Category: News
MPs question value of billions in subsidies granted to Drax power plant
A government spending watchdog has questioned the value of the multi-billion pound subsidies granted to the Drax power plant in North Yorkshire – and said [more…]
UK consumer confidence dips to lowest level since 2023 amid tariff concerns
Consumer confidence in the UK has fallen to the lowest level for more than a year amid concern that Donald Trump’s trade wars could further [more…]
Cyclists who kill pedestrians could be jailed for life under new law in England and Wales
Cyclists who kill pedestrians by dangerous cycling could face life imprisonment in England and Wales under new amendments to the crime and policing bill. The [more…]
Only three people ever prosecuted for covering up England’s illegal sewage spills
Water company bosses have entirely escaped punishment for covering up illegal sewage spills, government figures show, as ministers prepare to bring in a new law [more…]
English schools left to subsidise infants’ free meals after 3p funding increase, say leaders
Primary schools in England will be forced to subsidise free school meals for infants from their own budgets after the government’s “pitiful” 3p increase in [more…]
Green groups decry plan to list world’s biggest meatpacking company on NYSE
Environmental groups are outraged that the world’s biggest meatpacking company, JBS, which has long been linked to Amazon’s deforestation, has received approval from US authorities [more…]
Trump is jailing immigrant families again. A mother, father and teen tell of ‘anguish on a daily basis’
View image in fullscreen When Jade and her family first arrived at the detention facility in Karnes county, Texas, she wasn’t really sure what to [more…]
Tanzania opposition officials arrested as Tundu Lissu refuses to appear in court
Tanzania’s main opposition party said on Thursday at least two of its officials had been arrested on their way to a rally to support the [more…]
DRC government and M23 agree to halt fighting and work towards truce
The Democratic Republic of the Congo and a coalition of militias including the Rwanda-backed M23 have agreed to work toward a truce to end the [more…]
‘Morally repugnant’: Brazilian workers sue coffee supplier to Starbucks over ‘slavery-like conditions’
“John” was just days from turning 16 when he was allegedly recruited to work on a Brazilian coffee farm that supplies the global coffeehouse chain [more…]
