Laura FosterBBC News, SuffolkReports ofBury St edmundsBBC/JAMIE NIBLOCKThe museum staff believes that the binding and corners of this book are made using the skin of the 19th century murderer William CorderA book tied in the skin of one of the most notorious murderers in the United Kingdom is to be exhibited after being found in the office of a museum.It is understood that the work is done with the skin of William Corder, the man convicted of killing Maria Marten in the murder of Red Barn in 1827, and will be exhibited along with a similar article at the Moyse’s…
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The United States Vice President JD Vance said there was a “good possibility” that a commercial agreement could be reached with the United Kingdom, since the dust continues to establish itself from the world commercial shaking of the United States.”We are certainly working very hard with the Keir Starmer government,” Vance said in an interview on Monday with the Unherd website. The global stock market has been shaken by turbulence since April 2, after President Donald Trump announced tariffs about almost all countries.The US commercial policy maneuver included 10% of the “baseline” rate on All imports from the United KingdomFrance…
Ben Chu and Lucy GilderBBC VerifyReutersThe destiny of Scunthorpe Steel Works has given a new focus on Chinese investment in the United Kingdom economy with critics who ask questions about possible security risks.The British steel plant had the leg owned by the Jingye steel of China.But the United Kingdom government now has control of the tasks of the Scunthorpe site, amid statements that the Chinese owners planned to permanently dismantle their two underpants and use their imported Chinese manufacturing metal mills.BBC Verify analyzes what we know about the scope of Chinese investment in the United Kingdom economy, and how much…
Joshua NevettPolitical reporterPA mediaPrime Minister Sir Keir Starmer paid £ 54,718 in the Income Tax in 2023/24, in accordance with a document published by the Government.A summary shows that he paid the tax for £ 152,225 of income in the financial year that ended on April 5, 2024, a period in which the labor was in opposition.Sir Keir received most of his income from his role as MP and narrower amounts from book royalties and £ 5,174 interest on money in a savings account.Foreign Minister Rachel Reeves and Vice Prime Minister Angela Rayner have also published summaries of their fiscal…
Kevin PeacheyCorresponding life costGetty imagesThere are more low deposit mortgages to choose from than at any time from the financial crisis of 2008, according to new figures.The number of agreements that need a deposit or 5% or 10% has increased to its highest level, since, then, the data of the Moneyfacts Financial Information Service suggest.The additional option is an impulse for buyers for the first time, although housing prices and mortgage rates are higher than in the last 17 years.And the competition is difficult, with the typically listed houses for almost a few months before a sale is agreeing, according…
Ian YoungsCulture reporterGetty imagesMany places have had financing cuts from the local authority, with funds from the Arts Council largely stagnantThe number of plays and musical works organized by the main subsidized theaters of the United Kingdom last year decreased almost a third compared to 10 years before, suggests BBC Research.In 2024, the 40 best financed theater companies that make their own productions, ranging from the National Theater to Colchester Mercury, opened 229 original productions, compared to 332 in 2014, a 31%drop.Fund cuts and increased costs took much of guilt, and the executive director of the National Theater, Kate Varah,…
Rebecca WearnBBC News, west of EnglandFamily brochureWendy Jones, in the photo with two or her grandson, died after a visit to Pontins Brean SandsThe owner of Pontins Holiday Parks was accused of corporate homicide after an air conditioning duct fell on the guests in a resort.Eighteen people were injured in Pontins Brean Sands, Somerset. When a section of the roof and ducts within its entertainment center, called Fun Factory, collapsed in February 2019.Among them was grandmother Wendy Jones, 68. He spent the last six months of his life in the hospital before he died on August 4, 2019.The parent company…
British Steel explosions will continue to run with the delivery of enough raw materials to keep them on during the “next week” that is due on Tuesday, the government said.The coal and iron mineral of the United States will be discharged at the Immingham docks and transported to the Scunthorpe site after a fight for supplies.A separate shipping of materials is back to the United Kingdom from Australia after a legal dispute over who owned the burden was resolved between the government and the owner of British Steel, Jingye.The Government took control of the business during the weekend after a…
Naomi Holland and Eva RosatoBBC News niBBCLee Thompson, from Belfast, was part of a jury for a murder trial that lasted two monthsA man who served in the jury of a trial for high profile murder has said more to do to support jurors who exhibit disturbing graphic evidence.”The judge told us what the charges were, and they were just gasps, horror abject. Never before that level of violence could,” Lee Thompson told BBC News or.Sitting for two months of evidence, including the images of the camera used by the body of the immediate consequences of the scene in what…
Bethan LewisFamily Education and Correspondent, BBC Wales NewsBBCKatie Bromley, a mother of three children, says that the cost of child care means that she can’t return to workFamilies in Wales are being “punished” by child care invoices below the twos that are more than double the average of those of England, said Oxfam Cymru.Parents in Wales with children two years or less do not receive government help with child care costs, parents in England can claim 15 hours of free child care per week for aldhs and two years old children.The Children’s charity organization Coram said that nursery costs under…
