“He was forced to go, to bring food for the family,” his mother, Mah Jan, told AFP at her mud home in Ghunjan village.
“We have no food to eat, we have no clothes to wear. The house…
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Female student critical after falling from University of Lahore building
LAHORE – A 21-year-old female student was admitted to the hospital in critical condition after falling from the second floor of the University of Lahore on Monday.
The incident took place at the same university where 21-year-old Muhammad Owais…
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No more daytime TV or online ads for ‘junk food’ in the UK (SCOTT OLSON)
New regulations come into force Monday in Britain banning daytime TV and online adverts for so-called junk foods, in what the government calls a “world-leading…
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Honor’s Audacious Robot Phone Is Real and I Just Got a First Glimpse
When Honor first announced its quirky Robot Phone back in October, I said I would have to see it and hold it to believe it’s real. Three months later, I’m halfway there at least.
At CES 2026 I got a first glimpse of a prototype of the phone with…
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Jersey fish finger fundraiser nominates new beneficiary
Ms Reid said the backing would help “shine a light on neurological conditions”.
The group she set up is registered as a non-profit organisation with the Jersey Financial Services Commission and she is hopeful of receiving charity status soon, she…
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A missing flash of light revealed a molecular secret
Liquids and solutions may seem simple, but at the molecular level they are constantly in motion. When sugar dissolves in water, for example, each sugar molecule is quickly surrounded by shifting clusters of water molecules. Inside living cells,…
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BBC Radio Solent launches campaign to collect hygiene products
Helen Head and Patrick HughesSouth of England
BBCBBC Radio Solent’s Soapbox Appeal will collect donations at over 50 drop-off points across Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight A BBC campaign aims to help charities and community groups by organising drop-off points for toiletries and hygiene items to be donated to people who need extra support.
The BBC Radio Solent Soapbox Appeal will collect donations at over 50 drop-off points in Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight across January.
They will then be sent to charities and communities groups who will help distribute them.
The manager of a food bank charity in Bournemouth, which also provides toiletry parcels, said that those suffering from food poverty can struggle to afford to buy their own hygiene essentials.
Mary Duncan, operations manager at a food bank charity in Bournemouth, said that the need from families has increased hugely over the last decade Donations can include new and unopened toiletries like shampoo and toothpaste, and other cleaning products including washing up liquid, sponges, cloths and tissues.
Last year’s campaign saw thousands of the items donated and distributed.
Ahead of this campaign’s launch, BBC Radio Solent visited Hope for Food, a food bank charity in Bournemouth, which distributes around 150 family food parcels every week, as well as bags of toiletries.
Mary Duncan, the operations manager at the charity, said that since she began volunteering there in 2016, the need from families has “increased hugely”.
“We are getting a huge number of referrals coming in,” said Ms. Duncan.
“Things that most of us take for granted – people who are really struggling will have to find extra money to pay for those things.”
As well as donating food parcels, the Bournemouth-based charity also distributes hygiene items and toiletries The national charity the Hygiene Bank estimates there are 4.2 million adults in the UK in hygiene poverty.
One survey carried out last year by that charity, along with product distribution charity In Kind Direct, found that 13% of children aged six to 15 in the south of England were living in food poverty.
“The impact on children going to school when they don’t have clean clothes or clean hair…other children might ostracise them,” said Ms. Duncan
“It is very important for your own self-worth that you can keep yourself clean and you can keep your home clean.”
For a list of the drop-off points across Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and Dorset, visit the BBC Radio Solent Make a Difference page here.
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Jersey government agrees to sell house with pool for £790k
BBCThe property has five bedrooms and two bathrooms, according to estate agents Gaudin & Co. A government minister has agreed a taxpayer-owned five bedroom house with a swimming pool can be sold for £790,000, as it “represents a financial burden to the public”.
Caroldene, on La Rue de la Hauteur, St Helier, is one of dozens of residential units in the Government of Jersey’s property portfolio, which was found in 2021 to have a total market value of more than £1bn.
The house had been placed back on the market for £850,000 after a previous offer of £800,000 fell through, said Minister for Infrastructure, Andy Jehan.
It was described by estate agents Gaudin & Co as a “substantial five-bedroom detached residence” with two bathrooms, a sunroom, and a double garage.
‘Investment required’
In a ministerial decision, Jehan said the previous offer had been withdrawn by the prospective purchasers in November 2025.
“Following that withdrawal, the agent re-marketed the property,” he said.
“The property was re-listed for sale at £850,000, and a new offer of £790,000 has since been received.
“Given the property’s current condition and the level of investment required to restore it to a habitable standard, this offer is considered to be reasonable.”
Constable Andy Jehan said the government and the purchasers would each be responsible for their own costs. Government documents confirmed the States approved the purchase of the building in 1991 for £225,000, “in order that part of the garden might be used to provide improved access to the States Loan development at Le Jardin de la Hauteur”.
They added “the Housing Committee had no use for the accommodation and it was agreed that the property should be handed over to the Defence Committee for use by the Territorial Army” as housing.
Jersey’s quarterly house price index figures do not list the average sale prices of five bedroom homes.
However, the latest report said that the average price of a four bedroom house sold in quarter three 2025 was £1,280,000.
In signing the ministerial decision, Jehan authorised the Attorney General, the Greffier of the States and the director of Jersey Property Holdings to pass and conclude “any contract which is required” on behalf of the public in relation to the sale of the property.
“Each party will be responsible for their own costs,” the document added.
Ministers agreed in July 2025 to dispose of the property, as they considered that it “represents a financial burden to the public”.
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