UK News

Voting reforms and ‚Diane Abbott suspended‘

BBC Prime minister’s plan to lower the voting age to 16 is dominating the papers on Friday, with the Daily Mirror declaring it a „historic ballot box reform“. „Votes as 16 as Starmer panics over Reform“ says the headline of the Daily Telegraph, as Labour unveiled its accelerated plan in Parliament on Thursday evening. Under […]

Business

How India became a french fry superpower

Priti Gupta Technology Reporter Jitesh Patel Jitesh Patel’s farm business has prospered since switching to potatoes French fries turned around the fortunes of Jitesh Patel. He comes from a family of farmers in Gujarat in the northwest of India. Traditionally they grew cotton, but the returns were poor. Droughts in 2001 and 2002 made the […]

Business

Stricter checks will block some shoppers

Kevin Peachey Cost of living correspondent Getty Images Shoppers using buy now, pay later (BNPL) will need to pass stricter affordability checks under new rules coming into force next July. It means some shoppers will be refused this type of credit and the ability to splash out on something potentially unaffordable in a few clicks […]

UK News

Residents have ‚had enough‘ of port stenches

Eimear Flanagan BBC News NI BBC Liz Weir and her husband moved into their dream home four years ago but she said they have been plagued by the smell of compacted rubbish People living in a County Down beauty spot have „had enough“ of industrial stenches coming from Warrenpoint Port, campaigners have said. Liz Weir […]