In this issue

January 28, 2023

Children seriously harmed’ at mental health hospitals by chronic staff shortages

Many patients complained about the excessive use of restraints and force-feeding (Getty)

5 mins

Record 800,000 fine for NHS trust after baby death

Sarah Andrews with her daughter Wynter who died 23 minutes after birth at a Nottingham hospital (Scala)

3 mins

Hunt: Tax cuts must wait

Chancellor targets inflation drop to restore harmony’

3 mins

It’s an F for Hunt’s four Es

Confidence in the future does indeed start with honesty about the present, but it certainly didn’t start with yesterday’s speech AFP/Getty)

6 mins

Political advisers are scared to tell ministers the truth

Civil servants may not be infallible, but they have a vital role in enabling Rishi Sunak to uphold his promise of 'integrity, professionalism and accountability', explains Andrew Grice

4 mins

HS82 will run to Euston despite reports, says Hunt

Chancellor backs central London station after suggestions it will be scrapped PA)

2 mins

Going nowhere fast: HS2 and an endless conundrum

Fast track: the government may be looking for a more rapid political payback from transport projects, this close to the election PA)

3 mins

Cumming hands back OBE over toxicity’ of empire

Scottish actor Alan Cumming was given the honour in 2009 (Getty)

2 mins

Racism in UK is systemic and institutional, warns UN

Austerity measures have 'exacerbated racism and discrimination' (AP)

3 mins

Workman crushed to death by Popup urinal 1 in London

Emergency services at the site of the telescopic unit in the West End yesterday (Getty)

1 min

How emailing out a cartoon ripped a man’s life apart

Ambikesh Mahapatra speaks to Sravasti Dasgupta about how his decision to forward political satire led to an 11-year legal fight and what it says about free speech in India

5 mins

Memphis braced for mass protests as video of Nichols’ beating by police is released

RowVaughn Wells, mother of Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police officers, and his stepfather Rodney Wells AP)

2 mins

Terrible echoes of past hate in death of Tyre Nichols

RowVaughn Wells, mother of Nichols, calls out her son’s name as she is comforted by his stepfather Rodney Wells, at a news conference on Monday AP)

3 mins

Seven people shot dead in Jerusalem synagogue attack

Assault took place on Holocaust Memorial Day in a settlement in the east of the city (AFP)

3 mins

Russian kills 10 in Ukraine as Putin’s forces seek gains

A house burns after a Russian military strike near Vuhledar, Ukraine on Friday Reuters)

2 mins

Holocaust remembered at Auschwitz on memorial day

Survivor Eva Umlauf with others at a ceremony in the former Nazi camp yesterday (AP)

2 mins

No matter how many years pass, my memories of the Holocaust will never fade

patil were an ordinary family, and our worlds were torn apart by ordinary men Susan Pollac

3 mins

Hunt has spoken on tax cuts - but his party isn't listening

The chancellor keeps trying to explain that unfunded tax cuts blew up Liz Truss's government (AP)

3 mins

In Rod we trust: the NHS has a most unlikely saviour

We are ailing: Rod Stewart has started paying for people’s medical scans (PA)

3 mins

Russian-born trader named the UK’s biggest taxpayer

In the money: Alex Gerko paid nearly 500m to HMRC Alex Gerko)

2 mins

The Guv'nor has a point to prove on his United return

Paul Ince in action for Manchester United against Oldham in April 1994 (Getty)

3 mins

Djokovic hears the call of history after semi victory

Serb ignores off-court distractions to set up Tsitsipas final

5 mins

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