Union group urges Rachel Reeves to consider wealth taxes
Iain WatsonPolitical correspondent BBC The TUC, the umbrella group for trade unions in the UK, is calling for Chancellor Rachel Reeves to consider a range of wealth taxes in November’s…
UAE warns Israel that annexing West Bank would cross ‘red line’
The United Arab Emirates has warned Israel that annexing the occupied West Bank would cross a “red line” and undermine the spirit of the Abraham Accords that normalised relations between…
Big Ben tower restoration up for architecture award
Ian YoungsCulture reporter House of Commons The five-year, £80m restoration of the Big Ben tower in London has been nominated for the UK’s leading architecture award, alongside a new fashion…
The six things you should do if you’re in a crash
This Morning As a former police detective, I’ve attended many car accidents but this summer, for the first time, I was in a head-on collision with another car myself. Being…
How this Afghan family ended up held by ICE in bureaucratic limbo
Nadine YousifBBC News, Toronto BBC News An Afghan woman in Canada says her family has been kept apart by recent changes to US asylum policies under Donald Trump. In a…
It’s 4,000 miles from Ukraine
Steve RosenbergRussia editor in Vladivostok BBC All the players in Soyuz, the local Para ice hockey team, lost limbs fighting in Ukraine At an ice rink in Vladivostok in Russia’s…
Rayner ‘clings on’ as she ‘fights for political survival’
Angela Rayner’s admission that she underpaid stamp duty on her flat in Hove dominates Thursday’s papers. The Financial Times says the deputy prime minister “fights for political survival” after admitting…
Constipated children being failed by lack of services, say parents
BBC Elissa says constipation needs to be screened for in every area of healthcare A mother who feared her two-year-old son’s untreated constipation could have killed him is calling for…
Retired surgeon on ‘toxic’ workplace where ‘secret files’ held on staff
Marie-Louise ConnollyBBC News NI health correspondent BBC Dr Kieran McManus is the first medical consultant to publicly speak out about the alleged bullying and harassment A retired surgeon has said…
Lack of charging facilities a ‘barrier’ for electric lorries
David WaddellBusiness reporter, Cambridgeshire BBC Liam Ely says he likes the acceleration of electric-powered heavy goods vehicles Sitting in the cab of an electric lorry for the first time, I…