Jim Connolly BBC News Investigations BBC Avril has avoided taking her Cavachon Dougie to the vet due to the cost and now regrets it Pet owners are increasingly having their sick animals put down or they are delaying taking them for treatment to avoid spiralling vet bills, vets and animal charities have warned. Some animal...
Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today! As Anita Wolfe sat in the hallway of a Charleston, West Virginia, county courtroom, waiting to testify against the U.S. government, she thought of her dad, who first started working as a coal miner when he was around 12. She remembered...
This article is an excerpt from Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education, by Jesse Hagopian, Copyright © 2025. This text was originally published by Haymarket Books and has been reprinted here with permission. “Our students demand to learn the truth even if a small group of powerful, mostly wealthy, white adults is threatened by...
Duncan Cook BBC News, Gloucestershire Steve Kitchen BBC Sport, Gloucestershire Getty Images The festival has been losing money in recent years The chair of Gloucestershire County Cricket Club has warned the future of the Cheltenham Cricket Festival will be in doubt if it doesn’t stop losing money. The fortnight-long event at the College Ground, which...
Donald Trump began his presidency with the shortest of honeymoons. To give you an idea of just how set people’s opinion of Trump really is, a “honeymoon” for him is an evenly divided country. He inched into positive territory on some polls, and given pollsters’ history of getting Trump’s support wrong, it’s not unfair to...
Getty Images Moody’s warned in 2023 that the US’ triple-A rating was at risk The US has lost its last triple-A credit score from a major ratings firm after being downgraded by Moody’s, which cited growing federal debt over the past decade. In lowering the US rating to ‘Aa1’, Moody’s noted that successive US administrations...
Trump claimed that companies were only saying costs will go up in order to “negotiate deals” with him. During his announcement of a trade deal with the United Kingdom on Thursday, President Donald Trump dismissed the idea that American consumers will face higher prices on goods still subject to his tariffs. Several companies have repeatedly...
Archie Farmer BBC News, South West BBC Hundreds of people gathered on Dartmoor Hundreds of people gathered on Dartmoor to watch May Day celebrations unfold on Thursday morning. As the sun rose over Haytor morris dancers welcomed the arrival of spring with music and beacons of fire were lit. Dancers from the Beltane and Grimspound Border Morris sides in Devon took part from before 06:00 BST. Antje...
Aged just 19, Michelle Agyemang burst on to the international scene with an England debut goal on Tuesday. The BBC Sport Ask Me Anything team takes a look at the Lionesses’ rising star. Read full article at source...
Jonah Fisher BBC environment correspondent Getty Images More than half of the growth of solar in 2024 was in China. More than 40 percent of the world’s electricity was generated without burning fossil fuels in 2024, according to a new report from think-tank Ember. But carbon dioxide emissions, which warm the planet, have risen to...