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California Bill to Prevent Workplace Violence
Workplace violence is on the rise and has become the second leading cause of workplace fatalities in America. To attempt to address the issue head-on, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill No. 553 on September 20, 2023. This bill makes...
Washington State Works to Combat Rising Traffic Deaths
In recent years, Washington State has witnessed a troubling increase in traffic fatalities, prompting officials to implement measures to reduce the number of accidents and improve road safety. The state reported 750 traffic fatalities in 2022. Spokane county has seen...
5 Things to Know If You’ve Been Charged with a Firearms Crime
Whether you are a gun owner facing accusations of improper storage or usage or have been charged with a more serious crime, such as assault with a deadly weapon, it is essential to understand your rights and options. In addition to the criminal justice system,...
What’s Behind the Increase in Fatal Accidents?
The new statistics for automobile accident deaths are out and the news isn’t good. The country saw fatal accidents rise in 2022 when experts thought they might decrease. The pandemic in 2020 significantly skewed accident data, but experts believed the pattern that...
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Asylum seekers to be removed from Epping hotel after council wins High Court injunction
1 hour agoShareSaveDominic CascianiBBC News, Home and Legal Correspondent•@BBCDomCLewis AdamsBBC News, EssexShareSavePA MediaAsylum seekers are due to be removed from an Essex hotel after a council was granted a temporary High Court injunction blocking them from being...
Starmer hails breakthrough on Ukraine – but anxiety over its future remains
2 hours agoShareSaveJoe PikePolitical correspondentShareSaveEPASir Keir Starmer has called US President Donald Trump's commitment to security guarantees for Ukraine a breakthrough, as he hailed the movement towards a meeting between Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir...
UK backs down in Apple privacy row, US says
5 hours agoShareSaveZoe KleinmanTechnology editor•@zskShareSaveGetty ImagesThe US director of national intelligence says the UK has withdrawn its controversial demand to access global Apple users' data if required.Tulsi Gabbard said in a post on X the UK had agreed to...
Stop children using VPNs to watch porn, ministers told
8 hours agoShareSaveOttilie MitchellBBC NewsCharlotte SextonBBC NewsnightShareSaveGetty ImagesThe government needs to stop children using virtual private networks (VPNs) to bypass age checks on porn sites, the children's commissioner for England has said. Dame Rachel...
Lower Thames Crossing to use new environmental scheme
The Lower Thames Crossing is the first major building project where a new scheme to cut environmental red tape will be put to the test, ministers have announced.The project, which will link Tilbury in Essex and Gravesend in Kent with two tunnels, is the first...
Reform UK deputy county council leader removed
The deputy leader of Leicestershire County Council has been removed from the role after three months in the job.Reform UK's Joseph Boam has also been removed from position as cabinet member for adult social care, with a party source saying he would now be taking on an...
Sultana: Corbyn ‘capitulated’ on antisemitism definition
Jeremy Corbyn "capitulated" over the definition of antisemitism while leader of the Labour party, fellow MP Zarah Sultana has said.Former Labour MPs Corbyn and Sultana launched a new political party less than a month ago, saying it would change politics, and oppose...
Starmer offers support and pragmatism ahead of Ukraine meeting
In all of Sir Keir Starmer's interventions on a possible Ukrainian peace process, there seems to be a significant gap between his careful public pronouncements and more pragmatic private views.The only constant is the PM's regular condemnation of Russia's President...
First group of Gaza children to be brought to UK ‘in coming weeks’
A group of between 30 and 50 critically ill and injured Palestinian children will be evacuated from Gaza to the UK for medical treatment in the coming weeks, the BBC understands.They would be the first children brought to the UK for treatment as part of a government...
NI politicians sign letter urging PM to ‘act now’ over Gaza
3 hours agoShareSaveJayne McCormackBBC News NI political correspondentShareSaveReutersMPs, members of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLAs), Scottish Parliament (MSPs) and Welsh Senedd (MSs) have urged the prime minister to "act now" and exert pressure on Israel to end...
The Green Party is at a crossroads. Is it time they get angry?
9 hours agoShareSaveHelen CattPolitical correspondentShareSaveBBCWarning: This article contains strong languageThe video opens with some white cliffs and a politician standing on a beach. This isn't Dover, and it's not Nigel Farage (although the echoes with Reform UK...
Thousands cross Channel in small boats since new migrant deal with France
21 hours agoShareSaveSimon Jones & Ruth ComerfordBBC NewsShareSaveGetty ImagesMore than 2,500 migrants have crossed the Channel in small boats in the 11 days since the new "one in, one out" agreement with France took effect, figures from the Home Office show.The plan...