[ad_1] Joshua AskewBBC News, South EastTOLGA AKMEN/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock"Quite a lot of anomalies" had been detected in the area, said the council"Almost all" residents affected by a sinkhole in Surrey are set to return home, a local authority has said.Lloyd Allen, Surrey County Council's infrastructure team manager, said those impacted by the road collapse in Godstone High Street could return to their homes this weekend. But he warned this depended on a
[ad_1] Niger's military ruler has been sworn in as the country's president for a transitional period of five years.Gen Abdourahamane Tchiani has led the country since 2023, after he deposed Niger's elected President, Mohamed Bazoum.On Wednesday, Gen Tchiani took the presidential office under a new charter that replaces the West African country's constitution. He was also promoted to the country's highest military rank of army general, and signed a decree
[ad_1] Orla GuerinSenior international correspondent in IstanbulEPAThe rallies have been largely peaceful, but on Sunday, fierce clashes saw protesters fired upon with tear gas and rubber bulletsThe head of Turkey's main opposition party has told the BBC that protests will continue "in every city" until either early presidential elections are called, or the jailed mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu, is released from prison.Ozgur Ozel, chairman of the mayor's Republican People's
[ad_1] Ian YoungsCulture reporterGetty ImagesWigmore Hall is celebrating its 125th anniversary this yearOne of London's top classical music venues has pulled out of England's cultural subsidy scheme because of "crippling" red tape and a controversial strategy that is seen as failing to prioritise artistic excellence.Wigmore Hall will stop taking funding from Arts Council England, which gave it £344,000 of public money in 2024.Director John Gilhooly said: "The current policy for
[ad_1] Danny FullbrookBBC News, HertfordshireFamily handoutMaia Walsh had at least four TikTok accounts, a pre-inquest review heardTikTok will be the focus of an inquest into the death of a girl who used the app before her death, a coroner said.Maia Walsh, 13, posted "I don't think I'll live past 14" on the platform months before she was found dead at her home in Hertford, Hertfordshire, on 6 October 2022.During a
[ad_1] Angus CochraneBBC Scotland NewsGetty ImagesShona Robison says the Scottish government is facing a "major shortfall" The Scottish government will have to make cuts to public service budgets to cover an increase in employers' National Insurance, Finance Secretary Shona Robison has said.It came after Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced welfare cuts and an increase in defence spending in her Spring Statement.Robison said the announcement was "really grim news" for some of
[ad_1] More than 9 million Americans could see “substantial declines” in their FICO scores in the coming months as delinquent student loans begin showing up on credit reports for the first time since the pandemic, according to a new analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The report finds that over 15% of all student loan holders are likely now behind on debts, slightly more than before the
[ad_1] The Chancellor has announced welfare and spending cuts to try to restore her £9.9bn "headroom", so she can meet her rules on the economy. BBC Verify's Ben Chu looks at how she's made her sums add up. Produced by Jemimah Herd. Motion graphics by Mesut Ersoz. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Bernd Debusmann JrBBC News, White HouseWatch: How the Signal group chat fallout unfolded in 36 hoursA discussion by high-ranking US security officials about US air strikes on Yemen has been published in full by the Atlantic magazine.The group chat on the Signal app mistakenly included the Atlantic's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg.After holding back some excerpts of the chat in an earlier article, he decided on Wednesday to publish almost the
[ad_1] Parents trying to retrieve money from a pre-payment system for school meals are "disappointed and frustrated" at being charged a £10 administration fee to reclaim funds, a school leader has said.The sQuid app allowed parents to put money on a card so pupils could pay for meals and other items but it ceased UK operations on 14 March.The firm said it announced the move on 3 February, citing "increasingly
