BBC On a spring day, Hamid Khoshsiar decided to make the perilous journey into the European Union. He was 31 at the time, an Iranian refugee who had been living in Turkey for two years. But in 2019, he felt it was time to go. Starting out in Igneada, in the north of the country,…

The inflation rate increased to 2.3% in October, well below the level at which it peaked two years ago. But you would be wrong to think the cost of living crisis is over. At energy firm Utilita’s Hampshire call centre on a very cold day earlier this week, I witnessed the cost of living pressures…

Ford Ford has announced it will cut 800 jobs in the UK over the next three years. The move is part of a major restructuring programme, which will see 4,000 posts closed across Europe as a whole. The company said it had to act because of difficult trading conditions, including intense competition and weak demand…

Metropolitan Police The men were captured on CCTV in Salisbury visiting the city the day before an the day the ex-spy was poisoned Key suspects believed to be involved in the Salisbury nerve agent poisoning took part in a revealing Russian TV interview, an inquiry has been told. Commander Dominic Murphy, head of the Metropolitan…

“To be brutally honest, we run into these kind of things every week,” says London-based Premier League video content creator Kevin Yuan. It’s not only the high profile players facing racist abuse – fans have told BBC Sport about their experiences following football. Yuan was racially abused alongside a female colleague outside Wembley Stadium by…

PA Media With Scotland’s prison population approaching “crisis” point, the Scottish government has tabled plans to let more prisoners out early. The Scottish Conservatives say victims are being “betrayed”. Their leader, Russell Findlay, has also suggested that SNP ministers could free up space by doing more to remove foreign nationals from jails. The Scottish government…

Liverpool are flying under Arne Slot and sit top of the Premier League and the Champions League table, having dropped points in just two games this season. They are five points clear of Manchester City, who have lost four games in a row in all competitions – something Pep Guardiola had never experienced before in…

The Conservatives have accused the government of “stoking inflation”, after price rises hit their highest rate for six months. An increase in energy bills helped push up the UK inflation rate, which measures price changes over time, to 2.3% in the year to October, up from 1.7% in September. Shadow Cabinet Office minister Alex Burghart,…

PA Media Harry Styles attended the service along with the other band members Family, friends and former bandmates have remembered Liam Payne at the One Direction star’s funeral, just over a month after he died at the age of 31. The private service took place on Wednesday in Amersham in Buckinghamshire, north-west of London. Payne’s…

Gatland added that he understands “the pressures of international rugby with performances and results”. “We can only work as hard as we have done. I’m aware of the pressure and that decisions could be made outside of my control,” he continued. “We’ve just asked for a little bit of time. Whether we get that time,…