More than 100 state and private schools have been named on a website set up to expose misogyny How schoolgirls finally found voice to tell of sexual abuse Sexual abuse by pupils is widespread across state and private education, according to a leading police officer, who has revealed that more […]
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US secretary of state says Washington ‘horrified’ after bloodiest day since February coup The killing by Myanmar’s military of more than 100 pro-democracy protesters in the single deadliest day since February’s coup has drawn outrage from across the world, and calls for a stronger global response. The US secretary of […]
British cyclist reportedly tested positive for banned steroid Ukad has ‘no record’ of what happened UK Anti-Doping has been placed under formal investigation by the World Anti-Doping Agency for allowing British Cycling to conduct its own probe into one of its riders in the lead-up to the London Olympics in […]
Arrests made after reports of bottles being thrown at police and protesters being pepper sprayed Violence erupted between protesters and police in Bristol again on Friday night as more than a thousand demonstrators gathered for a third “kill the bill” demonstration within a week. Dozens of people were involved in […]
Exclusive: Teleperformance, which employs 380,000 people, plans to use specialist webcams to watch staff ‘Missing from desk’: AI webcam raises remote surveillance concerns Thousands of staff at one of the world’s biggest call centre companies face being monitored by webcams to check whether they are eating, looking at their phones […]
Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin among invitees as US heralds return to forefront of climate fight Joe Biden has invited 40 world leaders to a virtual summit on the climate crisis, the White House said in a statement on Friday. Heads of state, including Xi Jinping of China and Russia’s […]
Former first minister says aim is to build a super-majority but his suitability as candidate questioned Alex Salmond has launched a new political party in what he described as a bid to build a super-majority for independence in the next Scottish parliament, and which could also enable his own return […]
Sage says majority were likely infected shortly before or soon after jab, before immunity had time to develop Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage One in 25 people hospitalised with Covid-19 since December have had at least one dose of vaccine, with the majority infected shortly before […]
Exclusive: UK government insiders believe certificates may tackle hesitancy in younger age groups Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Making Covid certificates compulsory to enter pubs could help tackle vaccine hesitancy among young people, government figures believe, amid fears of a “stark” future fall in uptake among […]
Royal Society report shows white students twice as likely as black students to achieve top Stem degrees Talented black graduates are being shut out of academic careers in science and technology, according to the president of the Royal Society, who appealed to the scientific community to improve access. White students […]