Half of secondary pupils avoided school in past year due to anxiety Half of secondary pupils have avoided school in the past year because of anxiety, a poll has found. A survey of 2,000 UK secondary students found 49.5% said they had missed school or avoided school because of feeling anxious at some point last
Shoppers turning to alternative payments such as buy now pay later Shoppers increasingly turned to “alternative” ways to pay in 2024, such as buy now pay later methods, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC). Its annual payments report found that alternative payments, which include buy now pay later (BNPL) schemes, accounted for 3.8% of
UK economy contracts for second month running in October The UK’s economy contracted for the second month running in October, defying expectations for a rebound as car manufacturing only made a slight recovery from the Jaguar Land Recovery cyber attack The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said gross domestic product (GDP) fell 0.1% in October,
Reward of £20,000 offered to help find grandmother’s killer A £20,000 reward is being offered to help find the killer of a grandmother found dead in her home. Rose Johnston, 68, was found with a blunt-force head injury at her home in Dovecot, Liverpool, on Saturday October 4, just after 12.30pm. On Friday, Merseyside Police
Three jailed for life for murder caught on doorbell camera Three men have been jailed for life after an an innocent grandfather was shot through his living room window in a murder which was caught on a doorbell camera. Children were playing in Elm Street, Stanley, County Durham, when popular Barry Dawson, 60, was fatally
Council ‘deeply saddened’ by theft of more than 600 items from museum collection A city council says it is “deeply saddened” by the theft of more than 600 artefacts from its museum collection. Four men are believed to have gained entry to a building in the Cumberland Road area of Bristol, which houses Bristol Museums’
Flu cases in NHS hospitals jump 55% in one week, figures show The number of people in hospital in England with flu remains at a record level for this time of year and has jumped by 55% in a week, NHS figures show. Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, said “there is a tidal wave of flu
Liverpool tops generous cities list in 2025, according to fundraising platform Liverpool is the most generous city in the UK this year, according to figures from a fundraising platform. GoFundMe ranked the Merseyside city at the top of its list, based on the number of donors and population figures, for the second year in a
Targeted support could see 18 million savers offered help in next decade At least 18 million people could be offered extra help with their investments and pensions over the next decade with the “game changing” introduction of targeted support, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said. It will mean firms can make specific suggestions to
Trump says US has seized oil tanker off coast of Venezuela President Donald Trump has announced that the United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela amid mounting tensions with the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. It is the Trump administration’s latest push to increase pressure on Mr Maduro, who