
One fifth generation farmer from Brands Hatch says she has concerns for her future.
The Leas Lift in Folkestone is expected to reopen in 2026.
Kent Battle of Britain Museum Trust has less than three weeks to raise £58k to acquire the medals.
Campaigners hope a recent law change could act as a deterrent.
Dawn Willis, from Canterbury, is calling on others to get checked if they spot signs of ill-health.
A Ministry of Defence explosive ordnance team has attended and an investigation is under way.
Medway Council is asking people about the changes they would like to see in Rainham in the future.
The diaries reveal the experiences of pupils during air raids and evacuations during World War Two.
Gavin Peacock is back in Kent but is now enjoying a very different career to his footballing days.
Leigh Santamaria left her career as a legal PA to care for her daughter with learning disabilities.
Medway African & Caribbean Association says the funding will pay for youth video and music projects.
The family of Kevin Holding fear they may never find out why a pop-up urinal dropped on him.
Dawn Willis from Canterbury talks through the experience that nearly cost her her life.
Work has begun to restore Folkestone's Grade 11 Listed Funicular Lift.
The story of how a French Emperor came to live and die in Chislehurst.
Cafes, Restaurants and Hotels in Kent fear they are going to have to cut staff in April.
Emma Raducanu falls to a fourth straight defeat after being beaten in straight sets by Ekaterina Alexandrova in the first round of the Qatar Open.
National League clubs want the EFL to introduce the "three-up, three-down" system between the fifth tier and League Two.
Ryan had been summoned to a meeting with his chief whip after the Mail on Sunday published the texts.
The King gives Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer a guided tour of sustainable housing in Cornwall.
Three more quakes above 4.0 magnitude are registered on Monday near the Greek tourist hotspot.
The findings shed light on a deeply mysterious part of Earth that is key to life on our planet.
The Archbishop of York says "trust has been broken" as he opens a the Church of England's General Synod.
With high numbers still arriving in the UK, the government is keen not to appear wishy-washy on an issue that matters to so many people.
The family of a man who died a week after a title fight in Belfast say they are "touched" by condolences.
James Howells wants to search a landfill site where he lost 8,000 bitcoins now worth about £620m.
A BBC investigation finds some nurses were verbally abusive and cruel towards unwell teenagers.
After Lamar's show, a reminder of where we are now in the big rap feud, and exactly how we got here.
The far right here and elsewhere in Europe attracts an increasing number of young people, particularly men.
Families tell BBC their mould-infested homes are making them ill - Panorama investigates.
The US has historically given automatic citizenship to anyone born in the country, but this principle is not the norm globally.
Some military personnel claim officials knew about safety concerns with certain aircraft as far back as 1999.
Simon Vickers, who claimed his daughter's stabbing was accidental, is sentenced.
The move referenced Williams' Los Angeles roots and recalled a Wimbledon controversy.
The parents of Elsie Dot Stancombe and Bebe King pay tribute to their daughters.
The alleged victim told the PhD student that she was unconscious when he had sex with her.
Laila Soueif has not eaten for 134 days as she campaigns for the release of her pro-democracy activist son from jail in Egypt.
The star was stopped from busking ahead of his concert in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru.
Guillem Balague examines the problems that have led Manchester City and Real Madrid to meet in the Champions League play-off.
President Trump and Taylor Swift in attendance as Philadelphia Eagles beat Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 59 at Caesars Superdrome, New Orleans
There was a sense it was over almost before it began as Scotland suffered another chastening Six Nations defeat by Ireland, writes Tom English.
With golf back live on free-to-air television in the UK, the leader of the free world brokering a united future and top stars growing the game on a giant simulator, should we be looking at the sport from a glass half full perspective, writes Iain Carter.
Peter O'Mahony says being booed by Scottish fans during Ireland's Six Nations win at Murrayfield was "one of the biggest compliments of my career".
Luke Littler is knocked out of the first Players Championship of 2025 as he suffers a 6-3 defeat by Joe Cullen.
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1. How to regain your focus. Regaining focus can be tough, especially when distractions, fatigue, or lack of motivation get in the way. Whether you are struggling to concentrate at work, while studying, or on personal projects, sharpening your focus can make a huge difference in productivity and mental clarity. Here are some practical ways to regain your focus and get back on track. READ MORE 2. Bank cuts interest rates and slashes growth forecast. The Bank of England has halved its growth forecast for this year as it cut interest rates to the lowest level for more than 18 months. The economy is now expected to grow by 0.75% in 2025, the Bank said, down from its previous estimate of 1.5%. The government has made growing the economy one of its key aims. The Prime Minister said he was "not satisfied with growth" and the downgraded forecast "just spurs us on". The new forecast came as the Bank cut interest rates to 4.5% from 4.75%. Inflation - the rate at which prices rise - is now expected to rise to 3.7% and take until the end of 2027 to fall back to its 2% target. BBC 3. UK in zero hours contract epidemic. More than 720,000 UK workers have been on zero-hours contracts with the same employer for over a year, with 130,000 in the same position for more than a decade, new analysis from the Trades Union Congress (TUC) reveals. These workers earn £10.68 an hour – a third less than the median hourly rate of £15.69. The TUC called it an "insecure work epidemic", warning that zero-hour contracts trap people in financial hardship and weaken the economy. The organisation's polling found that only one in seven such workers are happy not to have regular working hours. The Guardian 4. People feel best in the morning. People feel the best about themselves and their lives in the morning and worst around midnight, according to research. Scientists analysed 1m responses by 50,000 people over two years to questions about their feelings, as part of a Covid-19 study. They found that people felt better about their happiness and life satisfaction on Mondays and Fridays, and less so on Sundays. People felt more depressed, anxious and lonely in the winter, while mental health was reportedly best in summer. While no cause was determined in the study, scientists say the body clock may be involved. BMJ 5. Ofsted to replace one-word school ratings. Ofsted has announced plans to overhaul its school rating system in England, moving away from single-word judgments like “inadequate” or “outstanding.” Instead, schools would receive a detailed “report card,” assessing them across at least eight categories, each graded on a five-point scale, with “exemplary” as the highest rating. The proposed changes are now open for public consultation. What do you think of Ofsted’s proposed school rating changes? Please share your views in our latest poll. VOTE HERE |
6. Welfare system faces urgent reform. If there’s one area of the British state in desperate need of reform, it’s the welfare system. Recent statistics reveal that 3.3 million working-age people in Britain are receiving incapacity benefits, 700,000 more than four years ago. Of these, 2.5 million are claiming the highest level of benefits, which don’t require them to seek employment up from 1.85 million in 2018. The total cost of all health-related benefits is estimated at nearly £65bn, with projections to reach £100bn by the decade’s end. This is simply unsustainable The government has vowed to take bold steps to get a grip on the benefits bill with a green paper on the issue expected in the spring. The Times 7. AI powered solution to potholes. Scientists have created a groundbreaking self-healing asphalt that could help address the UK’s pothole problem. An international research team used AI to analyze why asphalt becomes prone to cracking. Using these insights, they developed a method to reverse the process. Their solution involves embedding tiny plant spores filled with recycled cooking oil into the asphalt. As traffic causes micro-cracks to form, the spores release the oil, sealing the cracks and preventing oxidation. This stops the bitumen in the asphalt from becoming brittle, reducing the likelihood of larger cracks developing. BBC 8. Electric car demand reaches new high. Battery EVs (BEVs) accounted for 21% of almost 140,000 new car registrations in January, the highest-ever share for the month and a year-on-year increase of 41.6%. It establishes BEVs as the second-largest sector of the new car market, behind only petrol, which contracted by 15% to make up just over 50% of registrations. In an overall market that shrank by 2.5%, diesel registrations declined to just over 6% of registrations. Hybrid electric made up 13% of the market, and plug-in hybrids 9%, underlining the consumer shift towards full or partial electric powertrains. Sky News 9. No better grades from phone bans. Bans on smartphones in schools do not lead to better academic grades or child wellbeing, a study has found. While researchers found a link between extended phone and social media use and lower grades, poor sleep, lack of exercise and disruptive behaviour, there was no difference between pupils of schools that banned smartphones and those that didn't. The study, published in the Lancet's Regional Health Europe journal, looked at 1,227 pupils at 30 schools in the UK, and found that school phone bans did not reduce the amount of time children spent using them. The Guardian 10. The bottom line. More than one million people in the UK missed the deadline for filing self-assessment tax returns on 31 January, according to HM Revenue and Customs. Penalties for filing late include an initial £100 fine. More than 31,000 finished their self-assessment in the final hour before the deadline period. HMRC |
6. Royal Mail should cut second-class delivery days. Royal Mail is set to be allowed to deliver second-class letters on alternate weekdays and to stop Saturday deliveries under proposals to shake up postal service rules announced by the industry regulator. Ofcom said cutting the deliveries to every other weekday with a price cap on second-class stamps, while maintaining first-class letters six days a week, would still meet the public’s needs. Its provisional recommendations also included cutting delivery targets for first-class mail from 93% to 90% arriving the next day, and for second-class mail from 98.5% to 95% within three days. Ofcom’s consultation on the proposed changes will run until 10 April, and it expects to publish its decision in the summer. London Evening Standard 7. Exercise may reduce risk of dementia. A study suggests that staying active can help prevent dementia by preserving brain volume in areas linked to thinking and memory. It found that lifelong exercise reduced cognitive decline, even in those with early Alzheimer’s markers like amyloid build-up. Researchers analysed data from 468 people in their 70s from the Insight 46 study, which tracked individuals born in 1946. They looked at physical activity levels - walking, swimming, and sports - over three decades, and found that those who exercised regularly had better cognitive function at 70. The effects were particularly strong in women. The Times 8. Surge in gender dysphoria diagnosis. The number of under-18s with a diagnosis of gender dysphoria has risen 50-fold in England over ten years, a study of GP records has found. Based on data from 20% of GP practices, researchers at the University of York estimate the prevalence of such diagnoses increased from one in 60,000 in 2011 (equating to 192 people nationwide) to about one in 1,200 in 2021 (10,291). Among 17-to 18-year-olds, it was one in 238 by 2021. From 2015, there was a sharp rise in the number of children registered female being diagnosed with the condition; by 2021, they outnumbered those recorded male by about two to one. The Telegraph 9. Heat-related deaths could rise 50%. Temperature-related deaths in Europe could increase by 50% by 2100 because of changing temperatures, research has found. Between 8,000 and 80,000 more people could die a year, depending on how much temperatures change. The biggest increase will be in southern Europe because of heat waves, followed by central Europe. A slight drop in deaths was projected for northern Europe. The number of people who will die in Europe because of high temperatures is projected to outnumber those saved from milder cold weather. The Guardian 10. The bottom line. 58% of British millennials support the return of the death penalty; 27% are against, according to a More in Common poll taken after the sentencing of the Southport killer. Among all British adults, 55% support capital punishment, up from 50% in the autumn. In a separate poll by Craft, 52% of UK Gen-Zers (aged 13 to 27) agreed that the country would be a better place if a strong leader was in charge who does not have to bother with Parliament and elections. Daily Mail |
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