Suffolk’s roads require more than £50m a year in repairs
More than £50m a year is needed to keep all the roads in Suffolk at “optimal condition”, a council claims. A report from Suffolk County Council showed the £17.78m average investment into road surfacing over the last six years was only 35% of the £50.4m needed. However, it suggested that the number of roads in […]
Commons green light ‘makes me proud’
Twitter/@alexdaviesjones Alex Davies-Jones posted this image to Twitter to mark 10 months breastfeeding her son A new Labour MP who tweeted an image of herself breastfeeding has said women being given the green light to breastfeed in the Commons is “brilliant”. On Thursday new Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle said: “If it happens, it happens. […]
Tour de France: Chief criticises Harman women’s race request
The organiser of the petition was former world champion and Olympic silver medallist Emma Pooley, who won the Grande Boucle, widely regarded as the closest thing to a women’s Tour, when it was last staged in 2009. Next year’s men’s race begins in Yorkshire, and Harman said having a women’s event would “set an example […]
Did ships really battle in the Colosseum? The bizarre true stories that inspired Gladiator II
Aidan Monaghan (Credit: Aidan Monaghan) Ridley Scott’s epic sequel starring Paul Mescal and Denzel Washington has been widely criticised for its historical inaccuracies. The BBC asks Roman history experts to separate fact from fiction. You might joke that for his work on Gladiator II, Alexander Mariotti had one of the hardest jobs in cinema. He […]
‘It used to be easy to get fruit pickers’
PA Media The seasonal fruit picking industry is struggling because of Brexit and the pandemic A recent government report warned that labour shortages “caused by Brexit and accentuated by the pandemic” were badly affecting our food and farming sector, with fruit suppliers often forced to leave produce rotting in the fields. One fruit farm in […]
US House of Representatives considers bill to avoid government shutdown
Watch: How does a government shutdown impact the US? The US Congress is scrambling to pass a deal to avoid a disruptive government shutdown due to start at 00:01 EST (05:01 BST). The House of Representatives is considering a bill to extend government funding for 45 days, which needs two-thirds of the vote to pass. […]
Ten brands that disappeared over the past decade
Getty Images The UK retail industry has been struggling heavily in recent years and many brands have been going into administration. But not everybody manages to secure a rescue deal with their creditors, and in some cases, once-popular household names have disappeared completely from the UK’s High Streets. Here’s a look at some of the […]
Savannah Marshall eyes Claressa Shields after first world-title success
Marshall has been buoyed by the fact she became the first fighter to stop Rankin, while Shields landed a points win over the game Scot in 2018. The American – who won Olympic gold in 2012 and 2016 – has tweeted screenshots of text message conversations with her mother, who states Marshall “deserves” to be […]
Rooms explore East End lives through the ages
Museum of the Home Museum director Sonia Solicari said the idea for the exhibition came from requests from visitors to see “more diverse stories of home” Family photos, velvet cushions and treasured ornaments are just some of the items on display as a new exhibition aims to reflect the lives of the multicultural east London […]
Katy Perry wins trademark appeal against designer Katie Perry
Singer Katy Perry has successfully appealed against a trademark decision over her name, after being sued by an Australian designer who sells clothes under her birth name Katie Perry. Three appeals judges on Friday overturned a court decision last year that favoured Katie Taylor over merchandise sold by the pop star during a 2014 tour […]