In this issue

March 31, 2023

Families face £700 hit with wave of tax and price rises

April increases in phone, water and other bills add to cost of living crisis

4 mins

Leak reveals scale of Putin's global cyberwarfare ToaLeo VPN-rym

Revealed Whistleblower lays bare Putin's tactics for waging global and domestic cyberwarfare

10+ mins

Drug dealer found guilty of murder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel

A “ruthless” drug dealer is facing life in prison after being found guilty of murdering nine-year-old Olivia PrattKorbel in an abhorrent” shooting that repulsed Britain.

4 mins

Plants pop like bubble wrap when stressed, scientists say

There comes a time in a plant’s life when the head sags, the leaves go pale and the body releases a barrage of sounds that are the ultrasonic equivalent of stamping on bubble wrap.

1 min

'The larks can sing again': plan to restore 100 meadows on English Heritage sites

One hundred meadows across 100 historic sites in England, from the panoramic ruins of Scarborough Castle to the chalk down landscape of Stonehenge, are to be created or enhanced in a 10-year project celebrating King Charles’s coronation.

2 mins

Charles talks of bonds and friendship but fails to mention Brexit

King Charles said he wanted to renew the special bond of friendship” between the UK and Germany, without mentioning the B-word that has caused the friendship to grow cold in recent years.

2 mins

PM's half-baked' energy plan too weak to hit Paris goals, experts say

The UK’s new energy plan unveiled yesterday is a missed opportunity full of half-baked, half-hearted” policies that do not go far enough to power Britain’s climate goals, according to green business groups and academics.

3 mins

Falling behind Tory rifts holding Britain back in the global green tech race

Rishi Sunak headed to Oxfordshire yesterday, to visit a development facility for nuclear fusion, the early-stage concept that promises unlimited clean energy at an unspecified future point, if only some hefty physical constraints can be overcome.

3 mins

Inspectors find England's plagued by harassment fire brigades and bullying

Every fire brigade in England is plagued with bullying, harassment and discrimination complaints, a damning report published yesterday said, with officials calling for drastic measures to clean up the service.

2 mins

Humza Yousaf's bungled bid to unite the SNP fools no one, least of all his own MSPs.There will be trouble ahead

It was all a bit underwhelming. On the plus side, there were few signs of nerves as Humza Yousaf took his first first minister’s questions in the Scottish parliament.

2 mins

Avengers actor reveals horror of near-death snowplough accident

Jeremy Renner has given his first interview since he was critically injured in a snowplough accident in January, telling the journalist Diane Sawyer he was awake through every moment” when the seven-tonne machine crushed him.

1 min

Police recover weapon after father and son shot dead six miles apart

Detectives investigating the fatal shooting of a father and son in two Cambridgeshire villages are waiting to see if a gun recovered in the Midlands was the firearm used in both killings.

2 mins

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