In conversations with residents, business owners and campaigners in Makerfield, the BBC found a mixed mood. ...
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Ryanair investigated over charging parents to sit with childrenRyanair investigated over charging parents to sit with children
The UK’s competition regulator is investigating the airline over charges it imposes on parents to sit next to their child. ...
Jeffrey Donaldson takes the stand in sex abuse trialJeffrey Donaldson takes the stand in sex abuse trial
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, the former DUP leader, is on trial for 18 sex abuse charges, including one count of rape, all of which he denies. ...
Claudia Sheinbaum: the wildly popular Mexican president dealing with drug violence, disappearances and Donald TrumpClaudia Sheinbaum: the wildly popular Mexican president dealing with drug violence, disappearances and Donald Trump
She started as an activist. Now she is Mexico’s president. Has she stayed true to her ideals? The president’s dressmaker works at home, down a narrow road in a working-class neighbourhood on the southernmost edge of Mexico City. There is no sign, just the house number marked in chalk on ...
Omar Artan scandal reveals Gianni Infantino for what he is: one of sport’s greatest cowards | Jonathan LiewOmar Artan scandal reveals Gianni Infantino for what he is: one of sport’s greatest cowards | Jonathan Liew
Fifa president has prostrated the organisation before Donald Trump and lost control of his own tournament as a result Even the Nazis tried to tone things down a bit. Before the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, acutely conscious of how it might be perceived by foreign visitors, the Third Reich tried ...
‘Highway of death’: the Ukrainian drone campaign menacing Russian logistics‘Highway of death’: the Ukrainian drone campaign menacing Russian logistics
Remote aircraft targeting supply traffic on route connecting occupied regions to Russia Russian forces call it the “Novorossiya” route, the crucial main supply line that snakes through the Ukrainian territories under Moscow’s occupation, linking Rostov-on-Don in Russia to Melitopol, Mariupol and Crimea via the Sea of Azov coastline. In recent ...
Fields of the Gods: Mexico’s football pitches from above – photo essayFields of the Gods: Mexico’s football pitches from above – photo essay
In Mexico, football is played wherever space permits. The Reuters photographer Raquel Cunha spent three months taking photos of amateur matches across Mexico City and beyond Across Mexico, a co-host of the 2026 World Cup, football pitches are laid out wherever communities can find the space. On the edges of ...
Who is your local World Cup hero? Try our postcode lookup to find outWho is your local World Cup hero? Try our postcode lookup to find out
Which World Cup stars have roots near you? Find out with our interactive lookup tool ...
A Sputnik moment: China’s beating the US in neuroscienceA Sputnik moment: China’s beating the US in neuroscience
The News The US risks ceding healthcare and science preeminence to China if it doesn’t speed its systems for medical research and regulation, said Max Hodak, former president of Elon Musk’s Neuralink who now heads neurotechnology firm Science Corp. “There is a very real possibility that without significant regulatory reform, ...
Google quantum exec: US government funding would’ve come with ‘conditions’Google quantum exec: US government funding would’ve come with ‘conditions’
The News Google didn’t take funding from the Trump administration for quantum computing because of “conditions” that would’ve prevented the tech giant from moving as quickly as it would like, an executive said Wednesday. The US government last month announced $2 billion in grants and investments across nine quantum companies, ...