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Luxury carmaker could lay off 20% of staff
Luxury British automaker Aston Martin may be forced to retrench up to 20% of its workforce.

BBC investigation finds 50,000 people waited over 24 hours in A&E corridor care
Known as “corridor care”, patients are lining up on trolleys or sitting on chairs due to a lack of beds.

Nine in 10 pupils offered first-choice school
Pupils across the country are finding out which secondary school they have been allocated.

MTN Ghana delivers the goods as West Africa fires on all cylinders
MTN Ghana has posted a strong set of annual results, adding to the momentum from MTN Nigeria’s dramatic turnaround.

Missing student’s family ‘continue to keep hope alive’
Jack O’Sullivan disappeared after attending a house party in Hotwells, Bristol in March 2024.

A new chapter of conflict between the United States and Iran
A new war has suddenly broken out between the United States and Iran.

‘There were tears – but I had to peek behind curtain of head injuries in rugby’
Ben Youngs, England’s most-capped men’s player, looks into concussion and brain injuries in rugby.

Lunar Strategy Includes Cyberscope Web3 Security Among Top 5 Web3 Security Audit Firms for 2026
Lunar Strategy, a Web3 growth and industry insights platform, included Cyberscope among its Top 5 Security Audit Firms in Web3 for 2026. This list, which serves as an independent guide, evaluates firms based on technical depth, cross-chain capability and real-world deployment relevance of products and services. In a changing ecosystem, as Web3 security advances towards […]

‘Emotions always close’ – Moody on life since MND diagnosis
Former England captain Lewis Moody discusses his motor neurone disease diagnosis with former team-mate Ben Youngs.

‘I knew the risks, I’d do it again’ – Moody opens up in new BBC documentary
Ex-England captain Lewis Moody tells former team-mate Ben Youngs he was “very aware” of the risks posed during his career.

Middle East crisis: What South Africans stranded abroad need to know
South Africans in need of assistance can reach their nearest embassies using these forms of communication.

End of an era for the Gautrain, and new tax in South Africa coming to wreck one group
Here are five important things happening in South Africa on Monday, 2 March 2026.

New website promotes well-known billionaire becoming South Africa’s next president
A new PM27 Campaign website has been launched to support Patrice Motsepe as the ANC and South Africa’s next president.

‘Some parents said they’d break my knees’: the teacher who exposed Putin’s primary school propaganda
Grenade-throwing contests replaced PE and ‘denazification’ speeches became homework. Pavel Talankin’s undercover film about his school’s indoctrination drive won a Bafta and is tipped for an Oscar, but has left him in exile
In order to watch the Oscar-nominated documentary in which many of them have starring roles, pupils at Karabash School No 1 have had to source bootlegged copies, viewing the...

Starwatch: Venus to meet Saturn in evening twilight
Look west after sunset this week to see the pair converge in the dusk, closing in on a near-conjunction on 8 March
Look west as the evening twilight gathers this week for a chance to spot the planets Venus and Saturn. The accompanying chart shows the view looking west from London at 18.10 GMT on 2 March.
Venus will be the brighter of the pair, dominating the sky at magnitude –4. Saturn will...

Joburg EMS urge road users to exercise caution due to rainfall
Residents are advised to obey road traffic signs, reduce speed, maintain a safe following distance

Israel strikes Beirut, prompting residents to flee
Explosions and rising smoke can be seen in Beirut after Israel began striking what it says are Hezbollah targets in the country.
News24 | Senior US officials sceptical that Khamenei death will lead to Iran regime change
Following the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, many senior US officials remain sceptical that the US and Israeli military operation against the Islamic Republic will lead to regime change in the near term.