Friendships that bridge economic divides are good for social mobility, a major study has found, with low-income children growing up where there is more mixing among income groups likely to earn an extra £5,100 a year as adults. The research, combining anonymised Facebook data covering 20 million adults in the UK with official data, points…
Police in Scotland have arrested and charged a third teenager in connection with the death of 15-year-old Amen Teklay in Glasgow. The arrest of the 16-year-old boy follows the arrests of two other boys, 14 and 15, earlier this month. Amen, an Eritrean refugee who had recently been granted right to remain status by the…
The mother of the murdered teenager Brianna Ghey has said the under-16s should be banned from social media, describing it as “an absolute cesspit”. Esther Ghey was speaking at a screening of an ITV documentary that explores the murder of her 16-year-old daughter by two schoolchildren. In the programme, which is to be broadcast on…
Blue Peter has recorded its final live episode as the show moves to a pre-recorded format, the BBC said. Airing weekly on Fridays, the longest-running children’s show in the world began on 16 October 1958 with its intrepid presenters and characterful pets. The BBC said the series has been a mix of live and pre-recorded…
Tesla’s boss, Elon Musk, once thought the idea that China’s BYD could compete with his company was laughable. In 2011, he smugly dismissed the Chinese carmaker as unimpressive, its products unattractive and its technology “not very strong”. He’s not laughing now – and not just because Tesla’s stock has plummeted amid a boycott by motorists…
Gérard Depardieu will become the most high-profile French person to stand trial on #MeToo abuse allegations when he appears in a Paris court on Monday. The actor, a titan of French cinema with more than 200 films and television series to his name, is accused of sexually assaulting two women during a film shoot in…
Labour’s missions are at risk of failing unless the government does more to involve the whole country from businesses to the wider public, as the age of “command and control” is over, a report from Demos has warned. The thinktank called on the government to embrace “mass mobilisation” for businesses, charities, unions and the wider…
Andy Peebles, the former Radio 1 DJ and presenter who was one of the last people to interview John Lennon, has died aged 76, his family has confirmed. Peebles began his radio career in Manchester in 1973 and joined Radio 1 in 1978, where he was a familiar voice for 14 years. His friend and…
Missouri lost an ambassador, role model and community pillar in the violent storms that swept the country on 15 March: a 33-year-old bald eagle named Murphy. Murphy captivated hearts far beyond the midwest and gained national attention in 2023 when he incubated a rock, attempting to hatch it, in a stunt the internet loved. The…
Chuck Schumer defied calls to give up the top Democratic position in the Senate after he voted for Republicans’ funding bill to avoid a government shutdown, saying on Sunday: “I’m not stepping down.” Schumer has faced a wave of backlash from Democrats over his decision to support the Republican-led bill, with many Democrats alleging that…
