BBC News Supporting small and medium-sized businesses has been among Vladimir Putin’s declared priorities even in wartime, and framed as a backbone of resilience in the face of Western sanctions. But the Russian state has been unable to shield the sector from the war’s impact, and there have been several shocks to businesses since the […]
BBC News Gatwick’s price hike comes as the airport tries to get more people arriving by trains and buses. When the Transport Secretary approved the airport’s plans for a second runway, one of the requirements was to have 54% of passengers using public transport. Heathrow may also have to act to try and put people […]
BBC News Camels are famously known as the ships of the desert, but even these hardy animals are not being spared from the extremes of rising temperatures in Africa. The Afar region of north-eastern Ethiopia is one of the hottest and driest places on Earth, where nomads often lead camel caravans carrying salt through the […]
BBC News Young boys and men appear to be over-represented in the stats. Of the casualties, 302 – the most of any age and sex category – were males aged 10-19. Six deaths were recorded in 2024, unchanged from the previous year. Five of these were riders and one a pedestrian. Although the numbers aren’t […]
BBC News It is not the first time the Environment Agency’s enforcement regime has been called into question. In 2024, the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP), an independent public body, ruled that the EA was not applying legislation properly as to when sewage could be legally discharged. It said the EA was allowing water companies […]
BBC News Anas Sarwar has never made a secret of his desire to hold high office. It’s only a matter of weeks since he offered himself to Scottish voters as a candidate to replace John Swinney as first minister. That went spectacularly wrong. The SNP held power for a fifth consecutive term and Labour recorded […]
BBC News The decision not only plunged the future of the 2026 edition into doubt but the Games as whole. But in September 2024 a deal, backed by the Scottish government, was agreed for Glasgow to host “a scaled back, but high-quality” event. It will be staged across four venues along an eight-mile stretch – […]
BBC News In New York City’s Times Square, one of the busiest pedestrian intersections in the world, photographs of Wang Wang come up on a gigantic digital screen every 35 minutes. One of the captions reads: “She was loved. She wanted to live. She should still be here.” Similar billboards have been put up on […]
