Leading specialists call on the public to avoid socialising indoors to prevent a third wave of the disease Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage People should ignore Monday’s easing of lockdown and avoid socialising indoors in pubs and restaurants to prevent the new Covid-19 variant first detected […]
Month: May 2021
Green paper calls for misogyny to be made hate crime and bans on street harassment and sex-for-rent Labour would create a slew of new offences concerning violence against women and girls, including prohibiting street harassment, making misogyny a hate crime and banning sex-for-rent. The proposals also include introducing criminal sanctions […]
Strikes early on Monday appeared broader and more intense than Sunday’s, in which 42 Palestinians died in the deadliest single attack yet Israeli warplanes have launched what appeared to be the heaviest airstrikes yet on Gaza City, hours after Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu signalled the bombardment would rage on. […]
There has been a 27% increase over four years in avoidable illnesses and injuries caused by failures in care Tens of thousands of people with dementia are taken to hospital each year for emergency admission because inadequate social care has left them unprotected from infections, falls and dehydration, an investigation […]
Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer condemn ‘utterly disgusting’ footage of convoy in St John’s Wood Four men have been arrested by officers investigating a video that appeared to show antisemitic abuse being shouted from a car in north London. Politicians had earlier condemned the footage, which was posted on Twitter […]
Top adviser warns of India variant impact as scientists urge delay in lockdown changes Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson was under mounting pressure on Saturday to reconsider Monday’s relaxation of Covid rules in England because of the threat posed by the India variant. His […]
Re-elected mayor of Greater Manchester says party would have fared better in its heartland had he beaten Jeremy Corbyn to leadership Andy Burnham interview: ‘Has Labour still got what it takes to fight an injustice? Andy Burnham believes that Labour would not have lost so many seats to the Tories […]
Family celebrating Eid killed as building housing the Associated Press and other news agencies is bombed Intense Israeli airstrikes on Gaza on Saturday killed eight young cousins who had gathered to celebrate Eid with their mothers, and destroyed the high-rise tower that housed the Associated Press, the leading news agency […]
Doing a Leicester: to achieve the seemingly impossible, to make light of ridiculous odds. Things have changed somewhat since 2016 and the most outlandish title triumph of all time, with Leicester having levelled the playing field through astute recruitment and the excellent coaching of Brendan Rodgers. But doing a Leicester […]
Former MP who runs International Rescue Committee is criticised over adverts for full-time roles The former Labour MP David Miliband is facing criticism after it emerged that the charity he runs, for which he was paid more than £700,000, is offering unpaid internships at its headquarters in New York City. […]