Listeners:
Top listeners:
play_arrow
Atom Radio
play_arrow
Best of Brakfast Episode 174 Yana Bolder
Slough Borough Council’s former St Martin’s Place headquarters looks set to be transformed into temporary accommodation.
The three-storey building, at the junction of Bath Road and Montem Lane, has been empty since 2020 when council staff moved to Observatory House in Windsor Road. The local authority declared the building surplus to requirements in January 2023.
A newly announced deal between the United States and Iran is being described as a strategic defeat for the Trump administration.
The agreement to stop fighting and reopen the Strait of Hormuz restores the previous status quo but leaves other issues unresolved for a sixty-day ceasefire. The conflict has cost an estimated thirty billion dollars, killed thousands, and destroyed hundreds of millions of dollars worth of American military hardware.
The sister of murdered MP Jo Cox has warned against society being pushed towards extremes as she marks the tenth anniversary of her death.
Ms Cox was killed by a neo-Nazi in her constituency on the sixteenth of June 2016. Kim Leadbeater, who was elected Member of Parliament for the West Yorkshire seat following the tragedy, said her sister would have been deeply concerned about current divisions.
The government has objected to a proposed ten-billion-pound rescue package for Thames Water, bringing the firm closer to nationalisation.
Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds wrote to the industry regulator on Monday to raise concerns over the deal put forward by lenders. A government spokesman stated the current offer does not do enough to protect consumers or the environment, three years after collapse fears first emerged.
Eight people have been killed after a United States Air Force bomber crashed shortly after taking off from an American base.
The B-fifty-two Stratofortress came down during a routine test mission at Edwards Air Force Base in California just after eleven o’clock local time on Monday. Base officials confirmed the death toll at a news conference, stating they had lost eight great Americans.
When people talk about bucket lists, they often picture skydiving, climbing mountains or travelling to the other side of the world. And while there's nothing wrong with ticking off big adventures, many people reaching their 40s, 50s and beyond are creating a very different kind of bucket list. One that's less about impressing other people and more about enjoying life. Because as we get older, our priorities change. The things […]
