Stock-Asso/Shutterstock Plants look so different from animals, that it’s easy for many people to think of them as alien and separate from us. Most people appreciate how pretty flowers and trees look and know photosynthesis is essential to life. But our mental and physical connection to plantlife runs deeper thanContinue Reading
B ritain’s unemployment rate has risen and vacancies have fallen for the ninth month in a row as the uncertain economic outlook begins to take its toll on the UK jobs market, official figures have shown. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the unemployment rate lifted to 3.8% inContinue Reading
Nigeria’s Itana partnered with Binance and the Charter Cities Institute to build a physical tech hub near Lagos, but the plan has sparked controversy.Continue Reading
L abour will scrap zero-hour contracts if the party wins the next general election, its deputy leader has said. Ahead of her address to the STUC conference in Dundee, Angela Rayner made the pledge, saying it would form part of Labour’s “new deal for working people” if Sir Keir StarmerContinue Reading
A bba star Bjorn Ulvaeus said he “could never have dreamt” the group’s Voyage show would reach so many people in under a year as he met the one millionth customer. Competition winner Josie Felix, 20, was treated to a surprise meet and greet with Ulvaeus on Monday as theContinue Reading
T he husband of a British-Israeli woman murdered with her daughters in the West Bank has said he is still “100% glad” his family moved to the country. Lucy Dee, 48, died three days after her daughters, Rina, 15, and Maia, 20, were shot and killed on April 7. TheContinue Reading
T he Liberal Democrats have called for an investigation after accusing the Prime Minister of flouting purdah rules by making a policy announcement in the run-up to local elections. Christine Jardine MP said she is “deeply concerned” that the move breaches the Government’s own guidance on the pre-election period ofContinue Reading
A week-long manhunt that gripped the UK in July 2010 has been turned into a television drama, bringing Raoul Moat’s violent crimes back to public attention. Neil Adamson, who was head of Northumbria Police CID when Moat went on the run after shooting three people, told ITV that it wasContinue Reading
B rexit has been a “big contributing factor” in companies snubbing the City of London and listing in New York, a senior economist said on Monday. Simon French, Head of Research at Panmure Gordon, said UK stock market valuations had slumped since the 2016 vote to leave the EU. HisContinue Reading
A report from a global human rights organisation said the administration of the Windrush compensation scandal should be “stripped” from the Home Office and given to an independent body. The report from Human Rights Watch revealed victims are still being subjected to long waits and their claims are underpaid. TheContinue Reading
