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• UK 緊隨其後，出口了 675,000 公噸，其中大部分廢棄物被送往 Turkey、Malaysia 和 Indonesia • 根據為 Guardian 進行的貿易數據分析，Germany 為 2025 年全球最大的塑膠垃圾出口國，向海外運送了超過 810,000 公噸 • 根據 Watershed Investigations 和 Basel Action Network 的分析，UK 緊隨其後，出口量超過 675,000 公噸，創下八年來最高紀錄，足以填滿約 127,000 個貨櫃。繼續閱讀...

專家估計針對 200 年 chattel slavery「所造成損害的帳目統計」之損害賠償將達 US$2tn。根據一組國際專家團隊的最新研究，Britain 透過在 Barbados 的奴隸制度奪走了 2,500 萬年的生命與勞動力。他們的報告得出結論，Barbados 的 African descent 人口因 200 年的 chattel slavery 遭受了估計高達 US$2tn (£1.5tn) 的損害。繼續閱讀...

消費者洞察追蹤顯示，85% 的受訪者對食品價格感到擔憂，且大多數人認為經濟將會惡化。 根據週四發布的一份 Which? 報告，隨著消費者採取極端措施應對生活成本上漲，英國有 300 萬戶家庭被迫不吃餐點。 中東地區的衝突以及隨之而來的石油與原物料價格飆升，已導致企業準備調漲價格，這為家庭財務帶來了更大壓力，並打擊了消費者信心。 繼續閱讀...

破產實務機構指出，在數量增加至 62,193 家後，稅收增加、員工成本及消費者信心不穩是主因。 根據破產執業者的數據，由於企業面對「一系列增加的稅收」以及中東衝突的影響，過去一年處於「嚴重財務壓力」的英國公司數量上升了超過三分之一。 重組公司 Begbies Traynor 的研究顯示，由於消費者信心搖擺、稅收增加以及員工成本上升，餐飲旅遊與休閒產業的表現尤為糟糕。

• 運動人士指出，公共空間保護令（PSPOs）正被用於將各種日常活動刑事化。 • 五分之一的地方議會根據新的「愛管閒事」指令禁止咒罵，而 2022 年這一比例僅為二十分之一。 • Campaign for Freedom in Everyday Life 的一份新報告發現，英格蘭與威爾斯的議會正利用最初旨在解決嚴重反社會行為的公共空間保護令（PSPOs），將包括群聚站立、大聲叫喊和撿石頭在內的各種日常活動刑事化。

• 部分地區的電費上漲高達 40%，且公司在 2025 年累計 1,300 萬次切斷客戶電源。 • 一項針對行業財務文件的最新審查顯示，儘管消費者正承受由持續通貨膨脹、伊朗戰爭以及數據中心成長所導致的高額帳單壓力，但美國頂尖公用事業公司的執行長在去年的薪酬仍增長了 16%，平均加薪額達 1,230 萬美元。 • 聯邦數據顯示，自 2021 年以來，部分地區的公用事業帳單漲幅高達 40%；且去年全美範圍內，公用事業公司累計 1,300 萬次切斷客戶電源。

獨家報導：Cambridge 研究發現，社會環境壓力可能會影響身體在懷孕期間健康運作的能力。 研究發現，種族主義和匱乏造成的壓力，可能解釋了為何黑人女性在分娩過程中死亡的機率較高。 研究人員回顧了 44 項現有研究，探討了與妊娠結果惡化相關的三項生理途徑：氧化壓力、發炎以及子宮胎盤血管阻力，並發現黑人女性在這三項指標上的數值均較高。閱讀更多...

獨家報導：839,000 戶城市住宅面臨地表水淹水威脅，社會住宅租戶承受的成本風險最高。

• 慈善機構表示，在第一次流產後而非第三次後開始專科護理，可降低未來流產的風險。 • 一項研究顯示，讓女性在第一次流產後即可獲得專科護理，每年可為全英國防止約 10,000 起妊娠流產。 • 目前，英格蘭、威爾斯和北愛爾蘭的女性在經歷至少三次流產後，才有資格在 NHS 獲得早期胎兒喪失的專科護理。閱讀更多...

針對英格蘭中學數學教學的研究，顛覆了關於混能教育（mixed-ability education）數十年的爭論。研究顯示，在按能力分班的班級中教學，能提升優等生的成績，但不會影響程度較低學生的進步。University College London 的 Institute of Education 進行的研究發現，英格蘭中學中先前數學表現強勁的學生，在混能班級中的進步速度，比與能力相近的學生共同學習時較慢。閱讀更多...

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...