'I wake up at night in fear of losing my home'
A fourth home in the village is being demolished due to the eroding coastline.
Australian novelist Craig Silvey charged with child exploitation offences
Silvey, best known for his novel Jasper Jones, was arrested after police raided his Perth home.
Australian novelist Craig Silvey charged with child exploitation offences
Silvey, best known for his novel Jasper Jones, was arrested after police raided his Perth home.
Boy with flu spent three weeks in intensive care
His family is urging other parents to ensure their children are vaccinated against the virus.
Former US Navy sailor jailed for 16 years for selling ship secrets to Chinese contact
A former US Navy sailor convicted of selling technical and operating manuals for ships and operating systems to an intelligence officer working for China was sentenced Monday to more than 16 years in prison, prosecutors said.
A federal judge in San Diego sentenced Jinchao Wei, 25, to 200 months. A federal jury convicted Wei in August of six crimes, including espionage. He was paid more than US$12,000 for the information he sold, the US Department of Justice said in a statement.
Wei, an engineer...
Charity shortlisted after helping keep homes warm
Severn Wye has been shortlisted for the Health Service Journal Partnership Award.
'I volunteer at the baby bank that helped me'
The Family Matters charity in Weymouth works to help parents with babies and children of pre school age.
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Four dead after Putin launches major assault on Ukraine’s two largest cities
Attack comes just hours after Russia was roundly condemned at UN Security Council
Education bills in the hopper for 2026 session
Legislative leaders kick off the 60-day session Tuesday with an eye toward school funding. Here are just a few of the matters that lawmakers have put forward. The Senate released its plan to address “a myriad of accountability problems” in the school voucher system. After the program opened to all students, it became apparent that […]
'We need housing help in the Scottish Budget - or I will never be independent'
People in Scotland tell BBC News what they need to hear in Shona Robison's Scottish Budget.
Tensions flare in Minnesota as protesters and federal agents repeatedly square off
Days of demonstrations against immigration agents and a new lawsuit have left Minnesota tense
China’s central bank sets onshore yuan fixing at strongest point in nearly 16 months
China’s central bank strengthened the yuan’s daily fixing for a third consecutive session to a nearly 16-month high, as the currency also held firm in offshore markets despite recent US dollar strength.
On Tuesday, the People’s Bank of China set the yuan’s midpoint rate, also known as the daily fixing rate, at 7.0103 to the US dollar – the strongest showing since the end of September 2024, when the rate was set at 7.0074.
That official midpoint rate, however, was still weaker than that of the...