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Rough sleeping to be decriminalised in England and Wales under plans to ditch 'pernicious' 200-year-old law
11 June 2025, 08:22 Rough sleeping is set to be decriminalised in England and Wales. Picture: Alamy A 200-year-old law criminalising rough sleepers is set to be scrapped. Listen to this article The Vagrancy Act, introduced in 1824 for punishment...
UK Front Pages 11/06: UK Faces Political Crossroads as Job Losses, and Housing Crisis Dominate Front Pages
Britain’s major newspapers— The Times, The Guardian, The Telegraph, Daily Mail, Financial Times, and London Daily —today delivered a unified message of urgency and political reckoning as the country stands at a pivotal moment, both at home and...

UK professionals get new guide for smarter geospatial survey decisions
A new publication titled ‘Do You Need a Survey?’ has been released to help professionals across the United Kingdom’s built and natural environment sectors make informed choices when procuring geospatial surveys. The guide is the result of a...
UK sanctions on Israeli ministers
Britain and four other nations yesterday imposed sanctions on two far-right Israeli ministers, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, accusing them of repeatedly inciting violence against Palestinians in the West Bank. Canada, Australia, New...
Scotland to host UK’s most powerful supercomputer with £750 million investment
Scotland is set to become home to the UK’s most advanced supercomputer, thanks to a £750 million investment confirmed by the Chancellor during the latest Spending Review. The new system will be based at the University of Edinburgh and will...

Britney Gough-Tackett
Britney Lee Gough-Tackett, 34, passed away Monday, June 9, 2025. She was born January 19, 1991, in Zanesville to Terry L. (Jill) Gough and Marsha (Gene) Lewellen Rexroad. Britney was a 2009 graduate of West Muskingum High School and 2014 graduate...

British Zharnel Hughes hopes to redeem himself at the Tokyo World Championships, says he wants to ‘rewrite history’
INTERNATIONAL: British sprinter Zharnel Hughes has not forgotten his heartbreak back at the 2021 Tokyo Olympic finals, where he committed a false start in the most important race of his career. With this, the athlete aims to return to the same...

UK expected to boost defence, health in major spending review
Finance minister Rachel Reeves said the government would invest in security, health and the economy 'so working people all over our country are better off' - Copyright AFP/File Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV Alexandra BACON Britain’s Labour government will...
UK firms hit brakes on hiring
Between March and May, the number of available jobs in the UK dropped by 63,000 to 736,000, continuing a downward trend that has now persisted for 23 consecutive months The UK’s labour market is showing fresh signs of strain as job vacancies fell...

NHS announces major cervical screening change affecting millions of women
The NHS is rolling back cervical screening for women across the UK to provide a "more tailored screening" process. Starting from July, women aged 25 to 49 who test HPV-negative will be called in for a cervical screening every five years instead of...

NHS unveils ground-breaking plan for robots to carry out millions more surgeries
Nine in ten of all UK keyhole surgeries - such as the removal of certain organs affected by cancer - will be delivered using robots in the next 10 years, up from one in five used today Video LoadingVideo Unavailable The video will auto-play...

Scotland's jails at 'breaking point' as prison officers demand urgent action on overcrowding
Scotland's jails are at “breaking point” as prison officers today demand urgent action on “dangerous” levels of overcrowding. A damning new report from the prison warder’s union has laid bare staff fears after jail numbers reached record levels....

Scotland's first safe consumption room is a vital step, but far from the finish line
The opening of the first safe consumption room in the UK took years of legal wrangling and political pressure. It required a sea change in attitudes from police and prosecutors over how to respond to the drugs deaths crisis which has shamed...
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Brittany Cartwright Filed for Divorce After Jax Taylor Lied About Urgent Care Trip and Told Her Their House Was in Foreclosure
NEED TO KNOW In the June 10 episode of The Valley, Brittany Cartwright filed for divorce from ex Jax Taylor the day before he got out of rehab Cartwright claimed in the episode that Taylor "wrote me this really long email" saying that their Los...

UK-based philanthropist pays NECO fees for 50 students
A British-Nigerian philanthropist, Dr. Chukwudi Nwigwe, has paid the registration fees for 50 indigent students from Ezzagu Zone in Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, to enable them sit for the 2025 NECO Senior Secondary Certificate...

Health Check: Little Green Pharma’s European success is more than pot luck
Little Green Pharma is riding the big potential of Europe's expanding medical cannabis markets. Pic via Getty Images Little Green Pharma reports record revenue and a return to profits Botanix raises $48 million of debt for its anti-sweating drug,...

Brittany Pettersen addresses key issues including cryptocurrency and public safety
Brittany Pettersen U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado's 7th district | Official U.S. House HeadshotBrittany Pettersen U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado's 7th district | Official U.S. House Headshot U.S. Representative Brittany...

UK Public M&A Monthly Activity Update: May 2025
In May 2025, there were eleven Rule 2.7 announcements made across the UK public M&A market and ten further possible offers announced. Firm Offers announced this month: Recommended cash offer by Tristan Capital Partners for easyHotel Limited –...

1.7 million Brits must tell DWP of these changes or £441 payments could stop
If your circumstances change, you must inform the DWP or risk losing a vital monthly payment More than a million people in the UK are reminded they must inform the DWP of certain changes or risk losing payments of £441 a month. Attendance...
Farage has a point, the UK should stop subsidising Scotland
Wednesday 11 June 2025 5:36 am | Updated: Tuesday 10 June 2025 1:34 pm Share Facebook Share on Facebook X Share on Twitter LinkedIn Share on LinkedIn WhatsApp Share on WhatsApp Email Share on Email (Photo by Peter Summers/Getty Images) It may have...