Portable chargers used to be the ultimate travel no-brainer: throw one in your bag, breeze through security and happily top up your phone from check-in to touchdown. Now, a growing number of airlines are quietly rewriti...
New parents in the UK are set to gain stronger, day-one rights to time off work, with landmark reforms to paternity and bereavement leave due to come into force from April. The changes aim to stop parents having to choo...
Rachel Reeves has confirmed a new £150 cost of living boost tied to energy bills, aimed at easing pressure on millions of households as part of Labour’s wider plan to tackle the cost of living crisis. What the £150 paym...
2026 is set to be a spectacular year for skywatchers and astronomy enthusiasts, featuring 13 full moons instead of the usual twelve. This rare lunar calendar includes a Blue Moon, three supermoons, and two lunar eclipse...
2026 is a packed year for moon‑watchers, with 13 full moons lighting up the sky, including a Blue Moon, three supermoons and two lunar eclipses. There are 13 full moons in 2026, one more than the usual 12, which is why...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed significant increases to the UK’s National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage, effective April 2026, aiming to ease cost-of-living pressures for low-paid workers. These ch...
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has announced new MOT rules that will come into effect from Friday, January 9, 2026. The changes will affect MOT testers and authorised examiner principals (AEPs) across th...
Last summer, rumours swirled about a Universal Studios theme park, building on 2023 whispers that Universal had bought land at the former Kempston Hardwick brickworks in Bedfordshire – now confirmed as true and pr...
Once upon a time, native oysters carpeted the UK’s coastline like dropped change outside a Bristol pub. Then overfishing, pollution and disease came along and did what seagulls do to an unattended bag of chips – a...
Turns out all that glorious sunshine we soaked up in the summer came with a catch and we’re paying for it now. After 2025’s record‑breaking run of blue skies – this year has turned out to be the sunniest year in U...
