PA Media Thousands of people descended on the Denbighshire village of Dyserth for Mike Peters’ funeral Thousands of fans gathered for the funeral of The Alarm’s Mike Peters on Thursday. The musician and charity fundraiser died last month aged 66 after living with cancer for 30 years, following his diagnosis of lymphoma in 1995 and...
Lucy Hooker Business reporter Getty Images Tens of thousands of energy customers are set to receive payouts of up to £1,000 each, and could see debts written off, in response to the scandal over the forced fitting of prepayment meters. Energy companies are paying out more £70m in compensation and financial support to customers. It...
Jenny Rees Health Correspondent BBC Former Royal Navy engineer, Lee, has been through rehabilitation for alcohol-related brain damage (ARBD) Thousands of people with alcohol-related brain damage (ARBD) could be going undiagnosed, an expert says. Research suggests consuming 35 units of alcohol per week for five years or more can cause ARBD, which affects a person’s...
AFP via Getty Images Ministers are facing calls to start processing Syrian asylum applications again, as new figures showed more than 7,000 people are still in limbo. The UK paused decisions on Syrian claims for asylum and permanent settlement in December, after the fall of President Bashar al-Assad. But more than five months on, Syrians...
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Last week, environmental groups decried plans from the Environmental Protection Agency to rescind and “reconsider” drinking water limits for four per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, compounds linked to cancer and damage to the immune and endocrine systems, among other health...
A UN humanitarian chief has said 14,000 babies in Gaza could die in the next 48 hours if lorries of aid do not reach communities in the Strip. Speaking to the BBC’s Radio 4 Today programme, Tom Fletcher said thousands of trucks of aid were “ready to go”, adding that the lorries contained “baby food...
Alex Green BBC News, South West BBC Many wear fancy dress for the Plymouth half marathon each year Thousands of runners have taken to the streets of Plymouth for Sunday’s half marathon. The 13.1 mile (21km) route begins and ends on the Hoe, going via Embankment Road and through Saltram Woods, among other areas. Organisers...
Thousands of people are expected at Exeter Pride on Saturday, organisers say. The event takes place in the city centre and organisers want it to be more inclusive than ever before. They said they expected nearly 10,000 people to attend the festivities with almost 2,000 members of the LGBTQ+ community expected to march through the...
Getty Images Tens of thousands of GCSE students will get their grades in an app on their phones on results day this summer. The government is trialling the Education Record app with 95,000 students in Manchester and the West Midlands, ahead of a national rollout. Ministers say they hope it will save money for college...
Reuters Poppies are a symbol of remembrance in the UK Nearly 30,000 ceramic poppies are on display at the Tower of London to mark 80 years since the end of World War Two in Europe. The red poppies have been positioned to resemble a cascading “wound” at the heart of the Norman fortress, which was...
Thousands of people were left trapped on trains or stranded overnight after the theft of copper cables halted high-speed services between Madrid and southern Spain’s Andalusia region. Authorities opened an investigation on Monday after Sunday’s theft, which Transport Minister Óscar Puente called a “serious act of sabotage”. He added that the cable theft took place...
On March 14, President Donald Trump quietly rescinded a Biden-era executive order that raised the minimum wage for private sector employees on federal contracts. The move is just one part of a wider war the administration has launched against the working class since assuming power. Executive Order 14026 was issued by former President Joe Biden...
Thousands of people, including Holocaust survivors, have taken part in the annual “March of the Living” through former Nazi concentration camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau. The march follows a 3km (1.86 miles) route to the crematorium of Auschwitz-Birkenau, as participants pay tribute to the millions of Jews who died in the Holocaust and call for an end to...
Zhara Simpson BBC News, South West BBC South West Water said it teams were working hard to fully restore water supplies to the homes still affected following a burst water main on Monday Thousands of properties are still without water supplies following a burst pipe in west Devon. South West Water (SWW) confirmed on Tuesday...
A research centre which looks into children’s development has seen almost 8,000 families in the 19 years it has been open, bosses say. The University of Plymouth’s Babylab provides frameworks for supporting children in early life in the UK and around the world. Dr Caroline Floccia, head of the Babylab, said: “We are developing tools...