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UKは675,000 tonnesを輸出して僅差で続き、廃棄物の多くはTurkey、Malaysia、Indonesiaに送られた。Guardianのために実施された貿易データの分析によると、Germanyは2025年に世界最大のプラスチック廃棄物輸出国となり、810,000 tonnes以上を海外へ輸出した。Watershed InvestigationsおよびBasel Action Networkによる分析によると、UKも僅差で続き、過去8年間で最高水準となる675,000 tonnes以上を輸出した。これは配送用コンテナ約127,000個を満たすのに十分な量である。 Continue reading...

• 専門家は、200年にわたるchattel slaveryによって生じた「被害の算定」はUS$2tnの損害額に相当すると推定している • 国際的な専門家チームによる新たな調査によると、BritainはBarbadosにおける奴隷制を通じて2,500万年分に及ぶ生命と労働を奪った • 同報告書は、Barbadosのアフリカ系住民が200年間のchattel slaveryにより、最大US$2tn（£1.5tn）と推定される損害を被ったと結論づけている。続きを読む...

消費動向トラッカーによると、85%が食品価格に不安を感じており、大多数が経済は悪化すると考えている。 木曜日に発表されたWhich?の報告書によれば、コスト上昇に対処するために消費者が極端な手段を講じるなか、英国の300万世帯が食事を抜くことを余儀なくされている。 中東での紛争とそれに続く原油や原材料価格の急騰により、企業が値上げの準備を進めており、家計への圧迫が強まり、消費者信頼感に打撃を与えている。 続きを読む...

倒産処理専門業者は、件数が62,193件に増加した背景に、増税、人件費の上昇、そして消費者信頼感の低下があることを指摘しています。再建専門会社Begbies Traynorの調査によると、「相次ぐ増税」や中東紛争の影響に企業が直面する中、英国で「深刻な財務的苦境」にある企業の数は、過去1年間で3分の1以上増加しました。特にホスピタリティおよびレジャー産業の企業は、消費者信頼感の不透明感に加え、増税や人件費の上昇により、極めて厳しい状況に置かれています。

• 活動家は、公共空間保護命令（PSPO）が幅広い日常活動を犯罪化するために利用されていると主張している。 • 新たな「おせっかい」命令の下で、地方評議会の5つのうち1つが暴言を禁止しており、これは2022年の20に1つから増加している。 • Campaign for Freedom in Everyday Lifeによる新しい報告書では、元々は深刻な反社会的行動に対処することを目的としていた公共空間保護命令（PSPO）が、イングランドとウェルズの評議会によって、グループで立っていること、叫ぶこと、石を拾うことなど、幅広い日常活動を犯罪化するために利用されていることが判明した。

• 一部の地域では光熱費が最大40%上昇し、2025年には顧客への電力供給停止が1,300万回に及んだ。 • 業界の財務書類に関する新たな調査によると、継続的なインフレやイランでの戦争、データセンターの増設により消費者が高額な請求額という痛みを伴う一方で、米国の主要公益企業のCEOたちは昨年、平均1,230万ドルとなる16%の昇給を享受した。 • 連邦政府のデータによれば、2021年以降、一部の地域で光熱費は最大40%上昇しており、全米で昨年、公益事業者が顧客への電力を遮断した回数は1,300万回に達した。

独占記事：ケンブリッジ大学の研究により、社会環境的なストレッサーが、妊娠中の身体の健康な機能能力に影響を与える可能性があることが分かりました。 人種差別や困窮によるストレスが、黒人女性の出産時の死亡率が高い理由である可能性が研究で示されました。研究チームが、妊娠結果の悪化に関連する3つの生理学的経路（酸化ストレス、炎症、子宮胎盤血管抵抗）を調査した44の既存研究をレビューしたところ、黒人女性においてこれら3つの指標が高い値であることが判明しました。続きを読む...

独占記事：都市部の83万9,000戸の住宅が表面水洪水の脅威にさらされており、特に社会住宅（公営住宅）の入居者が金銭的負担の影響を最も受けやすい状況にある。National Housing Federation (NHF) の分析によると、イングランドで洪水のリスクが高い住宅の10軒に8軒が現在、町や都市部に位置しており、社会住宅の入居者が不釣り合いに大きな経済的打撃を受ける可能性があるとしている。調査の結果、都市部の83万9,000戸の住宅が現在「表面水洪水の高リスク」に分類されており、これは2018年以来3倍に増加したことになる。続きを読む...

• チャリティ団体は、3回目ではなく1回目の流産後から専門的なケアを開始することで、将来的な喪失のリスクを軽減できると述べています。 • ある研究によると、女性が1回目の流産後に専門的なケアを受けられるようにすることで、英国全土で年間約1万件の妊娠喪失を防げる可能性があります。 • 現在、イングランド、ウェールズ、および北アイルランドの女性がNHS（国民保健サービス）で早期流産に関する専門的なケアを受けるには、最低3回の流産を経験している必要があります。

イングランドの中学校における数学教育の研究により、混合能力教育を巡る数十年にわたる議論が覆された。能力別にグループ分けされたクラスで生徒を指導することは、成績優秀者の結果を向上させるが、能力の低い子どもたちの進歩には影響しないという。University College LondonのInstitute of Educationによるこの研究では、イングランドの中学生のうち、以前から数学の成績が良かった生徒は、能力が同等の子どもたちと一緒に指導を受けた場合に比べ、混合能力クラスでは進歩が遅くなることがわかった。続きを読む...

Climate group calls for urgent windfall tax on excess fossil fuel profits, as delegates tell Colombia conference their nations are sufferingThe Middle East oil and gas crunch will impose as much as a trillion dollars of additional costs on the global economy while petroleum companies rake in spectacular profits from elevated fuel prices, analysis has revealed.The uneven distribution of risk and reward comes amid rising concern that the US-Israeli attack on Iran is worsening inequality, poverty and hunger across a world that has become dangerously dependent on fossil fuels. Continue reading...

Monarch to allude to recent strains in special relationship in speech to both houses during four-day state visitKing Charles is expected to allude to recent strains between the UK and US in a rare address by a monarch to the US Congress as he will underline that “time and again our two countries have always found ways to come together”.The king’s remarks in a speech to both houses on Tuesday come after Donald Trump has threatened to tear up a trade deal signed by the UK and US, mocked the Royal Navy and insulted the UK prime minister. Continue reading...

Journalists face rising threats while media ownership is concentrated in fewer hands, leading civil liberties group warnsJournalists in the EU face increasing levels of harassment, threats and violence, while news outlets are owned by a shrinking number of proprietors and public trust in the media has plummeted, a report has found.The Civil Liberties Union for Europe (Liberties) said the findings of its fifth annual media freedom report, released on Tuesday, should place EU officials “on high alert”, with media freedom and pluralism “under sustained attack” across mainland Europe. Continue reading...

NAHT survey says widespread disrepair forcing closure of playgrounds and classrooms, with Send facilities also hitHalf of headteachers say parts of their school are either out of use or unfit for purpose due to leaks, damp, mould, asbestos, ageing boilers and malfunctioning fire doors, according to a new survey by the National Association of Head Teachers(NAHT).Among those who say their schools are suffering, almost three-quarters (73%) say they have toilet blocks that are either closed (8%) or not fit for purpose (65%). Continue reading...

Exclusive: Health Foundation says Britain is ‘going backwards’ compared with most other rich countriesFindings on healthy life expectancy in UK shed light on its deteriorating healthPeople in the UK are spending fewer years in good health than a decade ago, prompting concern that the population’s health is “going backwards”.The sharp decline in Britain’s healthy life expectancy, the amount of time someone spends free of illness or disability, is in sharp contrast to its recent rise in most other rich countries globally. Continue reading...

Metric gives fuller picture than life expectancy, which is simply how long people live, says Health Foundation People in UK spend fewer years in good health than a decade ago, study findsThe obesity crisis, the record 2.8 million working-age Britons too sick to do so and the rising prevalence of mental illness are sobering reminders that the UK population’s health is not good.But even for those familiar with this troubling situation, the Health Foundation’s analysis of the latest Office for National Statistics figures on healthy life expectancy sheds uncomfortable new light on the country’s poor and deteriorating health. Continue reading...

Researchers find ‘alarming’ effect on fertility across global species from simultaneous exposuresSimultaneous exposure to toxic chemicals and climate change’s impacts likely generates an additive or synergistic effect that increases reproductive harm, and may contribute to the broad global drop in fertility, new peer-reviewed research finds.The review of scientific literature considers how endocrine-disrupting chemicals, often found in plastic, coupled with climate change’s effects, such as heat stress, are each linked to reductions in fertility and fecundity across global species – including in humans, wildlife and invertebrates. Continue reading...

Study of 1,300 campaigners finds arrests, fines and jail terms increase determination of activists to take direct actionThe criminalisation of direct action climate protests in the UK is counterproductive and increases the determination of activists to undertake disruptive demonstrations, according to a study of 1,300 campaigners.New findings suggest arrests, fines and lengthy prison sentences given to nonviolent climate protesters who have blocked roads or damaged buildings may actually radicalise them. The repression of protest could even be one driver of recent covert actions such as the cutting of internet cables, they said. Continue reading...

Charlotte MacInnes, who is suing Wilson for defamation, says social media post from Ramona Agruma-Wilson featuring animated character Dory, made her feel ‘awful’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA rising star who is suing Rebel Wilson says she felt mocked by the Hollywood actor’s wife appearing to reference her testimony in a social media post.Charlotte MacInnes launched defamation proceedings against the Pitch Perfect star over social media posts that claimed she had made a sexual harassment complaint and retracted it to further her career. Continue reading...

Seven-day-old Poppy Hope Lomas died after complications during home birth encouraged by midwives at Barnet hospitalA mother who lost her baby a week after an “unsafe” home birth that went against medical advice was failed by the NHS, an inquest has found.Poppy Hope Lomas was seven days old when she died at University College hospital in London on 26 October 2022 after complications during a home birth that, according to her mother, was encouraged by midwives at Barnet hospital. Continue reading...

YouGov survey shows cross-party consensus – but that many fear abortion access could be reduced New polling has found that whatever their party political leanings, an overwhelming majority of people support the right to access an abortion – although young people, in particular, fear reproductive rights may be reduced.The YouGov polling, commissioned by MSI Reproductive Choices to mark its 50th anniversary, found nine in 10 people support the right to access an abortion. Continue reading...

Police chief says human remains had been in a wooded area for years and did not match local missing persons reportsSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxMemphis police have found the remains of three children in an area of woodland, saying they had probably been there “for several years”.Police said the children are believed to have been between three and seven years old. Continue reading...

Bristol University project aims to help directors make better movies and take greater risks – with one already onboardAt first glance, it looks like any high-end cinema: booming surround sound, a razor-sharp 4K projector and rows of reclining seats. But instead of clutching popcorn, a headset records my brain activity and a heart rate monitor wraps around my arm while infra-red cameras capture every blink and fidget.I’m sitting in a one-of-a-kind cinema at the University of Bristol where researchers are studying how people respond to what they see on screen. By combining viewers’ physical reactions with verbal feedback on the parts of the film they found most compelling, the team hopes to understand which moments truly grip attention – and whether that insight could help film-makers create better movies and take greater creative risks. Continue reading...

More than 70% have cut down in past year on teaching assistants, who play key role in helping children with SendTwo-fifths of school leaders in England have been forced to cut back on support for children with special educational needs due to a financial crisis “more than a decade in the making”, according to a poll.Seven out of 10 (71%) leaders say they have cut down on teaching assistants (TAs) in the past year, while 49% have reduced support staff. The crisis could escalate as 81% warn of further cuts in the year ahead. Continue reading...

NSW and Queensland governments ‘severely underdelivered’ on promised infrastructure to improve water flows, independent review findsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo state governments have drastically underdelivered more than $160m in infrastructure measures to improve river health in the northern Murray-Darling basin eight years since they were promised, a major independent review has found.This includes failure by the New South Wales government to secure any of the private land access needed to improve water flows over floodplains in the state’s Gwydir region where scientists had to scramble to rescue turtles in dried up wetlands last week. Continue reading...

Independent inquiry into Bristol Brunel Academy found visit by Damien Egan was postponed solely on safeguarding groundsAn independent inquiry into a Bristol secondary school, which found itself at the centre of a media storm after postponing a visit by a local Jewish MP, has found no evidence of antisemitism or influence from lobby groups.Damien Egan, the Labour MP for Bristol North East and vice-chair of Labour Friends of Israel, was due to visit Bristol Brunel Academy (BBA) last September to talk to students about democracy and his work in parliament. Continue reading...

Research shows natural hazards linked to climate crisis disrupted 23 elections in 18 countries in 2024Democracy is under mounting threat from the climate crisis, with new analysis documenting how elections are increasingly shaped not only by political forces but also by floods, wildfires and extreme weather.At least 94 elections and referendums across 52 countries have been disrupted by climate-related impacts over the last two decades, researchers found. Continue reading...

Two staff suspended after damning review finds department was warned last December that triple murderer Regina Arthurell was living in the homeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo staff members in the New South Wales Department of Communities and Justice have been suspended following a review into why two foster children went to live with a convicted triple killer.The review, which was made public on Wednesday, found “significant failures” by the department led to foster children aged 12 and 14 living alongside convicted murderer Regina Arthurell until her removal from the home last month. Continue reading...