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Busiest Christmas Eve for air travel, says aviation body
Posted onFaarea Masud & Simon BrowningBBC News Getty Images The number of passengers passing through UK airports will be the most ever seen on any Christmas Eve since records began in 1972, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said. It projects over 335,000 people will be flying in the UK on Wednesday, which is up 5% from…
Fracking transforms an Argentine town but what about the nation?
Posted onMatías Zibell GarcíaBusiness reporter, Añelo, Argentina Matías Zibell García The Argentine town of Añelo has a bull statue that symbolises the region’s economic potential Mechanic Fabio Javier Jiménez found himself in the right place at the right time. When his father moved their family-owned tyre repair shop to the rural Argentine town of Añelo, it…
Brixton Soup Kitchen prepares for busy Christmas
Posted onHelen DrewPolitics London BBC Solomon Smith founded the charity after witnessing poverty among his peers As Christmas approaches, Brixton Soup Kitchen is busier than ever. Set up more than a decade ago to feed homeless people, the charity now serves anyone who cannot afford to eat. Solomon Smith said he founded the charity with money…
Throw the parcel at the back door – Evri couriers tell of pressure to earn a decent wage
Posted onZoe Conway and Kirstie BrewerBBC Panorama Watch Panorama’s undercover filming: “You’ll make no money my friend unless you get all your parcels out. Get them all out.” When Becky ordered a Barbie doll for her daughter, she got a notification from delivery firm Evri saying it had arrived. There was just one problem: it was…
Target divisive Reform in 2026, Keir Starmer tells ministers
Posted onChas GeigerPolitics reporter PA Sir Keir Starmer speaking during a cabinet meeting in Downing Street The prime minister has drawn a series of sharp dividing lines with Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, in an attempt to begin reviving Labour’s and his own political fortunes in the new year. Sir Keir Starmer told his political cabinet he…
