In this issue

March 27, 2023

NHS chiefs sound alarm on spiralling staff shortages

Exclusive Call for radical homegrown recruitment drive to avoid shortfall of 571,000 within 13 years

3 mins

Black children 11 times more likely to face police strip-search

An official report accuses police of the widespread abuse of the power to strip-search children, with black children 11 times more likely than white peers to be subjected to the ordeal.

3 mins

'People will be disturbed' McQueen's Grenfell film part of a push for justice

The Oscar-winning film director Steve McQueen is to finally show his unflinching film of the burned out ruin of Grenfell Tower which he hopes will help the push for justice ahead of the sixth anniversary of the disaster.

3 mins

Essex council in court fight to block refugee camp at airfield

An Essex council is seeking an urgent injunction against the Home Office to try to prevent plans to house asylum seekers on an airfield close to a small village.

1 min

What lies ahead? Full in-tray means new SNP leader must hit the ground running

This afternoon, the Scottish National party will reveal its new leader and Scotland’s first minister-elect, after the most bruising and tumultuous contest in the party’s history. The SNP’s first leadership election in nearly 20 years was triggered by Nicola Sturgeon’s shock decision to resign.

4 mins

Agatha Christie novels edited to remove racist and offensive language

Several Agatha Christie novels have been edited to remove potentially offensive language, including insults and references to ethnicity.

1 min

‘A marvel’ The ancient cattle roaming the north-east of England

From a distance they look so placid and approachable but you would not want to get on the wrong side of the wild white cattle of Chillingham, one of the rarest animals in the world.

3 mins

Revised Euston plans for HS2 will cost almost £5bn

The cost of HS2's revised and postponed London Euston terminus has almost doubled to £4.8bn since 2020, according to a report by the public spending watchdog published today, with millions wasted.

1 min

'Like the Hunger Games' Regional newspapers fight for survival in a digital age

It's becoming like the Hunger Games for journalists,\" says one reporter, summing up the increasing uncertainty of life working in the economically precarious regional newspaper industry.

2 mins

Pride in the past Restoration plan rescues historic gift for Coventry

It was 11 years ago when Ian Harrabin, a property developer from Coventry, saw the Charterhouse in the city had been put up for sale. Dating from 1381, it is the only Carthusian monastery in the country with surviving interiors, and had been used as college classrooms for decades.

2 mins

Two-thirds of workers with long Covid say they have faced unfair treatment

Ministers should act to ensure long Covid sufferers receive the support they need from employers, with as many as two-thirds saying they have been unfairly treated at work, a report argues today.

1 min

Search for tornado survivors continues in Mississippi as Biden declares emergency

The US president, Joe Biden, declared a federal emergency yesterday for swaths of Mississippi hit by a devastating tornado, as rescue workers continued to search for survivors in the debris.

2 mins

Twitter 'now worth half what Musk paid for it'

Twitter is worth less than half of what Elon Musk paid for it six months ago having lost more than $20bn (£16.4bn) in value, according to calculations based on a leaked memo from the billionaire.

1 min

Shades of 2008? Banks are stronger but this turmoil is not without danger

Crashing financial markets, depositors rushing to withdraw their money, and fears over the next domino to fall. Not since C the 2008 financial crisis has the global banking system appeared so fragile, as the rapid increase in interest rates used to tackle soaring inflation sends shock waves through the City.

3 mins

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