Social media firms have gone backwards in tackling online hate, says Kick It Out chairman | UK News

As head of football’s anti-racism body, there was dread for Sanjay Bhandari watching England’s Women’s Euros quarter-final with Sweden. But that’s, grimly, how it always is. Concerned that black players will be... Read more »

‘The place is empty, a lot have left’: Ballymena weighs up impact of anti-migrant riots | Northern Ireland

Since Ballymena erupted in three nights of anti-migrant riots last month, tranquility has returned to the County Antrim town. The rioters, after all, got what they wanted. They won. Dozens of Romanian... Read more »

France’s eight weeks of summer holidays, or England’s six? I’ve done both and know which one I prefer | Gillian Harvey

Remember the summer holidays of your childhood – the seemingly endless, sunny days many of us look back on fondly? Those six “precious” weeks look very different when you’re a parent. Having... Read more »

Browsing Rightmove for a rural bolthole? Get ‘the best of the Highlands’ for £9m | Scotland

If you’re spending a drizzly weekend indoors scrolling for the one-day countryside bolthole you’ll probably never buy, something in the Highlands of Scotland might catch your eye in the Rightmove listings. Just... Read more »

It’s time to rethink how we measure labor in the US | Gene Marks

Last week the Wall Street Journal reported that, as a result of the “tougher environment” in the labor market, companies are “in control again” and are warning applicants of “long hours and... Read more »

Maternal deaths rising in UK despite fewer births, official figures show | Health

Growing numbers of women in the UK are dying during pregnancy or soon after giving birth, even though fewer babies are being born, official figures show. While 209 maternal deaths occurred in... Read more »

Storm brews over Nationwide chief executive’s pay package worth up to £7m | Nationwide

It has been a career-defining summer for Debbie Crosbie. Three years after taking over as the chief executive of Nationwide Building Society, the straight-talking Glaswegian has become a darling of the Labour... Read more »

The rise of green tech is feeding another environmental crisis

BBC Raquel Celina Rodriguez watches her step as she walks across the Vega de Tilopozo in Chile’s Atacama salt flats. It’s a wetland, known for its groundwater springs, but the plain is... Read more »

Water company sewage pollution to halve by 2030, minister pledges

Getty Images Sewage discharge into rivers and coastlines has become a growing issue The number of times sewage is discharged by water companies will be halved by 2030, the environment secretary has... Read more »

The young Belfast rower with Olympic dreams

Sean-Patrick Mulryan BBC News NI Methodist College Belfast/Lydia Neff Sophia Young on her way to gold at last weekend’s Irish Rowing Championships Northern Ireland has no shortage of rowing talent. Now a... Read more »