内容摘要：A long-running strike by bin workers in Birmingham could last until December, according to union Unite, after members voted to continue industrial action in a dispute over pay and jobs.

A long-running strike by bin workers in Birmingham could last until December, according to union Unite, after members voted to continue industrial action in a dispute over pay and jobs.

The showpiece infrastructure project, which is built over the Chenab river, is 35m (114ft) taller than the Eiffel Tower and took the Indian Railways more the 20 years to build.It is part of a 272km (169 miles) all-weather railway line that will pass through Jammu, ultimately going all the way to the Kashmir valley.

Thousands of criminal cases - including some of the most serious violent and sexual offences - are collapsing every year because of lost, damaged or missing evidence, the BBC has found.More than 30,000 prosecutions in England and Wales collapsed between October 2020 and September 2024, data from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) reveals.They include 70 homicides and more than 550 sexual offences.

Police chiefs say not all the cases relate to lost evidence and the figures include situations where officers may not be able to find an expert witness or get a medical statement.However, it follows a series of damning reports about how police forces are storing evidence.

A Home Office spokesperson said: "We always expect forces to adhere to the National Police Chiefs' Council's (NPCC) guidance on storage and retention of evidence."

A leading criminologist says the increase was largely "a resourcing issue" brought about by cuts to police forces throughout the 2010s."We experienced lower store traffic in the Americas, partially reflective of economic uncertainty, inflationary pressures, lower consumer confidence, and changes in discretionary spending," Lululemon said in a

The athleisure brand joins a growing list of big companies to warn about the impact of US President Donald Trump's trade policies.The Trump administration's approach to tariffs has triggered concerns over rising prices and a weakening economy.

"We are planning to take strategic price increases... on a small portion of our assortment, and they will be modest in nature," Lululemon's finance chief Meghan Frank said.The company also said it will cut costs and negotiate with its vendors.