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Woodland Trust The tree was chopped down on 3 April Toby Carvery’s owner has apologised over the upset caused after the company felled an ancient oak tree and admitted “we need to tighten our protocols” in a letter seen by the BBC. The company cut down the 500-year-old oak despite a March 2024 planning document…
Mitchell Labiak Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images The UK government has temporarily banned people from bringing cheese and some meats from the European Union (EU) into the country to stop the spread of foot and mouth disease. But what does that actually mean in practice – and should you be concerned? What has been…
Scientists have found new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life. A Cambridge team studying the atmosphere of a planet called K2-18b has detected signs of molecules which on Earth are only produced by simple organisms. This is the second, and more promising, time chemicals associated with…
The NHS will be pursued if it does not follow new guidance on single-sex spaces, the chairwoman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has said. Along with other public bodies, the NHS will be receiving guidelines after the UK Supreme Court unanimously ruled a woman is defined by biological sex under equalities law….
Nathan Heath BBC West Investigations BBC Anthony Rudd had power tools stolen in a fake banking app scam A man who lost £1,000 worth of tools after being scammed by a fake banking app has said it makes you “lose faith in humanity”. The apps mimic legitimate mobile banking platforms and allow fraudsters to fake…
Jacqui Wakefield, Christopher Giles and Joshua Cheetham Global Disinformation Unit, BBC World Service BBC The assault rifles and pistols arrived in Haiti stashed in two cardboard boxes, nestled among packages of food and clothes, on a cargo ship stacked with rust-red shipping containers. They had come from the US, which one expert describes as a…
Dozens of members of the largest body representing Jews in the UK have condemned Israel’s government for the “heartbreaking war” in Gaza. In an open letter published in the Financial Times, 36 members of the Board of Deputies of British Jews said they “cannot turn a blind eye or remain silent” at the “renewed loss…
Caitlin Wilson & Jessica Rawnsley BBC News Getty Images Federal judge James Boasberg ordered a 14-day halt to the deportations but the flights to El Salvador went ahead A US judge has said he could hold the Trump administration in contempt of court for “wilful disregard” of an order to halt the departure of deportation…
Andrew Dawkins & Alex McIntyre BBC News, West Midlands Elizabeth Glinka Political Editor, BBC Midlands PA Media Bin bags have piled up on streets during the dispute Talks to end a strike by bin workers in Birmingham have ended without a deal. The Unite union said negotiations would resume next week, although it offered to…