Azerbaijan airline blames ‘external interference’ for plane crash
Azerbaijan Airlines says the preliminary results of an investigation into the crash of its plane in Kazakhstan on 25 December have blamed “physical and technical external interference”. Thirty-eight people died when the Embraer jet came down at high speed, bursting into flames 3km (1.9 miles) short of the runway at Aktau airport. The plane had […]
Women’s World Cup: Fifa wants to increase teams & double prize money
This year’s World Cup has seen record TV audiences in the UK and beyond, with Infantino keen to capitalise on the success of the tournament by expanding it from 2023. Prize money for the 2019 World Cup was doubled to $30m (£24m) but will go up to $60m (£48m) for the next tournament. The 2018 […]
Dame Jenni Murray signs off with feminist anthem
Dame Jenni closes her last programme with Helen Reddy Dame Jenni Murray ended her final episode of Woman’s Hour with Helen Reddy’s feminist anthem, I Am Woman. The Australian singer died this week aged 78. The outgoing presenter said it was “very strange” to be hosting the BBC Radio 4 show for the last time, […]
Ministers agree 2025/26 Northern Ireland funding
PA Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly, Finance Minister Caoimhe Archibald and First Minister Michelle O’Neill announced the draft budget on Thursday The Northern Ireland Executive has agreed to release for public consultation its draft budget for the 2025/26 financial year. Under the proposals, the health and education departments would receive most of the £19bn budget […]
Can flights hit net zero by 2025 and at what cost to passengers?
BBC It is the perfect start to a holiday: your plane ticket is cheap, your cabin baggage is safely stowed, the engines are roaring into life – and the pilot has announced that there’s no need to worry about the environmental impact. This is Jet Zero, a vision where air travel is entirely carbon neutral […]
UK rent soars by average £3,240 since Covid, says Zoopla
Getty Images Renting a newly let property is on average £270 per month more expensive than at the end of the coronavirus pandemic, according to figures from Zoopla. Rent began to soar in 2021 because of high demand from tenants after lockdowns were lifted and limited numbers of available properties. The average cost of renting […]
Farmers and tractors hold rally in York over inheritance tax
Louise Fewster/BBC Steve Ridsdale attended the rally to show support for fellow farmers More than 100 farmers from across North Yorkshire have taken part in a protest against the government’s planned inheritance tax reforms. Crowds gathered to watch the demonstrators in their tractors travel from York Auction Centre in Murton past city landmarks such as […]
‘My friend was life and soul of the soup kitchen’
Jan Kellond Dianne Henry (left) inspired Jan Kellond and her other friends and family through her kindness A retired teacher who helped set up a kitchen to feed people in food poverty – including hundreds of children – said the work of a close friend lived on through the venture. Jan Kellond, 75, co-founded Friends […]
Telford study aims to reduce bowel cancer diagnosis wait
A £1m research study based in Shropshire hopes to reduce the waiting time for bowel cancer diagnosis. The year-long study will take place at the Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) in Telford, using about 6,000 symptomatic patients from the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH). It will trial a new test, which uses a device […]
Nasa’s Parker Solar Probe survives closest-ever approach to Sun
NASA Parker Solar Probe broke records as it made its burning-hot fly-by A Nasa spacecraft has made history by surviving the closest-ever approach to the Sun. Scientists received a signal from the Parker Solar Probe just before midnight on Thursday after it had been out of communication for several days during its burning-hot fly-by. Nasa […]