The tipping point: what happens when deaths outnumber births?

‘Targeted support’ means certain banks and financial institutions can offer free extra help with investments and pensionsMany Britons are daunted by the world of investing, but new City rules mean certain banks and financial institutions can offer free extra help with investments and pensions.Last month marked the launch of “targeted support”, a new regulated service that permits companies to suggest investments and pension products to customers that might provide a better return. Continue reading...

The East West Rail project linking Oxford to Milton Keynes was finished in 2024. There’s just one hitch: no servicesThe rumbling noise in the night, still enough to waken the unhabituated, is what really goads some people living in Winslow, Buckinghamshire. Freight trains running through the new station since late 2024 prove this stretch of railway is operational. But the long-promised passenger services have yet to appear – and there is no sign of any arriving soon.Welcome to East West Rail, open or not. For well over a decade, ministers have talked up a new railway linking Oxford to Cambridge via Milton Keynes to accelerate the drive for housing, jobs and growth – an arc of tech industry hailed as the UK’s answer to Silicon Valley. Continue reading...

Documentary makers seek to start ‘informed conversation’ in country where public is allowed on just 8% of landAnger and momentum are building for Scottish style rights of access to mountains, meadows, rivers and woodlands in England where the public is allowed on just 8% of land, a new documentary suggests.Our Land, a film whose title is a nod to the protest song by Woody Guthrie, explores the rise of the right to roam movement in England. Continue reading...

WHO prequalification of Coartem Baby means newborns can be safely treated rather than using medication for older childrenThe first malaria treatment for babies has been approved by the World Health Organization, opening the door to widespread use around the globe.In parts of Africa, up to 18% of children under six months will be infected with malaria, but there has historically been no safe treatment for the smallest of them. There were 610,000 deaths from malaria in 2024, about three quarters of which were under-fives in Africa. Continue reading...

Staff warned news operations face 15% cut, above BBC-wide 10% target, as corporation pushes through £600m savings planThe BBC’s news operation is to cut costs by a steeper-than-expected 15%, with staff told to expect heavy redundancies.The division, home to about a quarter of all BBC staff, is being saddled with one of the highest cost-cutting targets as the corporation attempts to cut as many as 2,000 jobs in the biggest downsizing of the public service broadcaster in 15 years. Continue reading...

Rural dwellers reveal failings in backup plans, as campaigners call for deadline to be extended from 2027 to 2030“Every time there is a power failure I lose all means of communication with the outside world,” says Robert Dewar of life in a remote village in the Scottish Highlands since the landlines were transferred from the old copper cable network to broadband connections.Blackouts also knock out the village’s mobile phone signal. “Our most recent power cut lasted for 42 hours,” Dewar says. The interruption outlasted his five-hour emergency backup battery. “If I had had a heart attack there is damn all I could have done about it, except compose myself, say my prayers, and await the outcome.” Continue reading...

• Gurindjiの家族、「あまりに早すぎる、尊い命の喪失」を悼む • 警告：この記事には、亡くなったIndigenous Australiansの画像や言及が含まれています • Kumanjayi Baby Girlの遺族は声明を発表し、彼女の失踪を知った際に「無力感」を覚えたと述べ、コミュニティが悲しみの中で団結できることを願っている。

• USの制裁は、エネルギー、防衛、鉱業を含むCuba economyの広範な部門に従事する人々を対象としている • Cuba政府は、HavanaのAmerican embassy外で行われた大規模な5月1日の行進が「祖国防衛」を誓う中、Donald Trumpによって同島に課された新たな制裁は「集団的罰」にあたると述べた。 • 金曜日のexecutive orderにおいて、US大統領は今年初めにVenezuelaの指導者Nicolás Maduroを追放した後、Havanaへの圧力をさらに強めるべく、Cuba economyの広範な部門に関与する人々に制裁を科すと述べた。Continue reading...

• Marvelは、DCでも活躍した著名なコミックライターであるConway氏の「否定できない、消えることのない影響」を称賛しています。 • MarvelやDCのために、「Spider-Man」コミックの「Punisher」を含むキャラクターや物語の制作に貢献した名高いコミックライター、Gerry Conway氏が死去しました。73歳でした。 • 月曜日に発表された訃報の中で、MarvelはConway氏を、多作なキャリアを持つ伝説的なコミックライターと評しました。

Wilderness Societyは、今回の変更が植物、動物、および生態系の衰退を逆転させることを目的とした国家基準の意図を損なったと述べている。 最新ニュースメール、無料アプリ、またはデイリーニュースポッドキャストを購読。 環境保護団体は、Albanese政府が絶滅危惧種や生態系を保護するための提案を骨抜きにしたと非難している。 国家環境基準は、11月に議会で可決されたAustraliaの自然法改革の主要な柱であった。 続きを読む...

Birminghamでの公演開始から約45分後、コメディアンがステージから降ろされ、観客に退避が命じられた。会場周辺で「不審なバッグの可能性」がある物が見つかったため、BirminghamでのPeter Kayによるライブ公演が中断された。West Midlands policeは金曜夜、Utilita Arena Birminghamから避難が行われ、19歳の男が拘束されたと発表した。続きを読む...