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January 22, 2023

Zahawi admits 'careless' tax error as he fights to save job

Nadhim Zahawi has revealed that tax chiefs found he had made a \"careless\" rather than \"deliberate\" error as he settled his tax dispute with a multimillion-pound settlement.

3 mins

Majority of public don't want Johnson back as PM

Almost two in three voters are against Boris Johnson becoming prime minister again in a major blow to any hopes of a comeback, new polling has found.

3 mins

BBC chair helped Johnson secure £800,000 loan

Labour is calling for an investigation after claims that the BBC chairman helped Boris Johnson arrange a guarantee on a loan of up to £800,000 weeks before he was recommended for the job by the then-prime minister.

3 mins

Call for inquiry into sexual assault allegations in NHS

Patients and staff are in danger as regulators are accused of poor handling of sexual assault allegations made against doctors and nurses, The Independent has been told. Campaigners and frontline staff who spoke to The Independent warned that professional regulators are not dealing adequately with allegations of sexual assault, harassment and domestic violence.

3 mins

Javid: Patients should be charged for visiting GP

Patients should be charged for GP appointments and A&E visits, Sajid Javid has said, as he called the present model of the NHS \"unsustainable\".

2 mins

King's coronation combines tradition with modern twist

A balcony appearance at Buckingham Palace, a concert featuring global stars and a day of volunteering will all form part of celebrations for the King's coronation.

3 mins

Russia launches massive assault in southeast Ukraine

As Zelensky urges Germany to send Leopard 2 battle tanks

3 mins

Apollo 11 astronaut Aldrin marries on 93rd birthday

Buzz Aldrin has announced that he has married his \"longtime love\" Anca Faur on his 93rd birthday.

1 min

Indian wrestlers end protest after sports chief accused of sexual harassment resigns

Leading Indian wrestlers have called off their sit-in protest after the country's wrestling body chief agreed to step down over allegations of sexual harassment.

2 mins

No one thinks Sunak is a criminal, but they might start to think he is incompetent

Rishi Sunak makes an unlikely law-breaker. It seemed unfair that he should have been served with a fixed penalty notice for turning up early for a meeting and being \"ambushed with a cake\" in the immortal phrase of Conor Burns.

4 mins

Technology doesn't have to harm your child's wellbeing

Children today have never been offline. Almost from the womb - that first, grainy ultrasound image posted on social media - Generation Alpha and younger Gen Z-ers have had a digital footprint, and been immersed in a world of constant digital connection.

3 mins

The online safety bill could cause Twitter to flatline

We now know that when the government's new Online Safety Bill comes into force, it could mean a potential jail sentence for tech bosses who don't take proper steps to keep children safe.

4 mins

Toxic food culture makes it hard to make healthy choices

In case you missed it, there's been a cake-related furore in the news this week. Professor Susan Jebb, chair of the Food Standards Agency and professor of diet and population health at the University of Oxford, infuriated office workers across the country when she said in The Times that if people didn't bring cakes into the office, she wouldn't eat them.

2 mins

Liverpool and Chelsea struggles continue with tepid goalless draw

The thousand club, it transpired, was not a reference to the number of players Chelsea have signed in the Todd Boehly era. But as Jurgen Klopp brought up 1,000 games in management, and Mykhailo Mudryk became Chelsea's latest debutant, it was with an illustration of how two of the dominant forces of recent years are struggling.

3 mins

Andy Murray denied latest miracle after four-set defeat

Andy Murray could barely walk, as the exertions of two marathon matches and over 10 hours on court were written across his face and in every stiff, painful movement.

4 mins

THE POWER OF THREE

Selena Gomez, Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz have joked about being in one. David Haye actually might be. Matthew Neale on the highs, lows and cliches of 'throuples'

5 mins

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