5 hours ago About sharing Sure Start centres were designed for parents of children under five to access integrated support around health, education and parenting By Nathan Standley BBC News Children from low-income families who grew up near a Sure Start centre did better than their peers at GCSEs, says the Institute for Fiscal Studies…
7 hours ago About sharing William Wragg has stepped down as vice chairman of the 1922 Committee of Tory MPs, after sharing MPs’ personal phone numbers with someone on a dating app. It is also likely that he will quit as the chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee. Last week, Mr Wragg…
59 minutes ago About sharing Palestinians displaced by the war gathering to have their Iftar (breaking of the fast) in Rafah last week The leaders of Egypt, France and Jordan have warned Israel an offensive against Gaza’s southern city of Rafah would have “dangerous consequences”. They jointly said that it would “only bring more death…
33 minutes ago About sharing By Matt McGrath & Mark Poynting BBC News Climate & Science Climate change could move “into uncharted territory” if temperatures don’t fall by the end of the year, a leading scientist has told the BBC. The warning came as new data showed last month was the warmest March on record,…
1 hour ago About sharing New legislation will clear and compensate sub-postmasters who were the victims of what has been called the UK’s most widespread miscarriage of justice. Hundreds were wrongly prosecuted after faulty software said money was missing from Post Office branch accounts. The next phase of a public inquiry into what went wrong…
26 minutes ago About sharing Watch: Stunning images of the total solar eclipse crossing North America By Holly Honderich in Washington Across Mexico, the US and Canada, inside a ribbon of land stretching 155 miles wide but more than 4,000 miles long, tens of millions of people craned their necks, tilted their heads to the…
58 minutes ago About sharing By Kate Whannel Political reporter, BBC News Labour is pledging to fund policies on the NHS and school breakfast clubs by boosting efforts to tackle tax dodgers. Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves says her plans to give officials up to £555m to improve tax collection would help raise £5.1bn a year….
3 hours ago About sharing By Philippa Roxby Health reporter People with long Covid have evidence of continuing inflammation in their blood, which could help understanding of the condition and how it may be treated, a UK study suggests. It found the presence of certain proteins increased the risk of specific symptoms, such as fatigue,…
See moment the Moon completely obscures the Sun, turning day to night and revealing dazzling corona.
2 hours ago About sharing Watch: Palestinians return to Khan Younis to find homes in ruin By Sebastian Usher BBC News, Jerusalem The devastated landscape of their city feels unreal to the thousands of Palestinians who have been returning to Khan Younis in Gaza. Through the rubble of the streets, they have been filing back…