Category: News
Autumn budget live: major tax rises expected as Rachel Reeves prepares to set out first Labour budget in 15 years
Rachel Reeves will announce almost £3bn more from the armed forces in the budget, the Telegraph is reporting. In their story Nick Gutteridge and Danielle [more…]
Nuclear submarine shipyard fire at Barrow-in-Furness leaves two in hospital
Two people have been taken to hospital after a fire broke out at BAE Systems’ Barrow-in-Furness shipyard in Cumbria, police said. Cumbria constabulary said the [more…]
Budget cuts mean farmers in England ‘must do more with less’
Farmers and conservationists will have to “learn to do more with less” ahead of expected deep budget cuts to the Department for Environment Food and [more…]
Mount Fuji snowless for longest time on record after sweltering Japan summer
Japan’s Mount Fuji remained snowless on Tuesday, marking the latest date that its slopes have been bare since records began 130 years ago, the country’s [more…]
Experiencing intense emotions with others makes people feel more connected, study finds
Whether it is laughing at a classic comedy or watching a horror film from behind a cushion, movies can generate myriad feelings. Now researchers say [more…]
Reeves to promise ‘wealth and opportunity for all’ in major tax-raising budget
The UK’s national minimum wage is to rise by a higher than expected 6.7% next year, Rachel Reeves has announced before a multi-billion pound tax-raising [more…]
Racist jokes about Puerto Rico at rally bring anger and disgust: ‘Truly how the Trump party sees us’
Some Americans, particularly those of Puerto Rican descent, said that the racist remarks aired at Donald Trump’s Sunday night rally at Madison Square Garden in [more…]
Lost Maya city with temple pyramids and plazas discovered in Mexico
After swapping machetes and binoculars for computer screens and laser mapping, a team of researchers have stumbled on a lost Maya city of temple pyramids, [more…]
Puerto Rico Republican chair demands Trump apology for rally’s racist remarks
The president of the Republican party’s branch in Puerto Rico has said he will not vote for Donald Trump unless he apologises for racist remarks [more…]
Trudeau facing ‘iceberg revolt’ as calls grow for embattled PM to step down
Justin Trudeau, who promised “sunny ways” as he won an election on a wave of public fatigue with an incumbent Conservative government, is now facing [more…]
