Prime minister will use Hiroshima summit to push more neutral countries such as Brazil and India into doing more for Ukraine The UK has unveiled a swathe of new sanctions against Russia, as Rishi Sunak arrived at the G7 summit in Japan with a self-declared mission to push India into […]
Month: May 2023
Charlie Mclean says she has lost a child and parents of teenage murderers have lost two sons A mother has called for an end to teenage knife violence after two boys who murdered her 15-year-old son on his way home from school were given life sentences. Khayri Mclean was murdered […]
Older and disabled people trapped in homes as rescuers battle harsh conditions in Emilia-Romagna region Older and disabled people were trapped in their homes as rescuers worked under pounding rain throughout the night to save people in the most catastrophic flooding to affect Italy in 100 years. The floods in […]
One headteacher said 12-page reading test that reduced children to tears was ‘scary and quite middle class’ A primary school Sats paper that reduced some pupils to tears included texts on a giant bat colony, which was adapted from a New York Times article, a camping trip featuring sheep rustlers […]
Possible interventions include default smaller portions and prominently displaying low-calorie foods Food delivery apps could help tackle the obesity crisis by making lower-calorie options more prominent on their sites, research suggests. A study, presented at the European Congress of Obesity in Dublin, involved creating a simulated food delivery app and […]
On flight to Japan for G7, PM says ‘economic optimism is increasing’ and insists Brexit is working Rishi Sunak has been accused of being out of touch with ordinary families after claiming the economy was looking up and people’s household incomes were “hugely outperforming” expectations despite the cost of living […]
Carmakers call on Britain to change rules on batteries that they say threaten electric vehicle production Why are leading carmakers urging UK to overhaul Brexit deal? Comment: UK needs to switch on to the car crisis Three big global carmakers have called on the UK government to renegotiate the Brexit […]
Jack Teixeira was admonished repeatedly for accessing and taking notes on intelligence documents, says court filing Jack Teixeira, the US air national guard member charged with being behind the so-called Pentagon leaks of highly classified military documents, was warned repeatedly over his mishandling of classified material, according to a court […]
Report says giving semaglutide once a week gave ‘historically unprecedented’ results Nearly half of children who were assigned the “skinny jab” lost enough weight to no longer be classed as clinically obese, according to research. The study, led by Dr Aaron Kelly, the co-director of the Center for Pediatric Obesity […]
Investigation into premature deaths of more than 450 people at community hospital will be ‘decisive’, say Kent and Essex police Police investigating the deaths of hundreds of patients at a community hospital say they have identified 19 suspects. An independent police investigation was launched into Gosport War Memorial hospital, in […]