8 h. ago Society celebrates employability programme which has helped 1,000 people

Colleagues at Yorkshire Building Society, which has branches across Scotland, are celebrating the success of a pioneering partnership with food redistribution charity FareShare, which has helped more than 1,000 people across the UK improve their employability prospects, with over 100 going on to secure work.

Politics

11 h. ago Trump’s bill a ‘death warrant’ say parents of sick rural kids whose treatment is tied up in Medicaid red tape

‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ is projected to cut nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid spending over the next decade. Parents with sick kids and doctors tell Rhian Lubin the cuts are ‘final nail in the coffin’

Events

14 h. ago Premium Bonds winners for September include five £100,000 prizes for Manchester

The prize fund rate for Premium Bonds recently changed

Economics

42 h. ago How do you legally claim asylum in the UK? For most refugees, it's impossible

Asylum is a legal right, a human right, but without safe routes it is a hollow promise, writes Robina Qureshi. Ukrainians were welcomed; Palestinians — like so many others — are caught in a bureaucratic siege of red tape and bombardment.

Events

60 h. ago ‘I’m not coming home’: Trump policy holds people in Ice custody without bail

Restaurant worker’s case shows how Trump administration is ‘inflicting the maximum punishment’, experts sayLiset Fernandez spent most of the summer worried about her dad, Luis, but a few weeks ago she got some good news. After being held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) custody for weeks, an immigration judge in Texas granted him release on a $5,000 bond.Luis, came to the US from Ecuador in 1994, had been held in detention at a facility in Livingston, Texas, thousands of miles away from his home in Queens. Liset, 17, had taken on extra shifts working a retail job to support her mom and nine-year-old brother. Luis’s co-workers at the Square diner, a railcar-style greasy spoon in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood for over 100 years, had raised more than $20,000 to support him and his family. Continue reading...

Politics

68 h. ago Home Office faces demands to remove threat of deportation over care home workers

Red tape caused by change in ownership of care home means staff are in limbo, not knowing if admin will be completed by October deadline

Society

3 d. ago UN human rights staff urge leadership to declare Israel’s war in Gaza a genocide

Internal letter also calls on UN member states to suspend arms sales, saying ‘criticising Israel is not enough’Middle East crisis – live updatesHundreds of employees of the United Nations’ leading human rights agency have backed an internal letter telling its leadership to declare Israel’s offensive in Gaza a genocide and to call on UN member states to suspend arms sales to Israel.The 1,100-word letter, signed by about a quarter of the 2,000 staff of the Geneva- and New York-based Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), says the Israeli offensive in Gaza meets the legal threshold of genocide and that this means “arms sales, transfers and related logistical or financial support to Israeli authorities” constitutes a clear breach of international law by all those involved. Continue reading...

Politics

3 d. ago BBC Destination X ‘underdog’ winner still waiting for £100,000 prize

EXCLUSIVE: Judith was crowned the winner of the BBC gameshow on Thursday night, but she's yet to receive her £100,000 prize - and she's already got big plans for it

Economics

3 d. ago BBC Destination X 'underdog' winner details plans for £100,000 prize

EXCLUSIVE: Judith was crowned the winner of the BBC gameshow on Thursday night, but she's yet to receive her £100,000 prize - and she's already got big plans for it

Economics

3 d. ago BBC Destination X winner Judith says 'I still don't have my £100K prize money'

EXCLUSIVE: Judith, 28, was crowned the winner of the BBC gameshow on Thursday night, but she's yet to receive her £100,000 prize - and she's already got big plans for it

Economics

3 d. ago ‘I won Destination X but I don’t have the £100,000 cheque yet’

EXCLUSIVE: Destination X winner Judith has revealed her plans for the £100,000 prize.

Economics

3 d. ago ‘I won Destination X and I can't wait to get my £100,000 cheque'

EXCLUSIVE: Destination X winner Judith has revealed her plans for the £100,000 prize.

Economics

3 d. ago Destination X winner admits 'I was lonely' as she addresses co

Destination X came to a nail-biting conclusion on Thursday, with one contestant winning £100,000

Politics

3 d. ago Households can claim up to £2,000 from HMRC if they act by Sunday

Millions are believed to be eligible, and you must earn less than £100,000 a year

Economics

3 d. ago Care home workers face deportation over red tape after company was bought over

15 workers at Burlington Court Care Home in Glasgow have their permission to stay cancelled by Home Office after their employment changed to a new company. One will be deported on Monday

Politics

3 d. ago Destination X fans left 'crying their eyes out' in same response to final

Destination X came to an end on Thursday night as one lucky contestant managed to win £100,000 and BBC viewers were quick to take to social media to share their opinions

Sport

4 d. ago Destination X viewers say the same thing as winner announced

The final of BBC's Destination X aired on Thursday night, with one of the three remaining contestants - Saskia, Josh and Judith - walking away with the £100,000 jackpot.

Politics

4 d. ago Destination X's Saskia admits rival Nick stopped her quitting show early in unaired scene

Destination X's Saskia is one of the stars who'll be battling it out for the £100,000 prize as the BBC One show comes to an end with tonight's final – but she almost quit early on

Culture

4 d. ago Active man diagnosed with rare disorder after he couldn’t give thumbs up

Multifocal motor neuropathy only affects 0.6 people in every 100,000

Science

4 d. ago Contestant who won £100,000 on The Chase dies just one month after taking prize

Tim McCarthy, 64, passed away after a long battle with illness

Events