US parents turn to black market due to formula shortage
Lauren Lauren says rules restricting imports don’t make sense Mum Lauren Galvin needed to get extra milk into her baby. He was spitting up so much after nursing that he wasn’t gaining weight and had to be taken to hospital, twice. But, with the US in the grips of a severe national shortage of infant […]
PG Tips to switch to plastic-free teabags
Getty Images Teabags are to be sealed with corn starch Tea maker PG Tips is to switch to fully biodegradable, plant-based teabags, parent company Unilever has announced. Most manufacturers currently use polypropylene to seal teabags – they say it strengthens them and stops them disintegrating in a cup. Unilever said the move to plant-based sealants […]
How will it affect the Welsh food industry?
Welsh farmers export tens of thousands of lambs to European countries every year Farmers and food importers in Wales say delays in finding a trade deal after Brexit could be devastating. Even if Boris Johnson’s current deal gets approved, there could still be years of negotiations to come. And while Welsh produce is in demand […]
FIFA World Cup, rugby games and Halloween could face beer shortage
BBC Pub manager Nick Newman said “lots of businesses could run dry” for the first rugby autumn internationals A pub manager said he fears the bars could run dry as beer delivery strikes are scheduled during Wales’ rugby autumn internationals. Drivers at GXO, who deliver 40% of the UK’s beer supplies, are on strike between […]
Suffolk scrap metal dealer helps key workers
PA Media The free fuel is being offered to key workers during the fuel crisis A scrap metal dealer has provided free fuel for essential workers from old cars. Assington Autos near Sudbury, Suffolk, would normally sell the fuel drained from cars being scrapped for recycling but has offered it to key workers for no […]
The magical world of ‘The Female-Led Future’
NATALIE BYRNE Founder of The Pink Protest and author Scarlett Curtis shares her vision for 2030, and asks whether feminism is anywhere near “done”. Scarlett is one of this year’s BBC 100 women, an inspiring and innovative group who are driving change for women around the world. I am not a fan of science fiction. […]
Mohammed Yamin jailed for Al-Qaeda membership in Syria
Vice News Mohammed Yamin was filmed in Syria by a documentary crew for Vice News A British student has been jailed for al-Qaeda membership – after police used voice recognition to identify him as a masked man who made a militant speech in Syria on a YouTube video in 2013. Mohammed Yamin, 26, from east […]
The cost of the Suez Canal blockage
AFP Tug boats working on the Ever Given on Saturday night A huge container ship that has been wedged in the Suez Canal since Tuesday has finally been freed from the shoreline. However, it is not clear yet when full traffic in the canal can resume. The blockage has been the source of much worry […]
Search for ships lost in WW2 Dunkirk rescue
Historic England Archive/PA News The tug ‘Foremost 22’ took part in the evacuation, helping tow the damaged HMS Sharpshooter from Dunkirk to Dover Researchers have launched a mission to find wrecks of ships lost during the evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk during World War Two. More than 305 vessels were sunk during Operation Dynamo […]
SNP softens North Sea stance and ‘mobile gang huts’
The Daily Record leads with a warning from a ScotRail driver that rising youth violence will claim another life, following the death of a 14-year-old. Daniel Haig, 18, was jailed for life yesterday over the stabbing of Justin McLaughlin at a train station. The train driver told the paper that trains have become “mobile gang […]