Tag: UK News

A group of nurses who were driven out of their neighborhood in County Antrim due to racist attacks found themselves living in a disused hospital building with their young children. Eight families left the Ballycraigy estate after enduring several racist attacks including anti-immigrant posters taped to their windows and car windows being smashed. Three of… Continue reading Racism: Attacked nurses lived in disused hospital building

Jamie Theakston, co-host of Heart Breakfast, revealed that he has been diagnosed with stage one laryngeal cancer. In a statement, the 53-year-old presenter said that he underwent an operation to remove a lesion from his vocal cords and that the prognosis was positive. He went on to say that the cancer was identified by a… Continue reading Jamie Theakston reveals he has laryngeal cancer

Reality star Gemma Collins has claimed to be a distant relative of the infamous Jack the Ripper after tracing her family history on the BBC show Who Do You Think You Are? Collins discovered that her ancestors lived next to the site where several of the Ripper’s victims were murdered in Spitalfields, east London, during… Continue reading Gemma Collins finds link to Jack the Ripper murders in BBC show

An increasing number of low-income pensioners are seeking warm clothing from a clothes bank in the UK, following the government’s announcement that it would cut the winter fuel allowance. Last week, the MK Storehouse in Stacey Bushes, Milton Keynes, gave away 89 jumpers and 39 coats, a rise that was “previously unheard of”. Around 10… Continue reading Pensioners 'panicking' about winter – Milton Keynes clothes bank

A new project in Denbighshire is aiming to boost biodiversity in the region by cultivating rare species of native trees. The wild service, or “chequers”, tree, which was once used to make a type of beer and whose fruit was eaten as sweets, is among these. There are currently only 16 recorded wild service trees… Continue reading Rare wild service trees harvested in Denbighshire for biodiversity

A loggerhead sea turtle that was left injured and stationary on a beach in Cumbria earlier this year has been released back into the wild after completing a successful rehabilitation programme at various Sea Life facilities. The creature, called Nazaré, was flown to the Azores for release earlier this month. It was found covered in… Continue reading Injured loggerhead turtle found in Cumbria released into wild

A group of 141 UK universities has called for higher tuition fees and direct government funding to halt a growing deficit in England. Universities UK has proposed a fee rise linked to inflation and more investment from the government to ensure the sector doesn’t slide into decline. The Department for Education has said it will… Continue reading UK universities call for tuition-fee rise in freshers' week

Leicester was once a hub for the clothing industry in the UK, with global retailer Next among the many companies that kept tens of thousands of people employed. However, the city’s fashion industry suffered from years of factory closures, before a boom in fast fashion created a new crop of sub-contractors providing flexibility to deliver… Continue reading Leicester garment worker: 'Working for £3 an hour made me feel dirty'

In a surprising move, Brie Larson, the Academy Award-winning actress famous for her roles in Room and Captain Marvel, has announced that she will make her debut on the UK stage in 2025. Larson will perform the part of Elektra in an adaptation of the famous Greek tragedy by Sophocles. The play has been translated… Continue reading Brie Larson 'excited' for West End debut in Greek tragedy Elektra

Sir David Attenborough, the renowned wildlife presenter who has been making documentaries for 70 years, believes that the world would be in a much worse state if it were not for the broadcasting of natural history. Attenborough acknowledged that people find these documentaries a source of fascination and beauty and insist that they play a… Continue reading Sir David Attenborough: Our wildlife programmes help the world