Post-Brexit fall in English ownership of European second homes, figures show

Read More They used to go wild for villas by the Med and ski chalets in the Alps; now they are forking out for views of the Channel and hilly walks in Shropshire. According to figures released this week by the English Housing Survey, the proportion of English owners of second homes who have properties […]

More than 1,000 people forced to flee wildfires on Greek island of Rhodes

Read More More than 1,000 people were forced to flee homes and hotels on Rhodes after an uncontrolled wildfire swept across the Greek island on Saturday. The fire had been burning for most of the past week but had been confined to the island’s mountainous interior until strong winds, high temperatures and dry conditions swept […]

Revealed: drug firms funding UK patient groups that lobby for NHS approval of medicines

Read More Drug companies are systematically funding grassroots patient groups that lobby the NHS medicines watchdog to approve the rollout of their drugs, the Observer can reveal. An investigation by the Observer has found that of 173 drug appraisals conducted by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) since April 2021, 138 involved […]

Dropping green pledges would be ‘political suicide’, Sunak and Starmer warned

Read More Britain’s leaders have been warned against a “politically suicidal” lurch away from their green pledges as concerns grow that both major parties may dilute their plans to combat the climate crisis in the wake of a shock byelection result. Senior figures from business, the scientific community and across the political divide warned that […]

House GOP committees probe retaliation claims after Border Patrol official’s reassignment

House Republicans on the House Oversight and Homeland Security Committees are investigating whistleblower claims that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) may have retaliated against a top Border Patrol official after testifying to the two committees — a claim that the agency called “categorically false.” “We write with deep concern that U.S. Customs and Border Protection […]