Yahoo NewsGiant inflatable Queen's guard floats through London for New Year's Day parade
Giant inflatable Queen's guard floats through London for New Year's Day parade
Giant inflatable Queen's guard floats through London for New Year's Day parade
Teachers are taking strike action in February, find out everything you need to know about if schools will be closed and what to do.
Nearly an hour of footage showing Memphis police officers pepper spray, baton, punch, kick and tase Tyre Nichols helped bring swift murder charges. Bevan Hurley explains the horror captured in four separate videos
Peruvian lawmakers on Tuesday once again failed to agree on a plan to bring forward elections in a bid to end weeks of deadly protests that have brought parts of the South American country to a standstill."What do we solve with bringing forward elections if the people don't want to have anything to do with Dina Boluarte?"
HUNDREDS of residents of a South Oxfordshire village are sending postcards to the Secretary of State, urging him to reject an appeal by a housing developer.
CRIMINALS are going underground to hide their cannabis farms – a meeting has been told.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer will grill the prime minister over his government’s record across months of widespread industrial action, which have seen ministers table new laws to limit the rights of striking workers.Around 85 per cent of schools are either fully or partially closed by strike action today, while the bulk of Britain’s train network is offline.Downing Street said 600 military personnel as well as civil servants and volunteers across government have been trained to fill the gaps in public services.Parliament TV
Falmouth Town manager Andrew Westgarth was pleased to add another three points despite a below-par performance on Saturday.
Everyone knows about food banks in their local area helping to tackle hunger and help families in need, but have you ever heard of a community surplus hub? The man who runs this amazing scheme is Pesh Kapashiawara, the Chair of Trustees. With regular food banks, you need to get a reference letter from an official organisation such as a school, GP, social worker, etc. You will also be assessed alongside your full financial history/details for them to see if you’re in need of assistance.
Mo Farah will return to the London Marathon this year one final time with Eilish McColgan set to make her debut over the distance. Farah was forced to pull out just days before with injury while McColgan delayed her planned debut in October 2022 after struggling to take on fuel on the transition from track to road running. “I was really disappointed to miss last year’s London Marathon because of injury,” he said.
Cities across France were brought to a near stand-still again in the latest strikes over pension reforms planned by President Macron's administration
China's Sichuan Province , Lifts All Birth Restrictions.'The Guardian' reports that a province in China with over 80 million people will lift all birth restrictions as part of a national drive to increase the country's birth rate.On January 30, the health commission of Sichuanannounced that it would lift restrictions on unmarried people having children.The commission said it would also lift the cap on the number of births and registrations for any parent.'The Guardian' reports that the new measures will be in place for the next five years.The news comes as China has been introducing a growing list of measures and legislative changesaimed at encouraging people to have children.In 2022, China's population fell for the first time in sixty years. .The shift from China's punitive one-child policy comes as the number of aging people on state welfare grows while the number of work-age people shrinks. .The strict one-child policy included financial penalties and forced abortions until it was brought to an end in 2016.'The Guardian' reports that many young people in China have rejected the idea of marriage and childbirth.Young people often cite the high cost of living, reduced social mobility, career pressures and the expectations placed on women in Chinese society.Young people often cite the high cost of living, reduced social mobility, career pressures and the expectations placed on women in Chinese society
Sir Keir Starmer accuses Rishi Sunak of being "too weak" to suspend Dominic Raab while being investigated for bullying at Prime Minister's Questions. In response the prime minister insists "I take action when these things happen" and accuses the Labour leader of being part of a shadow cabinet under Jeremy Corbyn that "allowed hate to spread unchallenged".
Phil McGraw dispensed advice to rebellious teens, disfunctional families and troubled celebrities for 25 years
William Shawcross was due to investigate the BBC chairman’s appointment amid reports he helped Boris Johnson secure a loan.
From his rooftop in the Syrian city of Raqa, Youssef Nasser watches nervously as hundreds of heavily armed Kurdish-led fighters sweep the streets of what was once the de facto capital of the Islamic State group.The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, with support from the United States, in 2017 routed IS from Raqa, which the group had used to spread their reign of terror, perpetrating mass executions, including decapitations, and other crimes.
Misguided government efforts to rehabilitate militants have helped fuel recent terrorist activity
A group of asylum seekers pushed back against being relocated from Manhattan to a Brooklyn shelter in the early hours of January 30, according to local newsAdult male migrants who were housed in the Watson Hotel in Hell’s Kitchen resisted their relocation to a shelter at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, local news said.According to local news, police arrived at the scene outside the hotel at approximately 7:30 pm on Sunday evening, where asylum seekers and activists protested the relocation.This footage from @datainput shows tents erected by the asylum seekers outside the Watson Hotel, according to local news, and groups of people gathered outside as police stand by.Earlier this month, New York Mayor Eric Adams announced his plan to move single men from the Watson Hotel to the new shelter, which can house 1,000 people. Credit: @datainput via Storyful
A Southampton MP is demanding an assurance that "robust" measures are in place to protect asylum-seeking children staying in hotels in the city.
The education secretary says "we want to halve inflation, they want to have rises that will fuel inflation" after talks with teachers union NEU failed to avoid strike action planned for Wednesday. Gillian Keegan also rejects the union's claim that strikes are a last resort, calling it "really disappointing". .