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Best of Brakfast Episode 174 Yana Bolder
UK inflation has remained steady at 3%, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics.
The rate of price rises did not change from January, matching economists’ expectations. February’s data covers the period just before the conflict in Iran raised concerns over soaring fuel costs and potential supply disruptions, meaning households saw no immediate impact from the crisis.
Nathan Newby is being awarded a George Medal, the UK’s second-highest civilian honour for bravery, after preventing a suicide attack outside St James’s Hospital in Leeds.
On 20 January 2023, he stepped outside for a vape and fresh air on a winter night, noticed Mohammad Farooq looking agitated, and engaged him in conversation. His calm intervention stopped Farooq from carrying out a mass murder at the entrance to the maternity wing, potentially saving nurses and patients. The judge described Newby as an “extraordinary, ordinary man.”
Labour energy secretary Ed Miliband has told MPs he is committed to exploring a way to disconnect electricity prices from gas, aiming to reduce household bills.
Speaking to the Parliamentary Labour Party on Monday night, he said the proposal would be complicated but possible. Sources say Miliband is considering a plan put forward by eco-tycoon Dale Vince, who argues that clean energy policies alone will not lower costs without changes to the wholesale energy market.
All platforms at Glasgow Central have fully reopened more than two weeks after a fire in a nearby building forced the station’s temporary closure.
Some platforms had reopened last week, but full reopening means all train services can now resume. The fire broke out on 8 March in a vape shop on Union Street, spreading through the building and leaving only the facade of the B-listed Victorian structure at the junction with Gordon Street. Platforms seven to fifteen returned to use on 18 March following demolition work.
Donald Trump’s recent claims of progress in talks with Iran have been mocked in Tehran.
A spokesperson for the country’s military said the US president was trying to dress up defeat as an agreement. Lieutenant Colonel Ebrahim Zolfaghari made the remarks in a recorded broadcast on state television. He said the strategic power the United States often talks about has turned into a strategic failure and claimed a true global superpower would already have escaped the situation if it could.
The Football Association says it is proud of plans to ensure at least a quarter of the England men’s coaching staff come from Black, Asian, mixed or other ethnic backgrounds.
The response follows criticism from Reform UK, which called the strategy utter woke nonsense. Former home secretary Suella Braverman has written to FA chief executive Mark Bullingham asking for the target to be scrapped. The policy was introduced two years ago and aims for at least twenty five percent by twenty twenty eight.
Social media bans, digital curfews and time limits on apps will be tested in the homes of hundreds of teenagers in the United Kingdom.
Three hundred young people will take part in a government backed trial. Some will have social apps disabled, others blocked overnight or limited to one hour, while a control group will see no changes. The project will run alongside consultation on whether the UK should follow Australia by banning under sixteens from many social media sites.
Growing up in the 80s was very different from growing up today. There were no smartphones, no streaming, and no internet to answer every question instantly. Instead, life was full of small routines, strange rules, and everyday moments that only people from that generation really understand. If you were a kid in the 80s, these will all feel very familiar. Waiting for your song on the radio If you liked […]
