Ministers urged to end water ‘postcode lottery’ with single social tariff
Ministers are under pressure to end the “postcode lottery” on water by introducing a single social tariff for households on low incomes, amid fresh signs
Ministers urged to act over numbers failing English and maths GCSEs
The government has been urged to reassess what a social mobility expert has called the “national scandal” of teenagers leaving school without GCSE passes in
‘They couldn’t even afford a bag of chips!’: Scotland’s great lost all-female bands
When musician and film-maker Carla Easton was growing up in Lanarkshire, Scotland, in the 1990s, her favourite girl band were Jem and the Holograms –
Waitrose to open 100 convenience shops in £1bn investment drive
Waitrose is planning to open 100 convenience stores over the next five years as part of a £1bn-plus investment in new outlets and shop refurbishments.
Guns banned from set of The Crow reboot after Brandon Lee’s death
The director of the upcoming reboot of The Crow has revealed that he banned all firing weapons from the set because of the death of
Mpox: Argentina quarantines cargo ship over suspected case of virus
Argentine authorities have quarantined a cargo ship in the Parana River over a suspected case of mpox onboard, the government said on Tuesday, as global
Home secretary to recruit 100 specialists to target people-smuggling gangs
The home secretary has announced plans to recruit 100 investigators and intelligence officers to target people-smuggling gangs as part of measures to clampdown on illegal
Phil Foden and Khadija Shaw scoop PFA awards double for Manchester City
Manchester City enjoyed a successful night at the Professional Footballers’ Association awards as Phil Foden and Khadija “Bunny” Shaw were crowned PFA players’ player of
Lollipop review – impassioned, head-butting indictment of the social-care system
Daisy-May Hudson is the British film-maker who in 2015 made a fiercely personal documentary about homelessness: her own. Half Way told the story of how
Brazilian police end their investigation into Antony allegations
The Brazilian police investigation into allegations of violence against the Manchester United winger Antony has been dropped by the Sao Paulo civil police “without indictment”,