Day: January 18, 2025

UK News: Chancellor says she has the ideas needed to turn things around after week of speculation about whether she can remain in post

Rachel Reeves has said she is not going to let her critics get her down after a bruising week of speculation about whether she could be ousted as chancellor.

Reeves said she is qualified for the job and has the ideas to turn things around, amid worries about falling business confidence and the rising cost of government borrowing. Continue reading…
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UK News: From a Grade II-listed former hospital in Lincoln to an apartment in a converted warehouse in London Continue reading…
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Local people criticise council over decision to raze hut built in 1909 to make way for work on nearby pier

Admittedly, it looks a little shabby. A wooden slat next to the front door and a window pane are missing and a lick of paint would definitely not go amiss.

But in the seaside town of Bournemouth there is disquiet at the prospect of the structure – beach hut number 2359 – being razed when structural work on the nearby pier begins. Continue reading…
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More sightings may be a positive sign for growing population but also indicative of effect of climate change

The slap of an enormous tail upon grey waters as a humpback whale leaps from the sea is becoming an increasingly possible – although still rare – natural thrill around Britain.

The 30-tonne, 15 metre-long migratory giants are being spotted in growing numbers and locations this winter from Kent to the Isles of Scilly. Continue reading…
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