Khurram Mehmood, 40, told AFP news agency there was a long wait for rescue workers. “I lost my daughter. She was only three days old,” he said. Jaweria, the mother of another victim, told AFP news agency the door to the maternity ward was locked. “For two hours I kept crying and wailing,” she said….
People on hold to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) for more than 30 minutes would get £30 off their tax bill under a Reform UK government, Robert Jenrick has announced. Reform’s economy spokesman said HMRC’s treatment of taxpayers was “offensive to working people” and his party would tie the pay of senior HMRC officials to…
John Browne, a lawyer specialising in industrial disease claims at Slater and Gordon, said cases involving historical contamination were difficult to investigate – but not impossible. “Time passing makes cases more difficult to prove,” he said. “Witnesses’ memories fade and locating [eye]witnesses becomes increasingly challenging and difficult.” However, he said scientific, medical and forensic evidence…
A record-breaking number of choughs have made their nests around the Cornish coastline this summer proving the breed is in “robust health”, a bird conservation charity has said. RSPB England said 161 choughs had been counted in Cornwall – 32 more than the 129 recorded in 2025. The charity said the new birds came from…
Farmers are asking people to be patient with the smell of manure as they spread it on their fields to prepare the land for next year’s crops. Muck-spreading is the process of distributing animal manure across farmland as a natural fertiliser and typically takes place twice a year, in spring and late summer. Although “it…
Like AI systems, Bitcoin relies on vast networks of powerful computers housed in data centres. Because Bitcoin operates without a central authority, these computers verify transactions and are rewarded with newly-created digital coins. But the rewards have reduced and the value of coins has dropped since last year. One bitcoin was worth about $124,000 (£91,000)…
Parents can cheaply stock up on frequent-wear items with supermarket bundle deals, while the charity Family Action suggested they team up to bulk buy items that would otherwise take them over budget. According to research from the bank Nationwide, a third of parents said they buy uniform from supermarkets, a third shop around for the…
Households are paying hundreds of pounds a year more on average than before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 started the energy crisis. Bills have gone up by about 70% compared with the pre-crisis norm, according to industry data. That means unpaid bills and charges have shot up. Energy UK estimates total debt to…
Firms across Europe have been switching to electricity from fossil fuels for their industrial needs, encouraged by subsidies from EU funds. While that is helping bring down emissions of climate-warming gases, it has also made firms more vulnerable to power cuts. And in Spain and Portugal that threat was made painfully clear last year. On…
