4 minutes ago About sharing By Jack Fenwick BBC Politics Asylum seekers moved out of government-funded hotels may be put back into the same hotels with costs “shunted” to local taxpayers because of councils’ legal obligations, councillors warn. The government plans to end contracts with 50 hotels housing asylum seekers by the end of the…
7 minutes ago About sharing Peter Bone’s accuser spoke to the BBC’s Hannah Miller By Hannah Miller & Phil Kemp BBC Politics A former parliamentary staff member has described how “physical, emotional and psychological abuse” by the MP he worked for left him a “broken shell of the young man I once was”. Peter Bone…
1 hour ago About sharing About 48,000 people die of sepsis in the UK each year, the UK Sepsis Trust estimates By Aurelia Foster BBC News Too many people are still dying from sepsis due to “the same mistakes” highlighted more than 10 years ago, the UK’s health ombudsman has warned. Rob Behrens, who handles…
5 minutes ago About sharing By Christy Cooney BBC News Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is to meet Muslim MPs amid tensions over the party’s stance on the Israel-Hamas war. It comes after an Islamic centre visited by Sir Keir on Sunday said a statement he released after the event had “gravely misrepresented” them. Sir…
1 hour ago About sharing Leopard bone is used in traditional Chinese medicine By Alex Binley BBC News Global banking giants are investing in companies which produce traditional Chinese medicines containing leopard and pangolin parts, a report has found. Both species are classed as threatened. The Environmental Investigation Authority (EIA) identified 62 banks and financial…
19 minutes ago About sharing By Joe Tidy Cyber correspondent Paedophiles are using artificial intelligence (AI) to create images of celebrities as children. The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) said images of a well-known female singer reimagined as a child are being shared by predators. On one dark web forum the charity says images of child…
1 hour ago About sharing By Michelle Roberts Digital health editor Many top UK scientists are calling for the current 14-day limit on embryo research to be doubled to 28-days, so they can study the unexplored secrets of early human development. Lifting the ban could yield major scientific breakthroughs for infertility, miscarriage and birth defects…
1 hour ago About sharing Watch: Alaska Airlines pilot calls in ‘security threat’ By George Wright BBC News An off-duty pilot who allegedly tried to crash a passenger jet said he did so after suffering an apparent nervous breakdown, court documents show. Joseph David Emerson has been charged with 83 counts of attempted murder. He…
The former prison was purchased for more than double the price developers bought it for a year before.
13 minutes ago About sharing Leeds City College has had to increase class sizes to accommodate some 600 additional students resitting GCSEs this year By Hazel Shearing Education correspondent Colleges in England say they are having to expand class sizes and hire exam halls to cope with a rising number of pupils taking compulsory GCSE…