Justice secretary Shabana Mahmood says impact of disorder will last years as former social cohesion tsar urges review of events • Shabana Mahmood: The justice system is rising to challenge of UK riots – despite dire Tory legacy The hundreds of arrests made after violent rioting will hamper attempts to […]
Education secretary launches review of curriculum in primary and secondary schools aimed at teaching critical thinking Children will be taught how to spot extremist content and misinformation online under planned changes to the school curriculum, the education secretary said. Bridget Phillipson said she was launching a review of the curriculum […]
Exclusive: secretive artist trying to raise a smile with pelicans, elephants, monkeys, wolf, goat and cat A big cat by Banksy appeared briefly, stretching in the morning sun, on a bare advertising hoarding on Edgware Road in Cricklewood, north-west London, on Saturday. A few hours later it had gone, removed […]
Vice-president addresses Gaza after protesters interrupt speech on immigration, abortion and Indigenous rights Kamala Harris and Tim Walz rallied a packed arena outside Phoenix, Arizona, on Friday – drawing perhaps the largest Democratic crowd of the election cycle this year. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, her running mate and the […]
‘Hundreds more suspects’ from violence led by far right should expect to be arrested, say police chiefs Police investigating the riots led by the far right say they have made more than 700 arrests for alleged offences, and promised “hundreds” more to come. Of the 741 arrests, 32 relate to […]
The Voepass aircraft crashed into a residential area, although there were no reports of casualties on the ground A passenger plane with 61 people on board has crashed in a fiery wreck in Brazil’s São Paulo state, killing all passengers and crew. The airline Voepass initially reported 62 people had […]
Vice-chancellors fear weaker institutions need bailout to avert failure due to fewer students and higher costs • Analysis: Still waiting for help to stop slow-motion crisis Universities in England face a “tipping point” this autumn engulfing some of them in financial crisis, according to vice-chancellors, who say urgent government intervention […]
‘So relieved’: heptathlete takes silver in thrilling contest ‘Terminator’ Roberts triumphs, Burgin into 800m final Britain’s heptathlon champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson ran the fastest 800m race of her life to take Olympic silver while the women’s 4x100m relay team missed out on gold by seven-hundredths of a second after a fumbled […]
Exclusive: London mayor warns law must be revisited ‘very, very quickly’ due to falsehoods that contributed to unrest Sadiq Khan on the riots: ‘Like a lot of people of my generation, I felt triggered’ Laws designed to counter misinformation are “not fit for purpose” and must be revisited after the […]
McLaughlin-Levrone stars on thrilling night in Paris Johnson-Thompson leads heptathlon after day one Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone led a triumphant night for US athletics by beating her own world record in the women’s 400m hurdles and further golds at the Paris Games went to Americans in the women’s long jump and men’s […]