Multi-year funding gives local authorities the funds they need to provide passengers with lower fares, more frequent and reliable services and safer journeys Better Buses, More Services: £3 Billion Boost for Millions of Passengers after years of decline, better buses are on the way - billions of funding will support local authorities across the country, improving journeys for millions of passengers multi-year funding will give councils the long-term certainty they have called

A man who kidnapped and sexually assaulted a vulnerable woman had his sentence increased after the Solicitor General intervened Sentence Increase for Man Who Kidnapped and Sexually Assaulted Woman Oswald Greenaway (60), from Shoreditch, East London, had his sentence increased by a year after the Solicitor General referred his case under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.   ADVERTISEMENT: Commission-Free Trading? Robinhood Makes It Possible The court heard that in the early h

Best Start Family Hubs to act as one-stop-shop for parents with SEND professional and services to support speech and language development confirmed Access to Early SEND Support Through Best Start Family Hubs Families of children with SEND will soon receive faster, earlier support as the government confirms new community-based early intervention is to roll out in every Best Start Family Hub from April. As part of the government’s pledge to roll out Best Start Hubs in every loc

Fatal accident involving a Spitfire MK 26B, Enstone Airfield, Oxfordshire, 28 July 2024 AAIB Report: Spitfire Mk 26B, G-ENAA The aircraft yawed left during the takeoff roll, pitched up rapidly and once airborne rolled rapidly to the left. The left wingtip struck the ground and the aircraft came to rest inverted and caught fire. The pilot was fatally injured. The investigation found that the aircraft most probably stalled during the rapid pitch up and that the ensuing left rol

Loss of engine power on final approach, Gloucestershire Airport, 18 March 2025 AAIB Report: Cozy Mk IV, G-BYLZ The aircraft was on final approach to Runway 09 at Gloucestershire Airport when the engine lost power, resulting in the aircraft landing short of the runway and colliding with the ILS localiser antenna array. ADVERTISEMENT: Your Portfolio Starts Here — Sign Up with Robinhood A plastic air induction elbow attached to the engine had softened and collapsed during the la

Reward Offer Increase of Up to $5 Million for Information Leading to Arrest and/or Conviction of Leader of Foreign Terrorist Organization Tren de Aragua Today, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs is announcing a reward offer increase under the Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program (TOCRP) of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Giovanni Vicente Mosquera Serrano, a leader of

Blue Origin Announces Crew for New Shepard’s 37th Mission Today, Blue Origin announced the six people flying on its NS-37 mission. The crew includes Michaela (Michi) Benthaus, Joey Hyde, Hans Koenigsmann, Neal Milch, Adonis Pouroulis, and Jason Stansell. To date, Blue Origin has flown 86 people (80 individuals) above the Kármán line, the internationally recognized boundary of space. The flight date will be announced soon. The live webcast on launch day will start 40 minutes b

Benefit cheats, fraudsters and debtors who can afford to repay but refuse will have money taken directly from their bank accounts or lose their driver's licence under tough new laws approved today Fraudsters Face Tougher Action as Government Gains New Powers to Tackle Benefit Fraud Fraudsters and debtors face tough consequences including direct deductions from bank accounts as the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error, and Recovery) Act receives Royal Assent today. New powers to i

The UK Space Agency has announced £17 million of taxpayers' money for seventeen UK space projects through its National Space Innovation Programme (NSIP), unveiled today at Space Comm Expo in Glasgow UK Space Agency Invests £17 Million of Taxpayers' Money to Drive Next Wave of Space Innovation This investment will accelerate breakthrough technologies, boost commercialisation, and reinforce the UK’s global leadership in space innovation.  The selected projects span five strateg