UK Hospitality Cymru director David Chapman said the costs facing the sector made running a business similar to “plate spinning when you’re riding an exercise bike”. Chapman added: “You have massive amounts of taxation coming from all areas. We have a VAT problem besides business rates. We also have high inflation in the industry over…
Research carried out for the Association of Jersey Charities by 4insight, external found 89% of respondents had given money in the previous 12 months, but younger people and lower-income households were less likely to have donated, with affordability being a “key barrier”. Liddiard said, despite this, legacy giving remained important, and people needed to amounts…
Thousands of olive ridley turtles came to La Escobilla beach in Oaxaca, Mexico, to lay their eggs within 48 hours, according to sanctuary officials. The natural phenomenon is known as “la arribada”, meaning “the arrival”, and sees hundreds of thousands of the amphibians swim ashore in southern Mexico. This is the sixth wave of the…
Parts of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut were hit by flash flooding leading to water rescues, stranded motorists and half-marathon runners struggling through waist-deep flood waters. Connecticut officials said parts of the state saw up to seven inches of rain in a very short period of time, according to the BBC’s partner, CBS News.
Three sisters almost completed an equally epic journey, but stopped when one became trapped in a snare. African wild dogs are among Africa’s rarest predators, with only about 6,000 remaining in the wild. They live in highly social packs, hunt together and are known for their vast roaming in search of new territory and breeding…
Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite system is set to be used to improve farmers’ broadband connections during a pilot scheme. Lincolnshire County Council said it wanted to purchase and install Starlink facilities for so-called “not spot” properties that do not have access to fibre broadband. The council owns a County Farms Estate, comprising about 16,500 acres…
A Malaysian teenage boy charged with the high-profile murder of a female schoolmate has been acquitted, with the judge finding the boy was mentally unsound during the incident. He had fatally stabbed Yap Shing Xuen in a toilet at their secondary school on the outskirts of the capital Kuala Lumpur. The killing of the 16-year-old…
In a summary of its 100-page report, external, the JCHR points out that AI has been responsible for numerous abuses of human rights. It cites as examples the use of AI to create sexualised images of women and girls and scanning people’s faces without their consent. The JCHR advocates the creation of a “single, independent…
Last week, Miami authorities identified the five people who died as Rolando Aleman Leon, 55; Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo, 53; Julio C Pineda, 75; Carlos Acosta Fajardo, 53; and Javierkys Reyes Quevedo, 47. Five others were also injured. “Our deepest condolences are with the families and loved ones of those who lost their lives,” 21 Air…
