Chancellor John Healey has said building a third runway at Heathrow Airport has “always been a case for growth” after Prime Minister Andy burnout refused to say if he backed the expansion. Healey said airport expansion, including at Heathrow, had been “a big part of jobs ...
A Mexican judge has sentenced three men convicted of murdering Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson, and their US friend Carter Rhoad to 158 years and nine months in jail each. The Robinsons and Rhoad were killed in an apparent botched robbery of their truck on a secluded beach in ...
Jair Bolsonaro promoted mining in indigenous lands in the Amazon and forest clearances soared at the same time as resources to protect the forest were cut. During Bolsonaro’s presidency from 2019 to 2022, the Amazon lost nearly 60% more in forest lands compared to the previous four y...
When it comes to the future direction of the global economy there is a bit of a tug of war going on. There are starkly opposing forces. On the one hand holding back growth are the familiar, recurring crises from the energy shock, trade conflict and actual war. This is reflected most clearl...
Blair’s publicist described the actress’s physical achievements since her MS diagnosis as “nothing short of a miracle” and said she still lives with pain daily. “Selma had never been arrested before Sunday night,” she said. “There is much more to t...
Storms are most often named when potentially damaging winds are forecast, but can also be named for flooding rain or disruptive snow. They were first named to help bring public attention to episodes of severe weather, to help people prepare to avoid the worst impacts by planning ahead. In ...
Matlow says that leaves a “growing animal welfare crisis on our hands”. Still, her organisation had concerns about the relocation of the Marineland whales. “If an animal was not healthy enough to withstand the stress of transport, it should not have been transported,̶...
So why are people like Gracey, who have never smoked a cigarette, taking it up? The Londoner believes vaping helps when she’s feeling socially anxious. “It’s the hand action,” she says, “just having something in your hand, just having something in your mouth.&...
Police say the suspect was armed with about 44 more rounds of shotgun ammunition when he was stopped. He fired as many as 15 rounds in the class. “To the people who showed courage in the face of such violence, and intervened to prevent this tragedy from being any worse, we owe you a ...
The use of fossil fuels to power the centre prompted criticism from environmental campaign group Friends of the Earth Cymru. Its interim director Jenny Lloyd said: ”After a summer of heat waves and drought and worries about flooding over the autumn and winter, it’s completely ...