Robert Cuffe Head of statistics, BBC News Getty Images “Deep seated” issues must be addressed before the UK’s official statistics agency can “rebuild its reputation”, according to a highly critical government review. Repeated problems with Office for National Statistics (ONS) data, which are used to make decisions affecting millions of people, led the government to...
BBC The UK will “match China and Russia with nuclear jets” reports The Times, in a piece about the UK purchasing 12 new fighter jets which can be equipped with nuclear bombs. Acquiring the jets is “the biggest expansion of the deterrent since the Cold War,” it says. Another headline on the front page is...
The prime minister has spoken to President Trump in the aftermath of America’s attacks on Iran. But, in the end, the call beforehand demanding a yes or no answer didn’t come. That is not to say it might not in the days and weeks to come. The British government is making it known that while...
The telephone calls and WhatsApp messages continue apace this weekend between leaders, foreign ministers and diplomats, with the expectation that there are many more days to come in this conflict between Israel and Iran. There are currently two so-called “crisis centres” running in the Foreign Office, both stood up in the last 48 hours. One...
The UK government has pledged a ‘new era of nuclear power’ after promising a major investment in the Sizewell C nuclear power station in Suffolk. Sizewell C is the biggest nuclear programme to take place in a generation. Ros Atkins looks at the reasons behind the government’s significant investment, and how its plan fits into...
The government announces money for defence factories. Read full article at source...
Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News WWF Saltmarshes are buffer zones between the land and the sea and act as natural flood defences The UK’s saltmarshes are vital “sinks” that lock away climate-warming greenhouse gases in layers of mud, according to a new report from WWF. Much of the UK’s saltmarshes have been lost to...
EPA Nigel Farage has hailed Reform UK’s gains in Thursday’s elections as “unprecedented” and “the end of two-party politics”. The party has taken control of 10 local councils, won two mayoral races and added a fifth MP to its ranks in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election now counting has been completed. Many of these wins...
James Diamond BBC News, Bristol Mike Gilmore BBC News, Bristol Reporting fromThe Downs, Bristol BBC The number of van dwellers in Bristol has quadrupled in the last five years Plans to move one of the UK’s biggest van-dwelling communities are under way amid growing tensions with people who live nearby. At least 60 caravans and...
Maia Davies & Nathan Briant BBC News Gilles San Martin The small tortoiseshell butterfly had its worst year on record in 2024 More than half of the UK’s butterfly species have populations in long-term decline, a survey has found. The UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme said that 31 of 59 species have had their numbers fall...
Work to create a “mirror image” of one of Britain’s last remaining ancient temperate rainforests has started in Devon. Last week, volunteers from Moor Trees planted 450 saplings grown from acorns specially collected from Wistman’s Wood on Dartmoor. This work, which took place near the collection site, aims to support an expansion and regeneration plan...
Alarms sound as staff deal with medical emergencies in The Thistle’s using space Chris Clements BBC Disclosure The alarm is sounding in the UK’s first drug consumption room. A man in his 30s has overdosed in the “using space” – a room in the Glasgow facility where nurses supervise injections in eight booths. He had...