Starmer announces £53m support to help with heating oil costs
The money will be for “vulnerable” households who have faced a sharp rise in energy bills since the outbreak of the US-Israeli war with Iran. Source link
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What are the symptoms of meningitis and is there a vaccine?
Two people have died following an outbreak of meningitis, including one student at the University of Kent. Source link
Ten killed in trauma centre ICU fire in Cuttack
In 2024, a blaze in the neonatal ICU of a medical college in northern Jhansi city killed at least 10 newborn babies. In 2021, a fire in the ICU of Vijay Vallabh hospital in the western city of Virar killed 13 patients receiving treatment for Covid-19. Another fire in 2021 at a newborn care unit…
Liam Livingstone criticises England, Rob Key and Brendon McCullum
Describing how he was left out by England last summer, Livingstone said: “I don’t think [the call] would have reached a minute. I asked why, they said they wanted to try someone else. That was off Baz [McCullum]. “Keysy said nothing – he said ‘I’ll speak to you in the summer’. I actually rang him…
Fire-hit nursery temporarily relocates 10 miles away
Theale reopens on Monday for 76 children, with temporary buildings coming to Thatcham in coming weeks Source link
Uni student among two dead in Kent meningitis outbreak
Eleven people in the Canterbury area are also seriously ill in hospital, the BBC understands. Source link
Meta and TikTok let harmful content rise after evidence outrage drove engagement
A senior Meta researcher, Matt Motyl, said the company’s competitor to TikTok, Instagram Reels, was launched in 2020 without sufficient safeguards. Internal research shared with the BBC showed comments on Reels had significantly higher prevalence of bullying and harassment, hate speech, and violence or incitement than elsewhere on Instagram. Source link
Labour calls for tax investigation into Reform's Tice
It follows a newspaper report that Tice had avoided corporation tax worth hundreds of thousands of pounds. Source link
Far-left and far-right gains throw French mainstream parties into a quandary
Awkward choices emerge for mainstream parties after the first round of mayoral elections. Source link
Father guilty of murdering baby daughter
Sean Jefferson, 35, and Amy Leigh Clarke, 34, from Staffordshire, faced multiple charges. Source link