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UK 紧随其后，出口了 675,000 吨，其中大部分垃圾被运往 Turkey、Malaysia 和 Indonesia。Germany 是 2025 年全球最大的塑料垃圾出口国，根据为 Guardian 进行的贸易数据分析，其向海外运送了超过 810,000 吨。根据 Watershed Investigations 和 Basel Action Network 的分析，UK 紧随其后。其出口量超过 675,000 吨，达八年来最高水平，足以装满约 127,000 个货运集装箱。 继续阅读...

专家估计，200 年 chattel slavery 所造成的“对伤害的核算”赔偿金额将达 US$2tn 根据一个国际专家小组的最新研究，Britain 通过在 Barbados 的奴隶制夺走了 2500 万年的生命和劳动。 他们的报告得出结论，Barbados 的 African descent 人口因 200 年的 chattel slavery 遭受了损失，估计高达 US$2tn (£1.5tn)。 继续阅读...

消费者洞察追踪显示，85% 的人对食品价格感到担忧，且大多数人认为经济将恶化。根据周四发布的 Which? 报告，随着消费者采取极端措施应对不断上涨的成本，300 万 UK 家庭正被迫省掉一餐。Middle East 冲突及随之而来的石油和原材料价格飙升，已导致企业准备提价，从而给家庭财务状况带来更大压力并打击了消费者信心。继续阅读...

破产管理公司指出，在相关企业数量增加至 62,193 家后，税收上涨、人员成本及消费者信心不稳成为了主因。根据重组公司 Begbies Traynor 的研究，由于企业面临“一系列税收增加”以及中东冲突的影响，英国处于“关键财务压力”中的企业数量在过去一年中增长了超过三分之一。其中，餐饮酒店和休闲业由于消费者信心动摇、税收增加及人员成本上升，情况尤为糟糕。阅读详情...

活动人士表示，公共空间保护令 (PSPOs) 正被用于将广泛的日常活动定为犯罪。报告显示，五分之一的地方议会通过新的“管闲事”指令禁止咒骂，而 2022 年这一比例仅为二十分之一。由 Campaign for Freedom in Everyday Life 发布的一项新报告发现，原本旨在打击严重反社会行为的公共空间保护令 (PSPOs) 正被英格兰和威尔士的议会用于将一系列日常活动定为犯罪，包括群体站立、大声喊叫以及捡石头。阅读更多...

• 部分地区的公用事业账单上涨幅度高达 40%，且公司在 2025 年向客户断电 1300 万次。 • 一项针对行业财务文件的最新审查显示，去年美国顶级公用事业公司的 CEO 薪酬增长了 16%，平均涨幅达 1230 万美元。与此同时，由于持续的通货膨胀、伊朗战争以及数据中心的增长，消费者不得不承受高额账单带来的痛苦。 • 联邦数据显示，自 2021 年以来，部分地区的公用事业账单上涨了 40%，且去年全美范围内公用事业公司向客户断电次数达 1300 万次。

独家报道：Cambridge 研究发现，社会环境压力可能会影响身体在怀孕期间维持健康运作的能力。一项研究发现，种族主义和匮乏带来的压力，可以解释为什么黑人女性在分娩期间更容易死亡。研究人员回顾了 44 项现有研究，探讨了与妊娠结果恶化相关的三条生理途径：氧化应激、炎症和子宫胎盘血管阻力，结果发现黑人女性在这三项指标上的水平更高。阅读更多...

独家报道：城市地区的 839,000 户住宅面临地表水洪水威胁，社会住房租户在经济损失方面最为脆弱。

• 该慈善机构表示，在第一次流产后而非第三次流产后开始专业护理，可降低未来再次流产的风险 • 一项研究显示，让女性在第一次流产后即可获得专业护理，每年可在英国范围内预防约 10,000 例妊娠丢失 • 目前，英格兰、威尔士和北爱尔兰的女性在经历至少三次流产后，才有资格在 NHS 获得针对早期婴儿丢失的专业护理。阅读更多...

关于英国中学数学教学的研究颠覆了数十年来关于混合能力教育的争论。一项研究显示，在按能力分组的班级中教学可以提高优秀学生的成绩，但并不会影响学习能力较低学生的进步。University College London 教育学院的研究发现，在英国中学中，此前数学成绩较强的学生在混合能力班级中的进步速度，慢于在与能力相近的学生在一起学习时的速度。阅读更多内容...

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...

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...

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...

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...