In this issue

August 15, 2022

Indonesians on UK farms ‘face risk of debt bondage’

Fruit pickers struggle to pay huge fees charged by unlicensed brokers

7 mins

Starmer calls for £8bn energy windfall tax

Keir Starmer has put a beefed-up £8bn windfall tax on energy company profits at the heart of a plan to stop people having to pay “a penny more” on fuel bills this winter.

4 mins

Thousands without off ers in fight for university places

About 28,000 students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland who applied to go to university are without an offer just days before A-level results are due to be published, according to data experts.

3 mins

Ministers admit 34 hospitals have roofs in danger of collapse

Thirty-four NHS hospital buildings in England have roofs made of concrete that is so unstable that they could fall down at any time, ministers have admitted.

2 mins

‘A rare jewel’: from unloved folly to thriving community, a joyful rebirth for Hare Krishna Island

In the early 1980s Ireland’s tiny Hare Krishna community made a bold decision: it bought an island. Inis Rath, a wooded island on Lough Erne, just inside Northern Ireland, was available for £125,000.

3 mins

Author faces ‘long road to recovery’ following New York stabbing attack

Salman Rushdie’s “road to recovery has begun” but “will be long” after his stabbing in western New York late last week, the novelist’s agent has said.

3 mins

JK Rowling Tweet threat to writer investigated by police

Police are investigating a threat against JK Rowling that was made after she posted her reaction on social media to the attack on Salman Rushdie.

1 min

‘Traumatic’ Venue seeks to build on inter-faith connections

“We welcome people of all faiths and none,” Hill said.

3 mins

Bills High earners may miss out on payment

One of Liz Truss’s key ministerial allies has hinted she might stop wealthy people receiving the £400 energy bills payout coming from the Treasury later this year.

2 mins

Not just Brexit Big decline in EU migration hit support services hard

The number of EU citizens moving to the UK has plunged since Brexit closed the doors to low-paid workers, according to a report.

2 mins

Sadowitz show ‘pulled for racism and sexism’

Jerry Sadowitz had his show cancelled at the Edinburgh fringe because its content was “extreme in its racism, sexism, homophobia and misogyny” , promoters said yesterday.

1 min

Police chief quit over cover-up of British atrocities in Kenya

A former police commissioner resigned after attempts to expose rape and torture by British colonial forces in Kenya during the Mau Mau uprising were covered up, a documentary shows.

2 mins

US delegation arrives in Taiwan on heels of Pelosi’s visit and Chinese military drills

A US congressional delegation has arrived in Taiwan, days after China held military drills around the island in retaliation for the House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit.

2 mins

India Families reunite 75 years on from partition

The Muslim political leader Muhammad Ali Jinnah, however, argued for a separate state for Muslims, fearful of the implications of a Hindu-majority India.

4 mins

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