Reports suggest a ban is among potential options to protect young people from online harm Rishi Sunak is considering limiting social media access for teenagers under the age of 16 to try to protect them from online harm, with reports suggesting a potential ban is on the cards. The government […]
Month: December 2023
Report calls for immediate closure of Wethersfield as conditions causing irreparable harm to residents Asylum seekers housed in the UK’s largest mass accommodation site have attempted to kill themselves and set themselves on fire because of conditions “no different from Libya”, according to a report. The controversial Wethersfield site, on […]
Comments come as US announces meeting between White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in West Bank on Friday See all our Israel-Gaza war coverage A pro-Palestinian group temporarily hacked into the Israeli army website on Wednesday. The group, calling themselves Anonymous Jo, left a […]
Like Covid, flu carries significant risk of ongoing disability and disease, researchers say People who have been hospitalised with flu are at an increased risk of longer-term health problems, similar to those with long Covid, data suggests. While the symptoms associated with such “long flu” appear to be more focused […]
Latest register of ministerial interests revealed foreign secretary’s wealth is managed by a blind trust Do blind trusts really prevent conflicts of interest? David Cameron is under pressure to reveal where his multimillion-pound personal fortune is invested after the latest register of ministerial interests revealed that his wealth is managed […]
Republicans have failed to produce evidence showing president financially benefitted from family business dealings The House voted Wednesday to formally authorize the impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden, even as Republicans have failed to produce evidence showing that the president financially benefitted from his family’s business dealings. The House voted on […]
Concerns raised over security, food and lack of information after resident’s suicide as cost of vessel revealed to be more than £22m Asylum seekers on the Bibby Stockholm barge are becoming increasingly desperate about their living conditions as the Home Office admitted that the vessel has cost taxpayers more than […]
US security spokesman John Kirby attempts to downplay US president’s remarks that Netanyahu should change his hard-right government The Times of Israel is reporting a little more detail on the incident in the Red Sea earlier, which caused the UK maritime trade operations (UKMTO) agency to issue a warning. [See […]
Research by Shelter finds 309,000 people set to spend festive season ‘in a tiny hostel room or freezing doorway’ after rise in rough sleeping Nearly 40,000 more people than last year are expected to spend this Christmas homeless, in a sign that England’s housing emergency is out of control, according […]
Summit president hails ‘historic package to accelerate climate action’ but critics decry ‘litany of loopholes’ in final text Nearly 200 countries at the Cop28 climate summit have agreed to a deal that for the first time calls on all nations to transition away from fossil fuels to avert the worst […]