Dorset council says it flagged test results about potentially deadly bacteria on Monday, but evacuation didn’t take place until four days later Home Office contractors were told that potentially deadly legionella bacteria had been detected on the Bibby Stockholm hours after asylum seekers were taken onboard the barge. Dorset council […]
Which? research finds cheese, butter and bread are up by more than 30% in the past two years, hitting the poor hardest The cost of some basic food items such as cheese, butter and bread has soared by more than 30% in the last two years, forcing poorer households to […]
Drunk drivers and overreliance on satnav devices thought to be behind 13% rise Incidents of vehicles being driven the wrong way on England’s motorways rose to almost 900 in the last 12 months, an increase of 13%, according to figures described as “frightening”. Alarmed motoring groups called for technological interventions […]
Resolution Foundation report says much of industrial action ‘fuelled’ by public sector workers’ anger over falls in real-terms pay About 3.9m working days have been lost to industrial action in the past year, more than at any point since the 1980s, according to a new analysis. The Resolution Foundation, which […]
Hunt is on for survivors after at least six people die, while activists call for more safe and legal routes The government’s controversial asylum policy faced renewed criticism on Saturday when at least six people died after a small boat crossing the Channel capsized and sank. Another two people are […]
Observer investigation reveals the shocking state of the country’s protected freshwater sites of special scientific interest More than 90% of freshwater habitats on England’s most precious rivers are in unfavourable condition, blighted by farming pollution, raw sewage and water abstraction, an Observer investigation reveals. None of the approximately 40 rivers […]
Susannah Boddie, 27, who advised on Covid response, thrown from bike on downhill trail near Lake Garda Tributes have been paid to a government scientist who helped steer Britain through the Covid pandemic after she died in a cycling crash in Italy aged 27. Susannah Boddie was thrown from her […]
Fate of Black Country pub could serve as catalyst for campaigns to preserve a flawed but colourful past When Paul Turner started an online petition calling for his local pub in the Staffordshire village of Himley to be saved after it was sold to new owners, he was expecting only […]
Fernando Villavicencio fatally shot last week after leaving a campaign event in capital, Quito The political party of Ecuador’s assassinated presidential hopeful, Fernando Villavicencio, picked its vice-presidential candidate to replace him on Saturday, just a week before the election. Villavicencio’s Build party, or Construye in Spanish, announced on social media […]
Dominic Grieve and Edward Garnier denounce ‘lefty lawyer’ rhetoric as dossier target fears abuse will turn physical Two former Conservative law officers have criticised the political rhetoric against “lefty lawyers” as damaging and wrong as the head of the Law Society warned it could lead to physical attacks on immigration […]