33 minutes ago John Campbell,BBC News NI Economics and Business Editor PA Media UUP leader Doug Beattie had called for the budget debate to be postponed The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) will vote against Stormont’s budget when it is debated at the Assembly on Tuesday. The party’s Health Minster Robin Swann opposed the budget when...
3 hours ago Maisie Lillywhite,BBC News, West of England The Cotswold PR Company Lucille Terry didn’t want to “just do crossword puzzles” in retirement An 85-year-old student who is working towards her fourth university degree says she “can’t just sit around”. Lucille Terry from Cirencester completed her first degree, in pharmacy, at the University of...
14 minutes ago Jeremy Bowen,BBC international editor Getty Images Summer is just starting in Ukraine, and it is looking dangerous. Kharkiv, the country’s second city, in the high north-east close to Russia, is to all intents and purposes defenceless against air attacks. Two guided bombs destroyed a DIY superstore and garden centre on Saturday afternoon...
“Each member of the party, from the bottom to the very top, including the party president, is responsible for 60 voters,” said Vipin Vipala, in charge of campaigning for the BJP near a polling booth in Meerut. “We have to continuously make face-to-face contact with the 60 people assigned to us and encourage them to...
David Beckham has signed a deal to be a global ambassador for AliExpress, an online retail platform owned by Chinese technology giant Alibaba. The announcement comes as the Euros football tournament is due to kick off in Germany next month. The company did not reveal how much it is paying the former England captain. In...
An album so rare and valuable that only a few ears have ever listened to it is set to go on display at an Australian gallery, giving the public a taste of the uber-exclusive tracks. Housed in an ornate silver box, Once Upon a Time in Shaolin – recorded in secret by the Wu-Tang Clan...
Shop price rises are back to “normal levels” as the cost of furniture, televisions and other non-food items have fallen, according to a UK retail industry body. Prices rose at an annual rate of 0.6% in May, down from 0.8% in the previous month, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and research firm NielsenIQ....
Just now Barbara Plett-Usher,BBC Africa correspondent, Cape Town Kyla Herrmannsen/BBC Faldilah Petersen has turned what was once a hospital bathroom into her home Jameelah’s room was once a morgue; Faldilah’s was a bathroom; Bevil’s – the doctor’s office where he came to collect his diabetes medication. All of them are squatting in a derelict hospital...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to continue the war against Hamas amid international condemnation of an air strike that killed scores of Palestinians in Rafah on Sunday. At least 45 people were killed, according to the Hamas-run health ministry, while hundreds more were treated for severe burns, fractures and shrapnel wounds. Speaking in...
The auditing firms most often mentioned by the conglomerates and fragrance houses on their websites, and in letters to the UN, are Sedex and UEBT. Their audit reports are not publicly available but by posing as a buyer looking for ethically sourced jasmine, we managed to get the factory A Fakhry and Co to send...