Month: June 2018

Max Rushden and the panel react to Germany’s shock exit at the hands of South Korea, assess Brazil’s latest win and look ahead to England’s shootout with Belgium for top spotRate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and Read more…

‘Fire crews have been working in tremendously difficult conditions, in the heat and the smoke’ Via: Saddleworth Moor fire: Scores of soldiers and two chinook helicopters drafted in to tackle blaze

Much anticipated report from official climate advisers is ‘wake-up call’ to government after controversial decisions about Heathrow expansion and Swansea Bay tidal lagoon Via: Car and housing companies 'should be ashamed of themselves' as UK on track to miss emissions targets

Tory former ministers taking jobs in media and business shows regulator is ‘toothless’, opposition says Via: Labour calls for overhaul of 'revolving door' system of former government ministers taking high profile jobs

Aides seeking storage for items to be removed from east wing as part of 10-year projectA major “decant” of 10,000 works of art at Buckingham Palace, including paintings, porcelain, tapestries and furniture, is being organised as part of its £369m refurbishment.The whole of the east wing, off which the palace’s Read more…

New initiative set up to test benefits of educating children about money managementLeading City institutions are urging the government to include financial education in the primary school curriculum after a pilot scheme found it helped young people learn to delay gratification and enjoy the benefits of saving.Twenty of the UK’s Read more…

Sam Gyimah says issue requires serious leadership from vice-chancellorsThe government has issued an ultimatum to vice-chancellors on student mental health, warning them it is not good enough to suggest that university is about academic education and nothing else.With as many as one in four students seeking help from counselling services Read more…