31 minutes ago About sharing The new ruling has been welcomed by women’s groups in Mexico (file image) By George Wright & Tom Bayly BBC News Mexico’s supreme court has decriminalised abortion nationwide. The judgement comes two years after the court ruled in favour of a challenge to the existing law in the northern state…
3 hours ago About sharing By Faarea Masud Business reporter A review of veterinary services in the UK has been launched over concerns that pet owners could be paying too much. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said vet fees were rising faster than other goods and services during the cost of living crisis. When…
9 minutes ago About sharing Sammy, who was autistic, died at the age of 13 By Ruth Clegg, Harriet Agerholm and Alison Benjamin BBC News Dozens of young autistic people have died after serious failings in their care despite repeated warnings from coroners, BBC News has found. Our investigation found issues that were flagged a…
6 hours ago About sharing The expert team found the risks of RAAC concrete had been underestimated By Pallab Ghosh Science correspondent Tens of thousands of government and privately owned buildings should be safety checked because of crumbling RAAC concrete, experts say. The team that alerted the government to the problems posed by the concrete…
3 hours ago About sharing Watch: Freddie Mercury’s home recreated for auction By Paul Glynn BBC News A Yamaha baby grand piano used by late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury to compose some of the group’s most iconic hits sold at auction for £1.7m. The final sale came slightly below estimates but was nonetheless a record…
1 hour ago About sharing A trial in January will be the second defamation case between Donald Trump and E Jean Carroll By Madeline Halpert BBC News, New York A federal judge has ruled Donald Trump is liable for defamatory comments he made in 2019 about writer E Jean Carroll. Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled on…
32 minutes ago About sharing Reza Baluchi calls the contraption his “bubble” By Max Matza BBC News A Florida man was arrested after trying to “run to London” across the Atlantic Ocean in a homemade, human-powered hamster wheel-type vessel. The US Coast Guard intercepted Reza Baluchi about 70 miles (110km) off Tybee Island, Georgia on…
46 minutes ago About sharing CCTV, shared by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, appeared to show the moment of the explosion By Paul Adams, diplomatic correspondent & Sam Hancock BBC News, Ukraine & London President Zelensky has condemned a “deliberate” attack on Ukraine’s “peaceful” city of Kostyantynivka. At least 17 people, including a child, were killed…
Politics / StudentNation / September 6, 2023 Domestic Worker Bills of Rights Have Passed Across the Country. What Has Changed? Around 90 percent of domestic workers in Massachusetts did not seek help when their rights were violated. “If we have a law that nobody knows, that means nobody is using it.” Nicholas Miller Ad Policy…
4 hours ago About sharing By Michael Race Business reporter, BBC News The 52 Wilko shops set to close next week due to the chain’s collapse have been named. Administrators PwC said 26 shops would close next Tuesday, with a further 28 to shut on Thursday 14 September due to the “absence of viable offers”…