Coventry City Council may reconsider a controversial part-night street lighting policy as councillors prepare to debate borrowing £10 million to fund a citywide LED upgrade. The move could provide flexibility to adjust the policy, which has drawn significant criticism since its announcement earlier this year. Councillors are set to debate...
Read More
The rural Yorkshire town of Bentham, home to around 3000 residents, has found itself at the unlikely centre of an escalating environmental crisis tied to decades of industrial activity. The town may soon make legal history as the site of the UK’s first potential case against ‘forever chemicals’, officially known...
Read More
Youth homelessness in the UK is a growing crisis. It is estimated that almost 136,000 young people sought help from local councils in 2022/23 due to homelessness – a 5% increase from the previous year. Concerns about rising figures have been echoed by charities nationwide, including the Nuneaton-based charity Doorway,...
Read More
A pet cat has been reunited with his owners after he was found in Coventry, 300 miles away from his home in Cumbernauld, outside Glasgow. Beans, a ginger and white cat, vanished from his Scottish home in late October, leaving his owners Cara and Colin McBurnie desperately searching for him....
Read More
Switzerland and Italy have redrawn their shared border due to the unprecedented melting of Alpine glaciers. As these glaciers shrink due to global warming, the repercussions far extend borders.
Read More
Gen Z homebuyers are grappling with mortgage repayments of over £1,700, double that of prior generations, research has shown. Figures from the estate agent Hamptons show that homebuyers born in the late 1990s pay, on average, £1,739 a month in mortgage repayments, making home ownership feel more elusive than ever...
Read More