A new Devon community interest company (CIC) is hoping to help with the future of the fishing industry by bringing in new recruits. Devon Young Fishers aims to get young people aged between 11 and 25 years old interested in a career, with paid-for lessons for those who need them. CEO Jemma Jewkes started the...
Sofia Bettiza World Service, Global Health Reporter Reporting fromMedellÃn, Colombia  Jorge Calle / BBC Keiny, now 20, started working as a webcam model when she was 17 One afternoon, as Isabella left school for the day, someone thrust a leaflet into her hand. “Do you want to make money with your beauty?” it asked. She...
Lowering energy costs for thousands of businesses by scrapping green levies will form a central part of the government’s new 10-year industrial strategy. The plan, which may slash energy bills by up to 25% for more than 7,000 UK businesses, is set to be unveiled on Monday alongside other measures hoped to boost growth. Prime...
Rahil Sheikh and Jenny Parks BBC Panorama Jade Harrison speaks about her accident at Hull Fair, in 2019 “I could feel myself slip. I just woke up and I was laid on the floor on my back and I remember thinking, what am I doing here? I started panicking.” Jade Harrison is describing the moment...
David Dixon BBC News, Cornwall George Stevens The crew aboard the Enterprise had to tackle a net full of Mediterranean octopus A massive haul of Mediterranean octopus has helped a Cornish trawler land a catch worth a record £158,000. The Newlyn-based beam trawler Enterprise was fishing close to the Channel Islands when its crew made...
Jonathan Morris BBC News, South West Getty Images Octopus vulgaris is possibly drawn to the area by rising sea temperatures Fishers are observing a notable rise in octopus sightings along England’s south-west coast. Some say an “invasion” of octopus and a local bylaw are “decimating” the Devon shellfish industry. We asked experts what is happening...
Janine Jansen BBC News, South West BBC Barry Young hold up a caught octopus at Brixham Fish Market Some fishermen in south-west England say an “invasion” of octopus and a local bylaw are “decimating” the Devon shellfish industry. The octopus, usually found in the Mediterranean, are being found in lobster and crab pots off the...
Ruth Clegg Health and wellbeing reporter BBC Symone, who used to be a WeightWatchers member, now uses weight loss jab Mounjaro Symone has been using weight loss injections for nearly a year. She says they have done what the diet industry could never do for her – free her from a life controlled by food....
It looks as if we could well be headed into one. In this instance, it looks like Trump and his tariff war aren’t the reason for the news coming out of United Parcel Service (UPS) today. Or shouldn’t be, however much they’ll spin it as such. According to the powers that be at UPS, Big...
Paul Glynn Culture reporter Getty Images A share of the revenue streaming services make from subscription fees should be paid into a fund to support British high-end TV production, an influential group of MPs has said. In a new report, the Culture, Media and Sport (CMS) committee urged the government to improve support measures for...
Fishing industry leaders have said they are concerned defence negotiations with the EU could lead to the bloc’s fishing vessels having increased access to UK waters. The issue was raised by MPs at an Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee meeting which heard the fishing industry was not “a bargaining chip” that could be “traded...
BBC Anthony Wills runs the Kilchoman distillery and says he will try to keep prices the same despite tariffs US President Donald Trump has unveiled a list of tariffs on countries across the world that send their products to America. The UK will be subject to 10% tariffs. We’ve spoken to firms which export to...
For Neha Bapna, nothing in the world is more important than her dog Muffin. Every time she takes a train to travel across India, the four-year-old Shih Tzu is right by her side – in first class. He only eats hypoallergenic food, which is often double the price of normal dog food and treats. “I...
In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, the destructive impact of predatory lenders on the well-being of individual borrowers and the health of the broader economy became increasingly clear. In response, a growing number of political figures, led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, pushed for the creation of an agency that would represent consumer interests...