30 minutes ago About sharing By Daniel Thomas Business reporter, BBC News The rise in mortgage rates means it is now cheaper to rent a home than to buy one for the first time since 2010, according to Zoopla. The property website said the average UK rent is £1,163 per month, while average mortgage repayments…
54 minutes ago About sharing By Vibeke Venema and Kirstie Brewer BBC News Families of the babies who were murdered and attacked by Lucy Letby have told Manchester Crown Court of the horrific impact the serial killer has had on their lives. The former nurse will spend the rest of her life in prison, with…
Feature / August 21, 2023 The Great Salt Lake Is Becoming Too Salty to Support Life From brine flies to brine shrimp to eared grebes to pronghorn and buffalo, the lake supports an exquisite ecosystem whose collapse is literally making people sick. Katharine S. Walter On the playa: Where there was once water in abundance,…
Books & the Arts / August 21, 2023 Tens of Millions The persistence of American poverty. The Persistence of American Poverty “We could afford to end poverty,” Matthew Desmond tells us. That we don’t is a choice. Marcia Chatelain Ad Policy Abandoned buildings in The Bronx. (Owen Franken / Getty) This article appears in the…
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Economy / August 21, 2023 Republicans Are Gaslighting Us on Poverty Claims that poverty in America has been eliminated, and that “idleness” is the only barrier to a life of middle-class comfort, would be funny—if they weren’t so dangerous. Brad Swanson Ad Policy Former senator Phil Gramm (R-Tex.) as his hero, Ebenezer Scrooge. (A Christmas…
Women’s World Cup 2023: Record attendance of almost two million By Neil JohnstonBBC Sport Last updated on 1 hour ago1 hour ago.From the section Women’s World Cup Almost two million fans attended the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand – up by more than 600,000 on the previous record. The tournament, which Spain…
32 minutes ago About sharing King Charles recently celebrated 40 years of the charity The Metropolitan Police is to take no further action after investigating allegations involving a charity set up by King Charles as Prince of Wales. The decision followed prosecutors’ advice and consideration of information so far received, the force said. The investigation…
1 hour ago About sharing Just one of the £1 children’s meals on offer to families struggling with money By Nathan Bevan BBC News A chip shop owner who offers £1 children’s meals to struggling families said she has been overwhelmed by demand. Mel’s Chippy in Penygroes, Carmarthenshire, has run the offer since the start…
11 hours ago About sharing By Sanchia Berg BBC News The family of a black man murdered in 1959 is demanding access to the police file on his unsolved killing. Kelso Cochrane was stabbed to death on a west London street, in what’s believed to have been a racist attack. Nobody was ever charged with…