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‘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 族家庭哀悼“如此珍贵的生命，逝去得太快” • 警告：本文包含已故澳大利亚原住民的照片及相关内容 • Kumanjayi Baby Girl 的亲属发表声明称，他们在得知她失踪时感到“无助”，并希望其社区能在悲痛中团结起来。

• US 的制裁针对在 Cuba 经济广泛领域运营的人员，包括能源、国防和采矿业 • Cuba 政府表示 Donald Trump 对该岛实施的新制裁相当于“集体惩罚”，与此同时，在 Havana 的 American 大使馆外举行的盛大 1 May 游行誓言要“保卫祖国” • 在周五的一项行政命令中，US 总统表示他将对涉及 Cuba 经济广泛领域的人员实施制裁，因为他在今年早些时候罢免了 Venezuela 领导人 Nicolás Maduro 之后，正寻求向 Havana 施加更多压力

Marvel 称赞了这位曾效力于 DC 的著名漫画编剧 Conway “不可否认且不可磨灭的影响”。 Gerry Conway 是一位著名的漫画编剧，曾为 Marvel 和 DC 创作了许多角色和故事，其中包括 Spider-Man 漫画中的 Punisher 角色。他已去世，享年 73 岁。 在周一发布的一份宣布其死讯的声明中，Marvel 将 Conway 描述为一位职业生涯著作等身的传奇漫画编剧。 他的妻子 Laura Conway 告诉 Associated Press，他于周日在 California 州的 Thousand Oaks 因 pancreatic cancer 去世。 继续阅读...

Wilderness Society 表示，这些修改破坏了旨在扭转植物、动物和生态系统退化趋势的 national standards 的初衷。 获取我们的突发新闻邮件、免费 app 或每日新闻 podcast。 环保团体指责 Albanese government 淡化了一项保护受威胁物种和生态系统的提案。 National environmental standards 是 Parliament 在 11 月通过的 Australia 自然法改革的关键支柱。继续阅读...

在 Birmingham 的演出进行约 45 分钟后，喜剧演员被从舞台上带离，观众被告知撤离。由于场馆周围发现“潜在可疑包裹”，喜剧演员 Peter Kay 在 Birmingham 的一场现场演出已被叫停。West Midlands 警方于周五晚间表示，Utilita Arena Birmingham 已疏散，一名 19 岁男子被拘留。继续阅读...