18 minutes ago About sharing VAT is levied at 20% on period pants under current rules By Nathan Williams BBC News John Lewis and Waitrose are joining Tesco and Marks & Spencer in cutting the price of their period pants. The retailer says it will reduce the price of 30 types of period underwear by…
3 hours ago About sharing Carbisdale Castle was built in the early 20th Century By Steven McKenzie BBC Scotland Highlands and Islands reporter “Everything looked like it would fall apart,” says Samantha Kane of her first viewing of cliff-top Carbisdale Castle. There was a problem with water seeping into parts of the country house, and…
29 minutes ago About sharing By Ece Goksedef BBC News President Vladimir Putin has called on all employees of Wagner and other Russian private military contractors to take an oath of allegiance to the Russian state. The decree applies to anyone participating in military activities in Ukraine, assisting the army and serving in territorial defence…
Donald Patience “had been dead for days” when police called to a suspected robbery found his body.
10 minutes ago About sharing The British Museum, home to eight million items, has scrambled to address the loss of some 2,000 artefacts By Sean Seddon BBC News About 2,000 items are thought to have been stolen from the British Museum, but some of the missing treasures have started to be recovered, chairman George Osborne…
3 hours ago About sharing Charlie Gladstone read an apology to the people of Guyana on behalf of his family By Joshua Nevett BBC News The descendants of former Prime Minister William Gladstone are facing calls to pay reparations to Jamaica for an ancestor’s role in slavery. The Gladstone family apologised for its slaveholding past…
41 minutes ago About sharing Last month’s strike saw many looking for alternative transport – expect similar scenes this weekend Rail passengers across England face disruption on Saturday as 20,000 staff begin a strike over pay and working conditions. The action comes the same day as events including the Notting Hill Carnival and Reading and…
A cocktail of problems has hit the wine industry, including demand falling as more people drink craft beer.
57 minutes ago About sharing By Paul Glynn Entertainment reporter at Leeds Festival Billie Eilish brought Barbie to life at Leeds Festival on Friday, performing her latest celluloid hit in the middle of a cathartic and career-spanning set. It saw her become the event’s youngest solo headliner, surpassing London rapper Dave from last year. At…
9 minutes ago About sharing SKE Crystal Bars on sale By Ben King Business reporter, BBC News The UK’s second-largest vape company took down social media accounts after sending vapes to reporters in an online giveaway without age verification. Chinese government-owned SKE has seen rapid growth in sales of its Crystal Bar disposable vapes, which…