Exclusive: More than a third of people from ethnic and religious minorities have experienced racially motivated assault, data shows Social barriers faced by Roma, Gypsies and Travellers laid bare in equality survey More than a third of people from ethnic and religious minorities have experienced racially motivated physical or verbal […]
Month: April 2023
Health and Safety Executive also issued several notices related to worker safety and explosive substances at JV Energen A green energy company set up by King Charles was investigated for numerous health and safety breaches after the unauthorised leak of more than 1,000 tonnes of global-heating gases. Methane, CO2 and […]
Return from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace will be more direct than five-mile journey of Queen Elizabeth II King Charles and Camilla, the Queen Consort, will arrive at Westminster Abbey for the coronation on 6 May in the sovereign’s newest state carriage, and depart it in the oldest, during a […]
PM says ‘work to be done’ to restore government at Stormont ahead of Biden meeting on Tuesday The Good Friday agreement was “based on compromise”, which should be the defining message for the next chapter in Northern Ireland, Rishi Sunak has said on the peace deal’s 25th anniversary. The prime […]
Bathing waters in Rutland, Devon and Suffolk will be monitored for water quality regularly Wild swimming fans will be able to enjoy access to four new sites in the UK that are being designated as bathing waters ahead of summer, the government has announced. The sites in Rutland, Devon and […]
Consultants who refuse to do extra work threatened with having their pay docked as NHS trusts race to empty their wards Hospital trusts are taking desperate measures to limit the predicted loss of life from this week’s NHS strikes – including threatening consultants who refuse to do extra work, and […]
Rina and Maia Dee, aged 15 and 20, identified on Twitter by Benjamin Netanyahu as mother remains in intensive care The two British-Israeli sisters killed in a gun attack in the occupied West Bank on Friday have been named as Rina and Maia Dee. Rina, 15, and Maia, 20, who […]
Shadow home secretary was not consulted about the widely criticised advert that claims Rishi Sunak did not believe in jailing child abusers The shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, was not informed or consulted about the release of a widely criticised Labour advertisement that claims Rishi Sunak does not believe adults […]
Scotland records its highest temperature yet for 2023 and whole of UK could follow suit on Easter Sunday The UK was hotter than Rome on Saturday, while Scotland recorded its highest temperature of the year so far. The mercury rose to 17.3C in Kinlochewe in the Scottish Highlands as Britons […]
Industry leaders fear new entry restrictions and the UK’s tarnished image among some Europeans have caused a decline in EU visitors French and German tourists are beginning to avoid the UK, tourism leaders fear, because of post-Brexit restrictions on travelling with identity cards. Since anti-Covid measures ended across Europe last […]