BALTIMORE (AP) – Chris Davis, Adam Jones and Tim Beckham each homered to back a strong performance by starter Andrew Cashner, and the Baltimore Orioles beat… Via: Davis, Jones, Beckham go deep as O's beat Mets 6-3
Zoos, community halls and churches hold all-day events to help keep 400,000 children occupiedPrimary school teachers have gone on strike in New Zealand for the first time in 24 years, weeks after 30,000 nurses walked off the job.An estimated 29,000 teachers stopped work for a full day on Wednesday, demanding Read more
Exclusive: London mayor urges Home Office to better protect victims as concerns mount that perpetrators are using hostile environment policies to abuse their partners Via: Government must protect domestic abuse victims 'trapped' due to hostile environment, Sadiq Khan says
Researchers hope to automate process and analyse images from around the world Via: Scientists develop forensic technique to identify paedophiles based on their hands
FTSE 100 CEO earnings rise six time faster than the average worker, High Pay Centre saysPay for chief executives at Britain’s biggest listed companies rose more than six times faster than wages in the wider workforce last year as the average boss’s pay packet hit £3.9m.Chief executive pay at businesses Read more
Pay rises for chief executives are up 11% – only shareholders can apply the brakeNormal service is restored. Normal, that is, for members of FTSE 100 chief executive club. They enjoyed a collective 11% pay rise in 2017, having suffered a shocking 12% fall in 2016, according to the annual Read more
As judge prepares key ruling, Siti Aisyah’s mother recounts her daughter’s journey from aspiring TV star to suspected tool of North Korean regimeIn the beginning, there were a few times that Benah pretended not to know her daughter, Siti Aisyah. She just couldn’t face the questions.One day while Benah was Read more
Number of disadvantaged students at Russell Group institutions virtually unchanged since 2010Ministers have been accused of a “total and abject failure” to widen access to top universities for disadvantaged students, after analysis by the Labour party found the proportions attending Russell Group universities had increased by only one percentage point Read more
Neolithic ceremonial monuments and Iron Age settlements exposed beneath parched yellow grass Via: Heatwave reveals hidden archaeological sites across Britain's countryside
Among the biggest worries those surveyed had were ‘did I lock up properly?’, ‘is my pet okay?’ and ‘I hope my plants are alive’ Via: Many Britons rely on house sitters when they are away on holiday, claims poll