Life & Society

Published: 17 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online An Australia Post worker has been sentenced to prison after using his position to steal dozens of bank cards from secure mail and taking part in a fraud scheme that caused more than $130,000 in losses to customers and financial institutions. Mauro Paul Coluzzi, 57, was sentenced at Sutherland Local Court in Sydney after admitting his role in...

Published: 17 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Thousands of Barclays employees are pushing back against the bank’s plans to increase the amount of time staff spend working from its offices, with the Unite union calling for financial support for additional commuting costs and exemptions for workers facing longer journeys. The dispute centres on changes due to take effect in October, when most affected Barclays employees...

Published: 17 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A United Nations fact-finding mission has said there are reasonable grounds to believe that US forces were responsible for two military strikes in Iran in February that killed or injured civilians and damaged civilian facilities. The mission concluded that the attacks on a primary school in Minab and a sports facility in Lamerd were indiscriminate and amounted to...

Published: 17 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online More than 125,000 people have been displaced in Yemen since the beginning of September as renewed fighting pushes families from their homes and places additional pressure on communities already struggling with years of conflict and humanitarian hardship. The latest wave of displacement has been particularly severe in and around Taiz, where fighting has spread through rural districts and...

Published: 17 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Saoirse Ronan takes centre stage in Bad Apples, a dark school-based satire that combines elements of psychological horror, social commentary and black comedy. Directed by Jonatan Etzler and adapted with co-writer Jess O'Kane from Swedish author Rasmus Lindgren's novel De Oönskade, the film places an apparently ordinary primary-school teacher in an increasingly disturbing situation. Ronan plays Maria, an...

Published: 17 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online British fashion and homeware retailer Next has raised its full-year profit forecast for the fourth time this year after stronger-than-expected sales during the first half, with unusually warm weather helping drive demand for summer clothing. The FTSE 100-listed retailer increased its forecast for full-year pre-tax profit by £12m to £1.26bn after reporting a stronger first-half performance than it...

Published: 17 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A cross-party House of Lords committee has called for a comprehensive ban on gambling advertising in Great Britain, arguing that much stronger action is needed to reduce gambling-related harm and respond to the rapid expansion of digital marketing. The recommendation is contained in a new 173-page follow-up report from the House of Lords Liaison Committee, which examined developments...

Published: 17 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Access to parks, rivers, woodlands and other natural spaces remains uneven across England, with new research highlighting a significant gap between communities that can easily reach nature and those that cannot. The findings have renewed pressure on the government to move faster on its commitment to ensure people can reach green or blue space within a 15-minute walk...

Published: 17 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Thousands of people with advanced breast cancer in England are set to gain access to the targeted cancer medicine Enhertu after a new agreement cleared the way for its routine use on the National Health Service. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, known as NICE, has recommended trastuzumab deruxtecan, sold under the brand name Enhertu, for...

Published: 17 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A traditional farming skill once familiar across the British countryside is being brought back into use by a new generation of volunteers as English Heritage launches a programme to maintain meadows using hand-held scythes. The heritage organisation is training volunteers in the centuries-old craft of cutting grass by hand, with the first group beginning work at Muchelney Abbey...