BBC News Prime Minister Andy Burnham has started building his new cabinet after taking office following the resignation of Sir Keir Starmer. Among his appointments are Ed Miliband, joining as Foreign Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, who remains Home Secretary, and former Labour Deputy Leader Angela Rayner as Housing Secretary. The BBC’s Annita McVeigh talks us through […]
BBC News Despite increasing awareness, diagnosing a meat allergy can be difficult. Symptoms often develop at night, hours after people have eaten their evening meal, and for those suffering asthma, the two can often be confused. Van Nunen describes it as “an anytime but not an every time allergy”. Symptoms may sometimes not appear at […]
BBC News In her teens, Michelle Huynh, the eldest daughter of migrant parents in Australia, made a promise to her family that she would become a millionaire by the time she turned 30. The 26-year-old describes it as “a somewhat silly promise” inspired by the sacrifices her non-English-speaking parents made to raise the family. But […]
BBC News Andy Burnham pledged to “bring back hope” to Britain, as he began his tenure as prime minister by appointing Labour stalwart John Healey as chancellor. In his first speech to the nation in Downing Street, Burnham said he wanted to bring forward the “biggest changes in the last 40 years” to British politics. […]
BBC News TikTok Shop says its UK sales grew by more than 30% year-on-year in June, with live shopping the fastest-growing format. It says it now has more than 6,000 livestreams taking place every day. At an event in the centuries old Covent Garden market, it hosted 20 small businesses with stalls who were also […]
BBC News The impact of heatwaves is two-fold for bumblebees. UK species are adapted to our historically cooler climate – with fat, furry bodies that help them retain heat and powerful flight muscles that warm them as they fly. But in a heatwave their muscles generate more heat, while their thick coats and round bodies […]
BBC News “If they’re hungry, they’ll eat. I don’t force them to because I think that can instil pressure,” says Doone, from London. She says her daughter Cora, two, used to be the “best eater” but seeing others at nursery turn their noses up at certain foods made her do the same. “I’m trying not […]
BBC News Due to the combination of prolonged dry weather and increased demand for water, hosepipe bans are in force for millions of customers in England. River flows have decreased in recent weeks in England according to the Environment Agency, external, with 87% of catchments now at “below normal to exceptionally low levels”. In Wales, […]
