Watch: Pause on federal funding targeted at DEI and ‘wokeness’, says White House A US judge temporarily halted President Donald Trump’s order to freeze hundreds of billions of dollars in federal grants and loans, minutes before it was set to come into effect on Tuesday. Judge Loren AliKhan’s order to pause the plan until next…

Kate McGough Education producer BBC As the bell rings at St Nicholas Church of England Primary Academy in Boston, Lincolnshire, head teacher Mrs Booth spots a little boy coming through the gates with his hood pulled up, crying. “Are you OK?” she asks in a soft voice, taking him to one side. He tells her…

Mark Savage Music Correspondent Steve Gullick Mogwai (left-right): Stuart Braithwaite, Dominic Aitchison, Barry Burns and Martin Bulloch One word keeps cropping up during our interview with Glasgow four-piece Mogwai – and that word is “weird”. It was “psychedelically weird” when their last album, As The Love Continues, unexpectedly went to number one in 2021. The…

Shona MacDonald & Steven McKenzie BBC Naidheachdan & BBC Scotland MacPherson family Hannah and Andrew MacPherson died along with their parents and grandfather On the night of 11 January 2005, a family of five attempted to escape a violent storm battering their home on the island of South Uist. Winds gusting to 124mph had coincided…

Niall McCracken BBC News NI Mid Ulster Reporter BBC Peter Alexander was diagnosed with dementia at the age of 49 Dementia was not something Peter Alexander expected to be diagnosed with in his late 40s. It meant leaving his job and adapting to a new way of life. Now, aged 56, Peter is passionate about…

“Reeves pledges to create ‘Europe’s Silicon Valley’”, reads the Guardian headline, referring to Chancellor Rachel Reeves “push for growth”, which features on many of Wednesday’s front pages. The paper says she will reveal plans to create a tech hub between Oxford and Cambridge, in a bid to “kickstarting economic growth and putting more money in…

Heathrow Airport An artist’s impression showing three runways at Heathrow Airport The expansion of Heathrow Airport is expected to be welcomed by Chancellor Rachel Reeves on Wednesday, after years of heated debate. The move, alongside confirmation of the expansion of other London airports including Gatwick and Luton, is likely to be met by fierce opposition.…

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to welcome Heathrow’s expansion in an announcement on Wednesday, the BBC understands. A move to encourage in principle a planning application for a third runway at the airport will mark the first stage of the process and come as part of a major speech on wider growth plans to boost…

Stewart Whittingham & Tom Mullen BBC News Church of England The Right Reverend Doctor John Perumbalath was announced in the position in 2022 The Bishop of Liverpool has denied allegations of sexual assault outlined in a Channel 4 News investigation. The Right Reverend Doctor John Perumbalath has been accused of assaulting two women, the programme…