Getty Images Up to eight more nuclear reactors could be built on existing sites as part of the UK’s new energy strategy. The plan, which aims to boost UK energy independence and tackle rising prices, also includes plans to increase wind, hydrogen and solar production. But experts have called for a bigger focus on energy
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Getty Images Western leaders are set announce a further set of sanctions against Russia on Wednesday, the US has said. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said the measures will target Russian financial and state-owned bodies, as well as some officials and oligarchs. Ms Psaki said the move will “hold accountable the Russian kleptocracy that
Getty Images The burden of tax falling on workers and employers has increased as a hotly-debated rise in National Insurance payments takes effect. Employees, businesses and the self-employed will pay an extra 1.25p in the pound. The extra tax is earmarked for government spending on social care. Some MPs opposed the move amid cost of
Family picture At around 11:00 on 17 March, Yuriy Nechyporenko and his father, Ruslan, were cycling to Bucha’s administration building where aid was being handed out. Electricity, gas and water had been cut, and essentials were in short supply in the town, one of the first to be occupied by Russian forces as they advanced
As a person who lives with incontinence, I used to be resigned to an embarrassing routine. Every time I needed new underwear, I’d head to my local drugstore and buy a box of Depend (I avoid Always because it’s too expensive). The drugstore employees can never answer my questions about the difference between the various
BBC/Maxar Satellite images of Bucha appear to show bodies lying in the street nearly two weeks before the Russians left the town. An image from 19 March, first reported by the New York Times and confirmed by the BBC, directly contradicts Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s claim that the footage of bodies that has emerged
Facebook Russian forces have killed a village head, her husband and her son, Ukrainian officials say. This – and the discovery of the bodies of five men dressed in civilian clothes – has added to growing evidence of atrocities on the ground in Ukraine. The BBC’s Yogita Limaye has been to visit the two scenes.
Reuters Elon Musk has taken a 9.2% stake in Twitter, according to a US securities filing. The news sent Twitter shares soaring about 25% in pre-market trading. The Tesla founder bought 73,486,938 Twitter shares on 14 March, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The stake is worth $2.89bn (£2.20bn), based on Twitter’s closing price
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Russia’s “despicable attacks” on innocent Ukrainian civilians in Bucha and Irpin are “yet more evidence” of war crimes, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said. He described Russian President Vladimir Putin as desperate amid his “failing invasion” –
BBC/Lee Durant A suburban avenue in Bucha became one of the first graveyards for Russia’s hopes of encircling and entering Kyiv and then deposing the government of President Volodymyr Zelensky. The moment came two or three days after the first Russian forces crossed into Ukraine on 24 February, when Ukrainian forces destroyed a column of
Reuters Journalists entering a Ukrainian town which saw fierce fighting with Russian forces have found dead bodies of men in civilian clothes strewn on a street. An AFP news agency reporter in Bucha, near Kyiv, counted at least 20 bodies. At least one man had his hands tied. Ukrainian forces regained control of the town
Getty Images Parents and carers of five to 11-year olds in England can book a low-dose Covid vaccine for their children from Saturday morning. Jabs can be booked online from 07:00 BST, and will be available to receive from hundreds of sites from Monday. It comes after the UK’s vaccine advisers said the jabs would
Getty Images People have been warned to brace for another huge rise in energy bills when the next cap takes effect in October. This could add another £629 a year to a typical bill, on top of Friday’s unprecedented £700-a-year rise, says energy consultancy Cornwall Insight. The expected rise in bills just as colder weather
Jeremy Bowen Footage of Russian troops shooting a man with his hands up on a highway outside Kyiv at the beginning of March was shared around the world. Now the Russians have been pushed out of the area and the BBC’s Jeremy Bowen has been to see the grim aftermath of their short-lived occupation. This