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Dave Harvey,West of England business and environment correspondentand Joe Skirkowski,West of England BBC Wayne Edge faces an extra £1,200 a month in business tax for his pub in the Forest of Dean Pub landlords are urging the government to avoid “sticking plaster” solutions in the battle over business rates. The …

The former P&O Ferries chief once described as “Britain’s most hated boss” saw his pay slide in his final full year in the job – but still earned more than £600,000. Sky News can reveal that Peter Hebblethwaite was paid £622,000 in 2024, down from £683,000 the year before. The …

PA Media Craig Guildford became the chief constable of West Midlands Police in December 2022 The chief constable of West Midlands Police is in the spotlight after being forced to admit that fake information sourced through Artificial Intelligence played a part in advice that led to Maccabi Tel Aviv fans …

Robbie MeredithBBC News NI education correspondent Sean McNamee Sean McNamee is the principal of St Paul’s Primary and Nursery School and said there was “very little” schools could do to save money School heads have been told that education faces “painful cuts” due to budget pressures. The warning comes in …

Getty Images The Scottish government has announced changes to two of Scotland’s six income tax bands in its draft budget for 2026-27. The proposals will see the threshold for the Basic and Intermediate rates rise by 7.4%, in effect cutting tax for lower earners. However, the Higher, Advanced and Top …

[ Credit: Annushka Ahuja from Pexels Kanagawa University of Human Services-led researchers found short-term BMI reductions after an eight-to-12-week low-carbohydrate diet plus resistance-training program. BMI moved downward across the program while a derived efficiency score predicted BMI change more strongly than the genetic risk score alone. Obesity affects more than …

Douglas FraserScotland business and economy editor PA Media Shona Robison needs to secure a majority in parliament for her proposals Finance Secretary Shona Robison will this week present her final Budget before stepping down from her ministerial job and from the Scottish Parliament. She will also set out a review …

Volvo is starting to trickle out some details about its upcoming midsize electric SUV, the EX60, before its official debut January 21st. The EX60 will have an estimated range of 400 miles (or 810km based on the generous WLTP standard in Europe). That’s significantly more range than any previous Volvo …

Labour MPs are calling on Sir Keir Starmer to rethink planned changes to business rates to protect pubs and other hospitality businesses. The pub industry is warning of widespread closures when Covid-era business rate relief comes to an end in April. At Prime Minister’s Questions, Rachael Maskell, the Labour MP …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain On Jan. 5, federal health care officials cut the number of vaccines recommended for every child, reaffirming the need to immunize children against 11 infectious diseases such as measles but leaving families to decide whether to pursue flu shots and others. Physician groups reacted negatively, …

The prime minister has drawn a series of sharp dividing lines with Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, in an attempt to begin reviving Labour’s and his own political fortunes in the new year. Sir Keir Starmer told his political cabinet he wanted to make clear to voters that the choice was …

A cabinet revolt is brewing over the upcoming business rates increase – as hospitality has been warned not to protest, Sky News can reveal. There is “ongoing cabinet-level opposition” to the hike, and ministers are “not happy about it”, deputy political editor Sam Coates revealed on the Politics at Sam …

[ Short-term (Weeks 0–28) secondary efficacy endpoints associated with high induction doses of risankizumab at Weeks 0, 4, and 16. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-67475-0 Oregon Medical Research Center in Portland, Oregon, has led a phase 2 trial in moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis that paired higher-than-approved doses of risankizumab with …

The United States has pledged $2 billion (£1.5bn) to fund United Nations (UN) humanitarian programmes, but has warned the UN it must “adapt or die”. The announcement was made in Geneva by Jeremy Lewin, President Trump’s Under Secretary for Foreign Assistance, and the UN’s emergency relief chief, Tom Fletcher. It …

Getty Images The number of laboratory-confirmed flu cases in Scotland has dropped by more than a third, new figures show. Public Health Scotland (PHS) data shows there were 1,297 confirmed cases in the week to 21 December – down from 1,994 in the previous week. Provisional figures also suggest there …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Flu season has arrived, and with it a variant making headlines as a “super flu.” A variant of influenza A H3N2 called subclade K is being blamed for an early and severe flu season in the United Kingdom, according to the BMJ. The strain has …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London has provided the first direct evidence that schizophrenia is associated with a greater release of serotonin in the frontal cortex, and demonstrates its link to a greater severity of some …

[ When Americans begin taking appetite-suppressing drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, the changes extend well beyond the bathroom scale. According to new research, the medications are associated with meaningful reductions in how much households spend on food, both at the grocery store and at restaurants. Source link

[ Credit: Country to Coast QLD/facebook.com, Wikimedia, Canva, The Conversation When we’re acutely ill or injured, we want to be able to quickly access care in Australia’s hospital emergency departments (EDs). But more of us are seeking care in EDs. This went from 7.4 million in 2014–15 to 9.1 million …

Getty Images Flu cases have fallen across Scotland, dropping 20% in the week to 14 December, official health figures show. Public Health Scotland (PHS) data shows laboratory-confirmed cases fell from 2,410 to 1,918 cases, with hospitalisations also decreasing during the same period. There were 912 flu-related hospital admissions, down from …