PoliticsVeterans get social housing priority in rule changeDecember 19, 2024 by December 19, 2024053 Councils will now have to put veterans at the top of the list for social housing and waive rules requiring a local connection....
WorldJapanese city to name and shame people who break trash rulesDecember 19, 2024 by December 19, 2024054 Fukushima plans to go through trash that is not properly sorted, and publicly identify offenders....
BusinessHundreds of driving examiners to be recruited to cut wait timesDecember 19, 2024 by December 19, 2024053 The government says there is a “huge” backlog for tests, with instructors branding the system a “nightmare”....
WorldExceptional natural disaster declared in Mayotte after cycloneDecember 19, 2024 by December 19, 2024064 Rescuers race to find missing people and survivors in the French territory devastated by Cyclone Chido....
WorldMan admits running secret Chinese ‘police station’ in NYCDecember 19, 2024 by December 19, 2024059 The site in Manhattan was used to help China identify pro-democracy activists, prosecutors say....
TechnologySocial media given ‘last chance’ to tackle illegal postsDecember 19, 2024 by December 19, 2024050 Platforms have three months to take action or they could be fined up to 10% of global turnover....
WorldFrance’s ex-President Sarkozy loses corruption case appealDecember 19, 2024 by December 19, 2024050 Nicolas Sarkozy – who now must wear an electronic tag – says he will challenge the ruling in Europe’s court....
WorldRare accounts of life for women inside notorious Iranian prisonDecember 19, 2024 by December 19, 2024057 Interrogations, beatings, cramped quarters and the tight bonds women forge inside Tehran’s Evin prison....
BusinessUK inflation – will prices keep rising?December 19, 2024 by December 19, 2024053 Inflation has hit its highest level for eight months, will prices continue to rise at a faster rate?...
WorldVerdicts due for 51 men in Pelicot mass rape trial that shook FranceDecember 19, 2024 by December 19, 2024059 Judges will deliver verdicts on the defendants in a case that turned a 72-year-old woman into a feminist icon....