Coffee prices at record high after bad weather
Getty Images Coffee drinkers may soon see their morning treat get more expensive, as the price of coffee on international commodity markets has hit its highest level on record. On…
Brazil’s President Lula ‘well’ after surgery for brain bleed
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is doing “well” after undergoing surgery for a brain bleed, his doctors say. The 79-year-old was taken to hospital in the capital, Brasília,…
Birmingham City Council agrees huge equal pay deal with unions
BBC Union members have protested for several years over the claims Thousands of women are set to have their equal pay claims settled with a council after several years. The…
Show boss says fans, not reviews, are scary
Prime Video A digital Keanu Reeves appears in an episode of Secret Level based on giant robot shooter Armored Core You can’t please all of the people all of the…
Equiment hire giant Ashtead to move stock listing to US
Equipment hire giant Ashtead plans to move its primary stock market listing to the US in a fresh blow to the London Stock Exchange. It said the US was a…
Syria rescuers end search for secret cells in Saydnaya prison
EPA Rescue workers from the White Helmets say they have ended their search operation for possible detainees in secret cells or basements at Syria’s notorious Saydnaya military prison without finding…
Embattled firm sees more sewage spills
Getty Images The embattled Thames Water saw a 40% increase in pollution incidents in the first half of the year as its debts continued to spiral. The UK’s biggest water…
Free school meal funding ‘not enough’
BBC Adam Curtis, of Dolce School Catering in Manchester, says the 5p rise is very low A 5p rise in government funding paid to schools to provide free school meals…
Missing person search near Northumberland ford flooded in storm
Mountain rescue teams have been searching for a missing person in an area which flooded during Storm Darragh. North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team and Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue…
Mental health trust could have licence removed
Nottinghamshire Police Valdo Calocane was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia three years before the killings NHS England says the mental health trust that treated the killer who carried out the Nottingham…