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Ye of little faith? The tax loophole that turns old pubs into places of worship

A complex corporate network is enabling big landlords to avoid business rates by claiming religious exemption – and costing cash-strapped councils millions

The Guardian - UK · Mar 23, 2025

Couple’s hope for compensation from easyJet for disruption after rejection

The couple’s easyJet flight from Heraklion airport to Luton had been cancelled due to an air traffic control glitch.

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2023

Couple estimates ‘about £2,200’ loss due to flight disruption

Tom Perry said his flight from Crete had been cancelled about an hour before he planned to leave for the airport.

The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2023

Lebanese opposition lawmakers stage sit-in to demand new president

Independent lawmakers in Lebanon are staging a sit-in at parliament to pile pressure on dominant factions to elect a new president nearly three months since the post fell vacant with the country in the throes of an economic crisis.

Reuters · Jan 20, 2023

Why does cheese taste like cheese? Food experts explain how microbes work magic

Have you ever wondered how all the different types adorning your festive cheese board, from the hard to the soft, the fragrant to the stinky, are created?

Inverse · Dec 30, 2022

Analysis-Iran crackdown may burnish Raisi's credentials for top job

By tightening curbs on women's rights, President Ebrahim Raisi has boosted his hardline credentials and possibly his prospects of becoming Iran's Supreme Leader, even at the cost of provoking mass protests and driving a wedge between many Iranians and the ruling elite, three analysts and a pro-reform official said.

Reuters · Oct 25, 2022

Can cheese combat climate change?

These Vermont cheesemakers think so

Salon · Oct 8, 2022

Families mourn as at least 76 die on Lebanon migrant boat

At least 76 people died when the migrant boat they were aboard sank off the Syrian coast after sailing from Lebanon this week, the Lebanese transport minister said, as search operations continued on Friday.

Reuters · Sep 23, 2022

Alex Renton: the abuse survivor still shining light on ‘vicious’ elite schools

BBC Radio 4’s In Dark Corners gives platform to those who suffered abuse in British private schools

The Guardian - UK · Jul 27, 2022

Analysis-Tunisia's Saied poised for more power but economy crumbles

President Kais Saied looks on course to tighten his grip on Tunisia through a constitutional referendum in July, but it could prove to be a poisoned chalice as the economy sinks deeper into crisis and opposition to his rule widens.

Reuters · Jun 29, 2022