Planned works by Network Rail will force more people onto the roads to join the bank holiday getaway, with rail strikes to follow the week after Bank holiday getaway traffic jams will signal the start of a bumpy 10 days on Britain’s roads and railways, as a rainy early May is peppered with engineering works and train drivers’ strikes.Motoring organisations...

Figures from labor department come as Federal Reserve says cut in interest rates unlikely as inflation remains highThe US workforce added another 175,000 jobs in April, with the unemployment rate staying steady at 3.9%.Last month, the labor department reported the US added 315,000 jobs in March, far higher than the 192,000 jobs economists had forecast....

Jason Williams, known as the cloud gardener, is campaigning for green spaces in new builds and rights for tenants to grow plantsDevelopers and landlords should give tenants a “right to garden”, a leading horticulturist has said as he campaigns for more green spaces in new-build homes.To inspire those who live in homes without gardens, Jason Williams...

Bernie Sanders said this could be ‘Biden’s Vietnam’. Plus, trial over US torture in Iraq collapses after jurors fail to return verdictDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.More than 2,000 people have now been arrested during pro-Palestinian protests across dozens of college campuses in recent weeks.Where have the arrests...

Three UN experts warn proposed ‘harmony laws’ may contravene international human rights standardsnew laws proposed by rightwing and far-right regional coalition governments to “whitewash” the Franco dictatorship could contravene international human rights standards, UN experts on truth, justice, forced disappearances and killings have warned Spain.Two...

Town of Lewiston rallied behind bowling alley owners to reopen after gunman killed eight people there in state’s deadliest shootingIt’s a dilemma no business owner should have to face: whether to reopen after a mass shooting.The answer didn’t come easily to Justin and Samantha Juray. But when they did decide to reopen their Maine bowling alley, they...