Why Nauru’s $1billion deal with mysterious Chinese company might have breached treaty with Australia

Australia is working to confirm whether Nauru has breached a security treaty following a $1billion announcement with a Chinese company. Nauru must receive Australia’s sign-off on any partnership, arrangement or engagement with... Read more »

How could stamp duty and council tax be replaced with new ‘property taxes’?

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Scotland, Wales and N Ireland party leaders unite to criticise Starmer over Israel-Gaza stance | Politics News

Party leaders in the UK’s devolved nations have called on Sir Keir Starmer to impose immediate sanctions on Israel and said waiting until September to recognise a Palestinian state is “far too... Read more »

TikTok and Instagram accused of targeting teens with suicide and self-harm content | UK News

TikTok and Instagram have been accused of targeting teenagers with suicide and self-harm content – at a higher rate than two years ago. The Molly Rose Foundation – set up by Ian... Read more »

‘The Welsh language has been aggressively oppressed’: Tristwch y Fenywod, the gothic trio communing with a mystical Wales | Pop and rock

‘It’s often dealing with quite elemental things,” says the vocalist Gwretsien Ferch Lisbeth of Tristwch y Fenywod’s music. “The sense of being in an ancient landscape; or the enchanted, sapphic feeling of... Read more »

Golden eagles poised for reintroduction in England | Birds

After more than 150 years, golden eagles could be set to return to England, as a study is expected to confirm there are enough suitable sites to support the reintroduction of the... Read more »

Scrapping of audit watchdog for English councils ‘led to soaring costs and chaos’ | Accountancy

David Cameron’s “bonfire of the quangos” decision to abolish England’s council spending watchdog has left a broken system that is costing taxpayers more money than it was promised to save. In a... Read more »

Parents in England skipping meals to afford school uniforms, survey finds | Schools

Parents in England are skipping meals and turning to buy-now-pay-later services such as Klarna in order to afford school uniforms before the autumn term, according to a survey. Almost half (47%) of... Read more »

Children’s exposure to porn higher than before 2023 Online Safety Act, poll finds | Pornography

Exposure to pornography has increased since the introduction of UK rules to protect the public online, with children as young as six seeing it by accident, research by the children’s commissioner for... Read more »

Bioethanol plant begins shut-down process

Lucy Hooker Business reporter, BBC News Olivia Hutchinson Reporter, BBC Radio 5 Live BBC Vivergo, one of two UK bioethanol plants, has ceased production and will start laying off its 160 employees... Read more »