15 h. ago Fire breaks out at Appleby Horse Fair: Stall and tent are engulfed in flames as smoke billows cross gathering of thousands of gypsies from across Europe

A fire broke out at Appleby Horse Fair in Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria, on Saturday, engulfing a tent, stall and van in flames as firefighters worked to tackle the blaze.

Events

4 d. ago Police arrest two more children in manslaughter probe after boy, 14, dies in derelict warehouse fire

Layton Carr was found dead after emergency services rushed to the blaze at the building near the Fairfield Industrial estate in the Bill Quay area of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, on May 2.

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2 w. ago The Guardian view on billionaire Britain: tax wealth fairly or face democratic unravelling | Editorial

Without bold reform which makes the rich pull their weight, rising inequality risks eroding public trust and fracturing social stabilityBritain for the last decade has experienced a bleak paradox: rising child poverty alongside a dramatic increase in billionaire wealth. This inequality has been tolerated partly because greed has been rehabilitated as virtue. The Billionaire Britain report, published this week by the Equality Trust, reveals what many instinctively feel but few in parliament will admit: the UK economy has become a machine for the upward redistribution of wealth.Using Sunday Times Rich List data, the report found that the 50 wealthiest UK families now own more than the poorest half of the population combined. Their opulence is no accident. It’s largely built on the labour and consumption of those 34 million other Britons. The gains of society are being hoarded by those least in need. There’s a lexicon that sells it all as “entrepreneurial spirit” and bus...

Economics

2 w. ago Tensions erupt at UK's most exclusive billionaire's private jet fair

The Elite London in Wycombe Air Park on the outskirts of London draws in a crowd of well-heeled and deep pocketed punters looking for their next private jet or helicopter

Economics

3 w. ago Trust in water firms falls to new low as customers question fairness of bills

Fewer households also believe the amount water companies charge is fair, according to the annual Consumer Council for Water survey.

Economics

3 w. ago UK seaside town abandoned by Butlin's with posh holiday village now in its place

From a military base used in World War 2 to one of Billy Butlin's biggest holiday camps - it's fair to say this multi-million pound tourist village has lived many different lives

Politics