Chris Packham has backed a campaign to stop the government from building on green belt amid its plans to turbocharge housebuilding. He has endorsed a report which warns the countryside is at “grave risk” from ministers “hellbent” on achieving “sky-high” targets. It comes as Sir Keir Starmer pledged to construct 1.5 million new homes by…
Getty Images Average annual rent on a newly-let property is £3,240 more expensive than at the end of the coronavirus pandemic, according to figures from Zoopla. Rent began to soar in 2021 due to high demand from tenants after lockdowns were lifted and limited numbers of available properties. The annual cost of renting has gone…
The ordered closure of TikTok’s Canadian operations over national security concerns will make it more difficult to force the company to cooperate with privacy investigations, Canada’s privacy commissioner said Tuesday. Philippe Dufresne testified to MPs on the House of Commons ethics committee who are scrutinizing the federal government’s order last month that TikTok Canada wind…
Watch: Wildfire rages in California’s Malibu Canyon Thousands have been ordered to evacuate near the city of Malibu in the US state of California after a fast-moving wildfire broke out and burned hundreds of acres – including several homes. The blaze has been dubbed the Franklin Fire by authorities, who say it started in Malibu…
Telegram Mohammed al-Bashir chaired a meeting with ministers from both the transitional and former governments The prime minister of Syria’s new transitional government has said it is time for people to “enjoy stability and calm” after the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad. Mohammed al-Bashir, the former head of the rebel administration in the north-west, was…
CJ Photography Wales Wayne’s family said he lived for his six children and 20 grandchildren and was determined to be at his daughter’s wedding A terminally ill man was able to fulfil his dying wish to accompany his daughter down the aisle just six days before he died. Wayne Wharton, a 61-year-old father-of-six had terminal…
Getty Images Mothers and newborn babies came to harm because of staffing shortages and a “toxic” culture at Edinburgh’s maternity unit, according to a whistleblowing investigation seen by BBC News. NHS Lothian commissioned a report into the obstetrics triage and assessment unit at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary after a member of staff raised concerns in February…
If you thought they only showed up when you wanted to sleep in, a Maryland man armed with a leaf blower tried to disrupt the media presence outside the former school of alleged assassin Luigi Mangione. WBFF reporter Shannon Lilly was doing a live shot outside the Gilman School, where the man accused of killing…
This is an AI-generated image, used for representational purposes only. (Picture credit: DALL·E) A criminology student, Nasen Saadi, is facing trial for the murder of Amie Gray and the attempted murder of Leanne Miles on a Bournemouth beach in May. Saadi, 20, allegedly murdered Gray, 34, and injured Miles, 38, as they sat on the…
Labour is prioritising pay rises for “union paymasters” over keeping the public safe, Robert Jenrick has warned. The Government wants to build four new prisons in seven years to ease the overcrowding crisis behind bars. But Mr Jenrick, the Shadow Justice Secretary, claimed the new Prison Capacity Strategy does not include “any money for new…
