BBC About a quarter of the working age population – those aged 16 to 64 – do not currently have a job. Caring responsibilities and ill health are the most common reasons given by those who would like one. With a four-year mandate and a towering majority, Labour might have been expected to have invested...
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...
Surfers have taken to the waves for a 12-hour event on a North Devon beach to raise money for a charity project. Surf therapy charity The Wave Project hosted its Inclusive Surfathon at Croyde beach on Friday to fundraise for its adaptive surfing programme, which provides opportunities for people with physical disabilities to try the...
Emma Haslett Business reporter, BBC News EPA The UK economy is forecast to grow slightly more than previously expected in 2025, but the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that the Chancellor must stick to her rules on tax and spending. In its annual health-check for the economy, the IMF predicted growth of 1.2% this...
A fundraising event to renovate a skatepark in Devon has raised more than £1,000, organisers have said. Devon and Cornwall Police said Okehampton Police had been working with the community in a bid to rejuvenate the town’s skatepark in a bid to prevent anti-social behaviour. The force said a skate jam event was held at...
When a 23-year-old Mexican influencer was shot dead while live streaming on TikTok, rumours began to swirl. Was it a cartel hit? Or another tragic example of violence against women? On Tuesday, Valeria Marquez was shot dead at Blossom The Beauty Lounge, a beauty salon owned by the victim in Zapopan, a town in the...
The day Germany’s new leader entered office will now forever be remembered for a very public failure. Friedrich Merz’s initial, shock defeat – in his bid to become chancellor – sparked hours of chaotic uncertainty. A man who’d been working to project strength and purpose instead became mired in political intrigue and division. Merz may...
Damian Grammaticas reports from the Runcorn and Helsby by-election count after a knife-edge victory for Reform. Read full article at source...
China announced today that it was raising its tariffs on US goods to 125%, just below where Trump raised tariffs on Chinese goods earlier in the week. Chinese leader Xi Jinping has said his nation is “not afraid,” in his first public comments on the escalating trade war with the United States, as Beijing raised...
One of Exeter city centre’s two remaining post offices is about to close at the same time as the retailer providing the other is sold, raising the prospect that the city centre’s last Post Office counter may soon disappear. The Sidwell Street Post Office, operated by Morrisons, will close at the same time as the...
Stuart Maisner BBC News, South East Hercule Van Wolfwinke The drawings have raised funds for two animal welfare charities A pet-portrait artist has raised more than £400,000 for charity with his self-confessed “rubbish” pictures. Phil Heckels, from Worthing, West Sussex, began working under the alias Hercule Van Wolfwinkle in 2020. Mr Heckels, who is about...
An MP has called for flea treatments for cats and dogs to be restricted after raising concerns about pollution in waterways. Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday, Rachel Gilmour, Liberal Democrat MP for Tiverton and Minehead, called for “strict” measures on the use of “spot-on” treatments, saying the chemicals used are harmful to wildlife, as well...
Ten Senate Democrats handed Republicans a critical victory, voting in favor of cloture on a budget that will allow the Trump Administration to continue wielding budget cuts as a political weapon — targeting the administration’s opponents, including trans and queer people. The budget slashes Medicaid, dealing a direct blow to vulnerable constituents, while further entrenching...