In this issue

March 27, 2023

Patients suffer as transplant waiting list hits 10-year high

Diana Isajeva, 29, among thousands waiting for organ donor

5 mins

'The top job in finance has always been done by a man'

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves talks to Kate Devlin about her determination to win power and 'smash glass ceilings'

3 mins

Labour denies holding talks with Gray for 'over a year'

Labour has denied claims that top civil servant Sue Gray was involved in talks about taking a job as Sir Keir Starmer's chief of staff for more than a year before she was formally offered the role.

3 mins

Can the SNP reconnect to its cause without Sturgeon?

The nationalist party has reached an impasse in its push for independence. Adam Forrest looks at how it might regroup

3 mins

Novels by Christie edited to remove offensive language

A number of Agatha Christie novels have been rewritten for modern sensitivities, with racist terms removed and passages of text amended.

2 mins

Brexit damage is as big as Covid, says fiscal watchdog

The impact of Brexit on the UK economy is on the same \"magnitude\" as the Covid pandemic and energy price crisis, the chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has said.

2 mins

Kwarteng boasted to fake Korean firm he could arrange Johnson meeting

Kwasi Kwarteng told a fake South Korean firm set up by campaign group Led by Donkeys that he might be able to set up a meeting with \"great guy\" Boris Johnson.

3 mins

Gove challenged on cocaine use as laughing gas banned

Michael Gove was challenged over his own history of cocaine use as he revealed plans to ban laughing gas on the streets of Britain.

3 mins

Court backlogs for rape and sex offences hit record high

Court backlogs for rape and sexual offences have hit a record high, with the most desperate victims driven to suicide by \"devastating\" waits for justice.

3 mins

Putin accused of making Belarus 'nuclear hostage'

Ukraine says world must take decisive steps to deter Russia

2 mins

Mississippi recovery begins as more storms on the way

Help began pouring into one of the poorest regions of the United States after a deadly tornado ripped through several towns across a 170-mile stretch of the Mississippi Delta.

1 min

Lebanon time zones split after daylight savings row

Some find they need to be in two places at the same time

2 mins

Indian opposition protests after parliament bars leader

Congress party holds Gandhi-inspired sit-ins in New Delhi

2 mins

Protests after Netanyahu sacks defence minister

Thousands of people took to the streets in Israel last night after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sacked his defence minister and his counsel general in New York resigned.

2 mins

Macron has slowly morphed into his worst caricatures

French voters did not re-elect Emmanuel Macron last year with a nearly 60 per cent majority for his social, economic, and political vision. He was in large part re-elected in spite of them.

4 mins

Neurodiverse employers are proving disability is an asset

Employers should pay heed. So should a government that is trying to sanction people into working, writes James Moore

3 mins

Sublime Saka puts England in Euro 2024 driving seat

Wembley brought the lowest moment of Bukayo Saka's career but Wembley has also witnessed further proof he has displayed the strength of character and talent to respond to his Euro 2020 penalty miss.

3 mins

Maddison is the virtuoso player England don't need

Sometimes a scenario perfectly fits a player, and on 36 minutes, James Maddison received the ball in England's half and spun away from his marker into space.

3 mins

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