British Isles
Thursday, 01 September 2022 21:52
'Black hole' of child suicide
Suicide is the biggest killer of people aged under 35 in the UK. ‘However bad you feel, this will pass. You are not alone, things will look different tomorrow.’ That is what Pete would have said…
Thursday, 01 September 2022 21:47
Energy bills
Ofgem says a typical household gas and electricity bill will rise to £3,549 a year from October. Save the Children warned the rise could put young people's health at risk, with families unable to afford to…
Thursday, 01 September 2022 21:44
Using online teaching to cut costs
Forty schools will use a new virtual messaging tool for pupils to get online help from vetted subject experts in the autumn term to avoid hiring new staff amid a budget crisis. The tool, askOLA, was…
Thursday, 01 September 2022 21:41
‘If the police won’t do their job, we’ll do it for them’
Children as young as 11 are being violently attacked by teenagers who film the assaults called ‘patterning’. They post the videos across social media to embarrass the victim. One mother got a phone call from her…
Thursday, 01 September 2022 21:38
Police crackdown on crime
Merseyside police made 32 arrests, carried out 66 stop and searches, executed 11 warrants, and seized eight vehicles in 24 hours as they cracked down on organised crime after the fatal shooting of Olivia Pratt-Korbel. A…
Thursday, 01 September 2022 21:34
Nadhim Zahawi visits US for talks
The UK chancellor Nadhim Zahawi visited the USA for cost-of-living talks during what could be his final week in the job. The two candidates for PM have signalled they will offer more help when elected, though…