BBC News Residents say they could face prosecution if they do not pay thousands of pounds to repair a water pipe outside their homes. The residents of five houses in Pontycymer, Bridgend county, said they were told by Welsh Water that a leak from the shared water pipe supplying their homes needs to be repaired […]
BBC News Kathryn Strain, who is a member of the Chunky Dunkers sea swimming group in Donaghadee, says it’s common to see tourists from cruise ships visiting Belfast making trips to the town. “You can hear them saying, ‘oh, that’s where the police station was, and oh, this is so and so’s house’,” so it […]
BBC News The social care system in England – which is delivered mainly by independent providers rather than the NHS – is widely perceived as underfunded and unfair. Public funding is means tested and it is estimated, external that there are two million older people in England now living with some unmet need for social […]
BBC News Elena Hernández moved to the coca-growing region of Guaviare during the boom of the 1990s, lured by better pay. “There was more money back then – you could see it everywhere,” she says. “I managed to save and buy a small house.” But the coca industry also brought violence and insecurity. Armed groups […]
BBC News Sir Keir won a landslide general election victory two years ago – but he began losing public support within weeks of arriving in Downing Street after a series of policy mis-steps and U-turns. The final straw for many Labour MPs was when right-wing party Reform UK swept the board at local elections in […]
BBC News Ecstatic Spanish spectators and disappointed Argentine fans spoke to the BBC outside New York New Jersey Stadium after the World Cup final on Sunday. Argentina played extra time with only 10 men when Spain’s Ferran Torres scored the winning goal after 106 minutes. Read more on this story #Watch #Spanish #Argentinian #fans #react […]
BBC News A collection of poems, some scribbled on slips of paper between food deliveries, has won Wang Jibing one of China’s top literary honours. Low Flight, inspired by the everyday challenges delivery riders face, has bagged the Lu Xun Literary Prize – named after a writer who has been referred to as the father […]
