Royal Air Force participates in operation targeting a Houthi military facility in Yemen. On 29 April 2025, UK forces participated in a joint operation with US forces against a Houthi military target in Yemen.
With the help of DASA funding, ISS Aerospace developed a 600kg heavy-lift unmanned aerial system (UAS) capable of carrying 250kg payloads. The innovation features a unique hybrid turbine generator power system that eliminates the need for complex electrical recharging infrastructure in the field.
Is the idea of central bank independence all a game of smoke and mirrors designed to funnel money in the direction of the City of London? It's a question that has to be asked. .
There are so many signs of a downturn in USA and his video is just one of hundreds being posted online outlining many problems..
Last winter over half a million children and families across Scotland enjoyed warmer homes after receiving a total of £37.3million towards their heating bills from Social Security Scotland. Winter Heating Payment is paid automatically to people who get certain low-income benefits, including households with young children, disabled people or older people.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has today (30 April 2025) approved a new under-the-skin injection version of the cancer therapy, nivolumab (Opdivo), offering a quicker administration option for eligible patients. The subcutaneous formulation of nivolumab can be given as a 3-5-minute injection instead of the 30- or 60-minute intravenous (IV) infusion.
At a meeting of the Caithness Committee of Highland Council held on Monday 28 April 2025 members agreed to adopt the Caithness Area Place Plan. They also agreed to fully support and promote the plan where possible, giving it consideration within other plans, strategies, development and funding opportunities across or impacting the Caithness area.
The Chancellor must balance new growth-boosting infrastructure projects with the need to rebuild Britain's dilapidated hospitals and social housing when she sets out the details of a £100 billion plus boost to capital budgets at the Spending Review, according to new research published on Tuesday 29 April 2025. The report notes that as well as allocating funding for day-to-day public services, the upcoming Spending Review offers a unique opportunity to reverse Britain's terrible record on public investment.
Mass layoffs are happening everywhere in 2025! People do not know what to do! The big question is will the recession happening in USA now ripple around the world. This guy gives some basic good advice everyone should be following before it his in UK.
Scotland's onshore GDP contracted by 0.2% in February 2025, according to statistics announced by the Chief Statistician. This follows growth of 0.4% - revised from 0.3% - in January 2025.
Richard D. Wolff is an American economist and professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
A new Ministerial Accountability Board will be established to drive reforms at pace to prevent avoidable deaths in custody. Led by Justice Secretary Angela Constance, the Board will oversee the implementation of actions to address the 25 recommendations identified in Sheriff Collins' Fatal Accident Inquiry (January 2025) concerning the tragic deaths of Katie Allan and William Lindsay (also known as William Brown).
The number of businesses added to the Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR) (business creations) in the UK in Quarter 1 (Jan to March) 2025 was 89,515, a rise of 2.8% on Quarter 1 2024. There was an increase in creations in 12 out of 16 main industrial groups in Quarter 1 2025 compared with Quarter 1 2024, with the most significant rise coming from the retail industry.
The Highlands and Islands Regional Economic Partnership (HIREP)'s Regional Economic Strategy addresses the challenges affecting the region's businesses and communities. A partnership of public, private and academic organisations in the Highlands and Islands has unveiled its ten-year strategy to deliver sustainable economic growth across the region.
BT has launched a consultation on the removal of 110 public payphones in Highland which they state are no longer needed. Details of the payphones being considered for closure are set out in the list at this link.
A new study published by UKHSA shows some bacteria have already become resistant to one of the newest antibiotics introduced to the NHS. A new study published by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) shows that some bacteria have already become resistant to one of the newest antibiotics introduced to the NHS.
Foreign nationals who commit sex offences will be excluded from asylum protections in the UK as part of the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill. Tougher border security measures will keep British streets safer, with foreign sex offenders to be excluded from refugee protections as the government announces new measures to slash the asylum backlog and strengthen border security through the Plan for Change.
Issuing the world's reserve currency gives a country the advantage of not having to, in effect, pay for many of its imports. Trump has never understood that.
The Chief Statistician has released figures on Community Payback Orders (CPOs) unpaid work or other activity requirements today. The publication covers the changes in rates of progression during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, information on the number of hours imposed by the courts for this requirement and the number of unpaid work hours to be progressed.
Dawn raids in four counties across the West Midlands and the Northwest of England this morning (29 April 2025) dismantle major criminal network trafficking unlicensed medicines. Twelve suspects have been arrested in dawn raids in four counties across the West Midlands and the Northwest of England this morning (29 April) in the largest criminal investigation into organised medicines trafficking in the history of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
