Budget forecasts show growth in living standards grinding almost to a halt.
Former World Championship star Fallon Sherrock and World Darts Federation number one Mitchell Lawrie are among those with eyes on the £501,000 prize.
In Niger, guards ignored the panicked cries for help from 33 detainees who died in a detention cell last month. Reports indicate that 72 people were crowded into a poorly ventilated, 20-square-metre space, where dozens slowly suffocated over 11 hours. The cell may have been cleaned and disinfected before it could be investigated. FRANCE 24's correspondent Sam Olukoya has more.
Figures released by the MoJ on Thursday further show that 79,274 prisoners were discharged early between September 2024 and June 2026
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Experts said there should be comprehensive, cost-based price controls covering all oncology therapies, permanent statutory margin caps across distribution channels and full scrutiny of company assistance programmes.
New proposals would enable UK workers to demand to know their colleagues’ salaries. Helen Coffey looks at whether pay transparency is the answer to a fairer workplace or a recipe for chaos