Thursday night, a family with three young children was moved from a house at Mount...
President Donald Trump has announced the US will double its current tariff rate on steel imports from 25% to 50%. Speaking at a rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Trump said the move would help boost the local steel industry and the national output, while decreasing reliance on China. Trump also said that $14bn would be invested...
Rubio pointed to Trump’s supposed “antisemitism” orders in a cable announcing upcoming guidance. The Trump administration has put a pause on new student visa application interviews as it prepares to expand its surveillance of the social media activity of those seeking to study in the U.S., Politico reports, in the latest instance of the administration’s...
A Devon chimney sweep who expanded his business to include rehoming bee swarms five years ago said 2025 had been his busiest year so far. Dan Fisher, who runs Ashburton Chimney Sweep, said his team had dealt with a hive every day for the last month. Dr Thomas O’Shea-Wheller, biologist at the University of Exeter,...
In its submissions to the commission, the FA said: “It is concerning that the club have been unable to improve its control over players and staff following the previous five breaches this season. “Plainly, reminders from various sources as to the expected standards of behaviour have proven insufficient to affect change in the participants’ behaviour....
On March 1, President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled “Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production.” The order claimed “onerous Federal policies” have hindered domestic timber production and that expanding logging was a matter of protecting “national and economic security.” It ordered the secretary of the Interior and head of the U.S. Department of...
After the wildfires that swept through LA neighborhoods of Altadena and Pacific Palisades, State Farm (California’s top home insurer) requested an emergency rate hike of 22%. They didn’t get that but yesterday a judge did approve a 17% hike. Administrative Law Judge Karl Frederic Seligman, who oversaw an unusual three-day hearing on the matter last...
That could eventually include a new membership category, or shorter waiting times, for women to make a dent into the gender imbalance, although any such proposals would need the approval of members with the notion of ‘queue jumping’ likely to have some detractors. At the current rate, the MCC will achieve a 80-20% male-to-female ratio...
California is set to lose two major oil refineries, bringing the total decline in refining capacity to 21% in three years. This is hardly a surprise. Gavin Newsom and the Democrats in California have been waging a war on oil, and environmental regulations make it nearly impossible to continue doing business in the state while...
Phil McNulty, BBC Sport chief football writer Aston Villa’s announcement of expansion plans to extend the capacity of Villa Park to more than 50,000 is another indicator of the ambition fuelling the club’s revival under manager Unai Emery. Under the ownership of executive chairman Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens, Villa have been restored to the...
Chelsea may be through to the semi-finals of the Europa Conference League, but the boos that followed their surprise defeat by Legia Warsaw summed up the current mood of dissent at Stamford Bridge. A 2-1 loss in the home second leg to the Polish side made little difference to the tie’s outcome as the Blues...
Kirk England BBC South West Environment Correspondent BBC Christine from Plymouth said she felt “very angry” her bill had increased because she did not have a water meter Disgruntled South West Water (SWW) customers have been speaking out after the utility company announced average customer bills for this year would go up by 28%. The...
Angus Murray and his family run Pennywell Farm near Buckfastleigh Read full article at source...
