Charity says rise ‘hugely concerning’ and calls for change in law in England and Northern Ireland in line with rest of UK Concerns raised to the NSPCC helpline about children being physically punished have more than tripled in a year, the charity has said. Helpline staff heard about children being […]
Woodland Trust’s competition comes as charity campaigns for more robust legal protection for precious trees An oak tree shaped like an elephant and the oak with the widest girth in the UK have been shortlisted for the annual Tree of the Year competition. The Woodland Trust runs the annual competition […]
Exclusive: Agency says foreign gangs not safe from prosecution in UK and plans new recording label to track extent of the crime ‘It looks so real’: amid rise in financial sextortion, Childline is helping teenagers fight back How west Africa’s online fraudsters moved into sextortion The National Crime Agency has […]
Three-year campaign by parents of aid worker killed in Afghanistan brings 19 trainee doctors to Scotland A group of trainee female doctors from Afghanistan have travelled to Edinburgh to complete their medical degrees after the Taliban forced them to quit studying. The 19 women arrived in the UK on Tuesday […]
Exclusive: Charities say ending household support fund in England will increase hardship for struggling families Analysis: How England came to rely on ‘sticking plaster’ fund More than half a million children will go hungry during school holiday periods from the October half-term if the government fails to renew a £1bn […]
Chancellor insists she still has large black hole to fill despite stronger-than-expected growth in first half of 2024 Rachel Reeves is planning to raise taxes, cut spending and get tough on benefits in October’s budget amid Treasury alarm that the pickup in the economy has failed to improve the poor […]
Former first lady derides former president’s much criticized Black jobs comments in DNC speech Trump calls his supporters ‘basement dwellers’, says ex-aide Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s former lawyer, has turned up at the Democratic national convention, for reasons unknown. Cohen fell out with Trump years ago, and was a witness […]
The US secretary of state’s ninth visit to the region since the start of the conflict has ended without truce agreement See all our Middle East coverage US secretary of state Antony Blinken said that “time is of the essence” to secure a Gaza ceasefire, as he wrapped up a […]
Former presidential nominee gives speech as crowd chants ‘lock him up’ about Trump; New York congresswoman also hails Harris as champion of middle class Harris thanks Biden in surprise speech at Democratic convention When is Biden’s speech and how to watch it Democrats aren’t shying away from discussing the Covid-19 […]
Exclusive: RCN renews call for investigation into sector as unscrupulous employers target vulnerable workers The number of foreign social care workers reporting that they are trapped in exploitative contracts has risen sixfold in the last three years, in the latest evidence of widespread abuse of migrants in the British care […]