As inflation hits the pockets of families who already had little to spare, food banks say they are getting much busier and seeing more people with jobs.
Tag: England
Church of England Will Bless Same-Sex Couples, but Won’t Marry Them
The policy shift comes after six years of consultations on the issue within the church, which also apologized for its treatment of L.G.B.T.Q. people.
England Is Banning Some Single-Use Plastics. Activists Say It’s a Small Step.
Starting in October, the country will prohibit plastic plates, cutlery and other items. Environmental advocates are pushing for a more comprehensive measure.
Another Day, Another Crash: Life by Britain’s Most Bashed Bridge
A railway bridge with a shallow underpass is bashed into by vehicles with startling regularity, causing mostly embarrassment, but sending cargo — flowers, bicycles, eggs and potatoes — flying onto the roadway.
UK Ambulance Workers Stage Their Largest Strike in Decades
The industrial action, seeking higher pay and better working conditions, was driven by a cost-of-living crisis and coincides with strikes by rail workers, nurses and others.
UK Strikes: Nurses, Emergency Responders and Rail Workers Walk Out
Continuing strikes over pay and economic conditions are likely to disrupt travel and services during the holiday season. Here’s what to expect.
Eric Allison, Prison Reporter Who Knew the Beat All Too Well, Dies at 79
A career criminal in England for nearly a half-century, he was hired by The Guardian to report on injustices in prisons — work that led to exposés and honors.
Johnny Johnson, the Last World War II ‘Dambuster,’ Dies at 101
With the Royal Air Force, he took part in a morale-boosting strike on Nazi Germany’s industrial heartland, breaching dams and unleashing devastating floods.
A ‘Stunning’ 1,300-Year-Old Gold Necklace Is Unearthed in England
The jewelry found in an ancient grave site in Northamptonshire may have belonged to a woman who was an early Christian leader.
How Interest Rates and Inflation Differ in the US and UK
The rising cost of living can look very different depending on where you live.