In this issue

November 25, 2022

Calls for urgent overhaul’ of stretched asylum system

The number of people waiting on asylum claims has reached more than 140,000, new figures show, as Labour said the decision-making system had “collapsed”.

4 mins

Sunak faces Tory wrath over record immigration figures

Rishi Sunak faces backlash from Conservative MPs after new figures showed net migration to the UK soaring to a record high, with 504,000 more people arriving in the country than departing over the past year.

3 mins

Raab insists he always behaved professionally’

Dominic Raab has insisted he behaved professionally at all times” despite facing growing claims of bullying.

1 min

Voted For Brexit? I Bet You Re Regretting It Now

Not that I’d want to make any true Brexiteers hyperventilate or anything, but the much-quoted figure of a record half-million people adding to the population of the UK in the last year is only about half the story.

3 mins

Rainbow colours are now allowed in Qatar, says Fifa

Qatar has assured Fifa and the competing nations at the World Cup that rainbow colours will no longer be prohibited at stadiums for the next round of games and the remainder of the tournament, it can be revealed.

2 mins

‘He did wear the grass out’

Zoe Tidman visits the hometown of teenage England hero Jude Bellingham to hear about his football-mad childhood

3 mins

Discarding EU Laws Would Cause Chaos, Say Watchdogs

Standards on food safety, animal welfare and consumer rights are all under threat from the government’s recklessly irresponsible” bid to axe EU laws in a matter of months, safety watchdogs have warned.

4 mins

Tories must get house in order over building targets

One of the curiosities of the government is that it often knows what to do in the national interest, and what would serve it best electorally, but simply cannot find a way of achieving it.

2 mins

Chinese security camera ban from sensitive’ sites

Government departments have been ordered to stop installing surveillance cameras made by Chinese firms on sensitive sites” due to security concerns.

3 mins

Nurses to strike on two days next month over pay row

Nurses are to walk out on strike over two days next month as the pay row raging across the NHS escalates.

3 mins

Starmer ignoring concerns of minority communities’

Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of ignoring the concerns of Black, Asian and minority ethnic Labour members after failing to address key issues at a party event.

3 mins

Buy my 91 Covid kit or drop dead’ from the virus, bishop told congregation

A preacher who sold bogus £91 kits to ward off coronavirus warned his flock they could die if they didn't buy them, a court has heard.

2 mins

Johnson and Truss rebel against onshore wind ban

Boris Johnson and Liz Truss have joined a Tory backbench rebellion against a defacto ban on new onshore windfarms, in a blow to Rishi Sunak’s authority.

1 min

UN body to investigate human rights abuses in Iran

Diplomats in Geneva spoke out passionately against the regime’s crackdown on protests, says Borzou Daraghi

3 mins

Russia passes law banning LGBT+ propaganda’

Russia’s parliament yesterday passed a law that bans promoting LGBT+ propaganda” to people of all ages.

1 min

India's U-turns on decades of anti-ivory advocacy

An unprecedented decision by India to abstain from a recent vote to re-open the commercial sale of African elephant tusks has alarmed experts who fear that any change in the country’s decades-old anti-ivory advocacy will lead to a softened stance against the international trade of ivory.

5 mins

Boy buried under debris for two days is pulled out alive

A six-year-old boy has been rescued from the rubble of his house two days after a deadly earthquake struck Indonesia, which killed 271 and injured hundreds.

2 mins

Three Prime Ministers In A Year: Are We Ungovernable?

My favourite subject in history is the origins of the English Civil War, which I remember dividing into conditions, causes and triggers”.

4 mins

It shouldn’t be down to the Fapanese fans to remind us to be respectful of others

Japanese football fans have been caught on camera cleaning up Doha’s Khalifa International Stadium after their side’s momentous 2-1 performance against Germany at the World Cup and the fact that the rest of the world is surprised even shocked) is very telling.

3 mins

The understated genius of Thomas Gainsborough

William Cook visits a new gallery in Suffolk that he believes finally does justice to the unique art of the renowned painter

8 mins

Three Lions look to build momentum against USA

As England began to play the ball around against Iran, they felt something different. Definitely a click,” John Stones said of the 6-2 win.

4 mins

England need to beware of the awkward underdogs

Football and in-depth statistics are still relatively new neighbours who do not always sit comfortably alongside each other, but sometimes curiosities do not need to be particularly tricky to count or analyse.

6 mins

Richarlison takes flight to give Brazil lift-off in Qatar

A show of what’s to come, and also a throwback.

3 mins

Embolo punishes wasteful Cameroon in tight contest

The muted goal celebration is not an especially common sight in international football, but with an ever-more globalised world comes an ever-more globalised World Cup, and so too the conflicting emotions of Switzerland’s match winner Breel Embolo.

3 mins

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