2 h. ago UN needs to cut $500m from 2026 budget and lose 20% of staff after US funding reductions

Job losses and global reorganisation expected amid Trump administration’s slashing of funding and ‘UN80’ reviewThe UN will need to cut $500m (about £370m) from next year’s budget and lose 20% of its staff as it struggles to cope with a massive reduction in funding by the Trump administration.The plan, in gestation since Donald Trump started cutting his foreign aid budget, is likely to involve an initial minimum 3,000 job cuts out of a 35,000-strong main workforce. The overall UN core or regular budget would be cut from $3.7bn to about $3.2bn next year. It means reductions of 15.1% in resources and 18.8% in posts in the regular budget compared with the 2025 budget. Continue reading...

Economics

2 h. ago UN faces $500m budget cut and 20% job losses after big drop in US funding

Core budget to fall to $3.2bn next year and initial minimum 3,000 job cuts expected amid streamlining processThe UN will need to cut $500m (about £370m) from next year’s budget and lose 20% of its staff as it struggles to cope with a massive reduction in funding by the Trump administration.The plan, in gestation since Donald Trump started cutting his foreign aid budget, is likely to involve an initial minimum 3,000 job cuts out of a 35,000-strong main workforce. The overall UN core or regular budget would be cut from $3.7bn to about $3.2bn next year. It means reductions of 15.1% in resources and 18.8% in posts in the regular budget compared with the 2025 budget. Continue reading...

Economics

4 h. ago Israel cuts funding for its own national film awards after Palestinian story wins top prize

The Sea, which follows a 12-year-old Palestinian boy, won several awards at The Ophirs

Politics

29 h. ago Motherwell Monday Club nets £10,000 from National Lottery Community Fund

The grant will support the club’s activities over the next two years, helping to ensure its continued success in providing a welcoming, social space for older residents in the area.

Economics

32 h. ago New Orleans church abuse documentary based on Guardian reporting wins top award

God As My Witness shares survivors’ stories and exposes church cover-ups as it returns to the scandal’s epicenterA film examining the Catholic clergy molestation crisis in New Orleans recently won the prize for best documentary at Colorado’s Winter Park film festival and has been chosen to be screened in the city where the scandal has unfolded.God As My Witness makes “clear that those who commit these atrocities cannot hide” while giving “a voice to the survivors, justice to the abused and a platform to be heard,” the Winter Park film festival’s director, Connor Nelson, said in a statement. Continue reading...

Events

34 h. ago Wishaw MSP hosts Holyrood reception marking 30 years of National Lottery Heritage Fund

Since its launch in 1994, the Heritage Fund has awarded over £1billion to more than 5,000 heritage projects across Scotland, helping to conserve everything from local landmarks and community archives to biodiversity initiatives and cultural festivals.

Politics

35 h. ago Claw machine experts say 'double tap' technique can help you win at arcade game

Claw machines are a staple part of any arcade, but they're notoriously hard to 'beat' when you're trying to win a prize. However, there are some hacks you can use to increase your chances

Science

58 h. ago World Athletics Championships 2025 Prize Money: Tuesday schedule and how much the gold medal winners get

It’s the biggest competition of the year for the world’s greatest athletes.

Politics

59 h. ago Contemporary Ritual Theatre makes Scotland debut with visceral folk tragedy

Pioneering Great Yarmouth theatre company, Contemporary Ritual Theatre (CRT) makes its Scotland debut as it presents SALT, a new form of “ritual theatre” by Beau Hopkins, devised to unite and transform audiences. Following a sell-out tour of East Anglia and London in 2024, SALT returns for a UK-wide tour with ten dates along Scotland’s coastal regions funded by The National Lottery through Creative Scotland.

Politics

60 h. ago Third of adults ‘have thrown away new clothes in the last year’

The finding comes as the National Lottery funds a network of repair cafes.

Politics

3 d. ago Secondary school offers pupils a chance to win a free 40inch screen smart TV to try to boost attendance

Students at Haven High Academy in Boston, Lincolnshire, who turn up to all of their classes in any two-week period are entered into a draw to win the luxury prize.

Culture

3 d. ago From shocking short stories to a talking foetus: Ian McEwan’s 10 best books – ranked!

As the author’s future-set novel, What We Can Know, hits shelves, we assesses his top 10 works – from chilling short stories to Booker prize-winning satireTwo old friends, composer Clive Linley and newspaper editor Vernon Halliday, meet at the funeral of charismatic Molly Lane, a former lover of both men (along with many other successful men of the time). This sharp 90s satire – the Conservatives have been in power for 17 years – has the misfortune of being McEwan’s only novel to win the Booker prize in his 50-year career, despite being widely considered one of his slightest. But it fizzes along like the champagne that is part of the euthanasia pact hatched by the two men in a plot that even the author conceded was “rather improbable”. New York Times critic Michiko Kakutani was right when she concluded that it was testament to the author’s skill that he had managed “to toss off a minor entertainment with such authority and aplomb” to win the gong he had so long d...

Events

3 d. ago Emmys: Here is the full list of winners from the 2025 Emmy Awards

Owen Cooper made history during the 2025 Emmys as the youngest ever male actor to win a Primetime Emmy Award.

Events

4 d. ago 'Wickedly funny' period drama 'better than Bridgerton' now streaming free on Channel 4

The series was praised by viewers and critics alike, as well as winning the British Academy Film Awards award for Costume Design.

Events

5 d. ago Tariq Ashkanani wins 2025 McIlvanney Prize at Bloody Scotland crime writing festival

Ashkanani won with his novel The Midnight King.

Events

5 d. ago Tariq Ashkanani announced as winner of 2025 McIlvanney Prize

The Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing Festival runs until September 14.

Politics

6 d. ago RFK Jr. does not just reject vaccines. He rejects science and must step down | Bernie Sanders

Kennedy is unfit to be our nation’s leading public health official because he rejects the fundamental principles of modern scienceSince taking office, Robert F Kennedy Jr, secretary of the health and human services department (HHS) has undermined vaccines at every turn. He has dismissed the entire CDC vaccine advisory panel, narrowed access to life-saving Covid-19 vaccines, filled scientific advisory boards with conspiracy theorists and fired the newly appointed CDC director for refusing to rubber-stamp his actions.But his rejection of vaccines is only part of the problem. Secretary Kennedy is unfit to be our nation’s leading public health official because he rejects the fundamental principles of modern science.Bernie Sanders is a US senator, and ranking member of the health, education, labor and pensions committee. He represents the state of Vermont and is the longest-serving independent in the history of Congress Continue reading...

Politics

6 d. ago Heartwarming moment mother, 47, is brought to tears as she wins £1million in the Omaze prize draw

Naomi Newton-Sherlock, 47, was still in her gym outfit when she was given the life-changing news she was the first-ever winner of the Omaze Monthly Millionaire Draw - after spending £15 on a ticket.

Economics

7 d. ago Learning disabled artists front and centre of 2025 Bradford City of Culture celebrations

Mind the Gap, a National Lottery-funded theatre company, is putting learning disabled and/or autistic performers at the heart of Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture with their groundbreaking new production

Culture

7 d. ago Ant and Dec break their silence after Gary Lineker ends their 23

The former Match Of The Day star appeared shocked to win the best presenter prize at the ceremony on Wednesday night, months after his exit from the BBC

Politics