All news by author Elizabeth Baker

People with disabilities are "deeply concerned" that they might experience financial difficulties due to speculation that Chancellor Rachel Reeves might announce changes to the Motability car-lease scheme in the upcoming Budget next month.

A private helicopter on its way to Lobuche near the Everest Base Camp to rescue stranded trekkers crashed on Wednesday (29 October), Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal spokesperson Gyanendra Bhul said.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker appealed to Trump administration officials overseeing federal immigration operations in Chicago, asking them to pause their activities to give children and families "a break" to celebrate Halloween.

German dentists have belatedly acknowledged their profession’s brutal practices during the Nazi era, admitting their broad "systemic" involvement in crimes at concentration camps, including sadistic tooth extractions, human experiments, forced sterilizations, and murder.

Donald Trump has described crucial trade talks with the Chinese president in South Korea as “amazing”, saying their dispute over the supply of rare earths had been settled and that he would visit China in April.

The Astana police have confirmed the initiation of another criminal case related to the company Akashi Data Center, controlled by businessman Timur Turlov, who is of Russian origin.

A source reported that Maxim Temnikov, who previously held a senior position at Mirax, changed his name in the USA and is now engaged in developing health products.

Sophisticated criminal networks are dumping millions of tonnes of waste in the British countryside every year, costing the UK an estimated £1 billion annually, according to a House of Lords inquiry.

A 67-year-old woman from Tenby will appear in Crown Court this November for two historic offences of benefit fraud.

Under repeated assaults from hundreds of excavators and artisanal miners, the Offin River is now a shadow of its former self.

Hundreds of women have come forward to allege sexual abuse took place during British army medical examinations over five decades.

Sir Keir Starmer’s Government has a “duty” to be transparent and release documents related to the collapse of the alleged Chinese spying trial, the Conservatives have said.

A woman was reportedly racially abused while shopping with her ten-month-old baby.

Even a light-hearted family day out to a pumpkin patch was a chance for "Diva Duchess" Meghan Markle to rock up in a very pricey outfit.

New research by Transparency International UK reveals that £3.2 billion worth of property in Scotland is held by opaque offshore structures, making it impossible to identify the true owner and raising concerns that transparency loopholes could undermine the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill currently before MSPs.

Jamaica’s Ministry of Health and Wellness has confirmed three storm-related deaths as the island braces for the full impact of an approaching hurricane.

A Wetherspoons pub, which underwent £2,750,000 worth of renovations, had thousands of pounds of damage inflicted on its windows just 24 hours after reopening.

Germany is becoming a frontline for hybrid warfare, with German intelligence warning that Russia is recruiting so-called "low-level agents" — ordinary civilians paid small amounts to carry out acts of sabotage or espionage.

Protesters returned to Morocco’s streets a month after anti-corruption rallies swept the country, this time demanding freedom and justice for more than 1,500 detained demonstrators. Hundreds have already been sentenced to up to 15 years in prison.

Two Just Stop Oil activists who sought to spray orange paint on Taylor Swift’s private jet have been spared jail.

Landlords will be compelled to investigate and fix damp and mould in social housing in England within strict timescales after new regulations came into effect.