Fear tolls will lead to fewer boats on Norfolk and Suffolk Broads
Jamie Niblock/BBC Small boatyard owner Mary Sparrow is concerned about the impact to her business of an above-inflation rise in tolls An above-inflation increase in fees for boats using the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads would impact the tourism industry, leading to fewer vessels on the water and less income for the authority, a boatyard owner […]
M6 motorway speed restriction lifted following roadworks
A speed restriction on a busy stretch of motorway has been lifted following the completion of roadworks. National Highways said the speed limit on the M6 between Warrington and Wigan increased from 50mph to 70mph, with an extra lane on each carriageway also opening for the first time on Thursday. It follows £260m of work […]
On board with the pilots doing one of Britain’s toughest jobs
BBC Coxswain Roger Edmond piloting his launch towards Grimsby It is one of the toughest jobs going: guiding gigantic cargo vessels into port on one of the most treacherous stretches of water in the world. Every day, pilots speed out into the North Sea to board ships and help their captains navigate the tides and […]
Weather, airport delays disrupt Americans’ Christmas travel
Watch: Santa Cruz Wharf partially collapses due to pacific storm Millions of Americans across the US are bracing for difficult weather conditions during the Christmas holiday, with storms threatening to further disrupt one of the busiest travel periods of the year. Up and down the east coast, the first storm of the winter blanketed cities […]
Supermarkets ‘putting profits above human rights’, MP says
In an urgent question in the House of Commons on Tuesday, Champion described the UK’s product labelling as “weak and confusing” The chairwoman of the International Development Select Committee also called for consumers to be given more information on which countries the product ingredients come from and stronger legislation to effectively ban the importing of […]
AI camera targets drink and drug drivers in ‘world-first’ trial
Vison Zero South West The Heads-Up machine will come into operation for the first time in Devon and Cornwall Motorists under the influence of alcohol or drugs could be caught by a pioneering AI camera which is being tested for the first time in Devon and Cornwall. The state-of-the-art Heads-Up machine can detect road use […]
Folic acid will be added to flour from 2026
Food producers in Northern Ireland will have to add folic acid to non-wholemeal flour by law from 2026. The Department of Health (DoH) said the legislation has been introduced to protect newborn babies from serious brain and spine problems. The laws are being introduced across the UK after the Westminster government’s independent advisory body recommended […]
‘AI deepfake romance scam duped me out of £17k’
BBC Nikki MacLeod believed she was sending money to a woman she was in an online relationship with A victim of an elaborate online romance fraud has told BBC Scotland that she was completely convinced by deepfake videos used to scam her out of £17,000. Nikki MacLeod, 77, sent gift cards and made bank and […]
Denmark boosts Greenland defence after Trump repeats desire for US control
Reuters Greenland has major mineral and oil reserves The Danish government has announced a huge boost in defence spending for Greenland, hours after US President-elect Donald Trump repeated his desire to purchase the Arctic territory. Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said the package was a “double digit billion amount” in krone, or at least […]
What will happen to Syria’s £4.5bn drug empire now?
BBC When Syrian rebel leader Ahmed al-Sharaa arrived in Damascus and gave a victory speech on the heels of a lightning military campaign that swept through the country and toppled Bashar al-Assad’s regime, one remark went widely unnoticed. That was his reference to an illegal narcotic that has flooded the Middle East over the past […]