Category: News
Gen Z students in Manchester to learn ‘soft skills’ such as empathy and time management
Thousands of gen Z students in Greater Manchester are to learn “soft skills” such as empathy and time-management in a UK-first trial aimed at teaching [more…]
Drones could deliver NHS supplies under UK regulation changes
Drones could be used for NHS-related missions in remote areas, inspecting offshore wind turbines and supplying oil rigs by 2026 as part of a new [more…]
MPs and peers oppose Donald Trump address to parliament during UK visit
A number of MPs and peers have called for Donald Trump to be blocked from addressing parliament when he visits the UK. The US president [more…]
Indigenous river campaigner from Peru wins prestigious Goldman prize
An Indigenous campaigner and women’s leader from the Peruvian Amazon has been awarded the prestigious Goldman prize for environmental activists, after leading a successful legal [more…]
Grassroots activists who took on corruption and corporate power share 2025 Goldman prize
Grassroots activists who helped jail corrupt officials and obtain personhood rights for a sacred Amazonian river are among this year’s winners of the world’s most [more…]
Some British MPs spending equivalent of a day a week doing second jobs
A total of seven MPs have spent on average one working day a week on second jobs since the start of the 2024 parliament, with [more…]
Ten assaults a day on asylum seekers in Home Office care, figures reveal
The Home Office is recording an average of 10 assaults a day on asylum seekers in its care, according to internal government data, amid harsh [more…]
El Salvador’s president proposes swapping US-deported Venezuelans with Maduro’s ‘political prisoners’
El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, has proposed sending 252 Venezuelans deported from the US and imprisoned in his country to Venezuela, in exchange for “political [more…]
US citizen wrongfully arrested by border patrol in Arizona held for nearly 10 days
Immigration officials detained a US citizen for nearly 10 days in Arizona, according to court records and press reports. As the NPR affiliate Arizona Public [more…]
‘The whole policy is wrong’: rebellion among Labour MPs grows over £5bn benefits cut
Labour MPs opposed to the government’s massive £5bn of benefit cuts say they will refuse to support legislation to implement them, even if more money [more…]
