In this issue

May 02, 2023

Home Office to acquire fleet of ships to house asylum seekers

Up to 10 disused cruise liners, ferries and barges sought to help tackle processing delays

4 mins

Clause for thought: non-invasive first way to read minds as AI turns brain activity into text

An Al-based decoder that can translate brain activity into a stream of text has been developed, in a breakthrough that allows thoughts to be read non-invasively for the first time.

3 mins

Police fire teargas as May Day violence flares up in France

French police fired teargas and clashed with demonstrators in Paris and other cities yesterday after trade unions transformed their traditional May Day marches into anti-government demonstrations against the rise in the retirement age.

2 mins

Pollution a key issue with voters amid outcry over raw sewage in rivers

River pollution has become a leading issue on doorsteps during the countdown to the local elections on Thursday.

4 mins

Striking nurses are not going away, RCN leader tells Barclay

Steve Barclay had \"lost the public\" and striking nurses were \"not going to go away\", the head of the Royal College of Nursing said yesterday.

3 mins

Bafta special award for historian and broadcaster David Olusoga

The historian and broadcaster David Olusoga will receive a Bafta special award for his outstanding contribution to television later this month.

1 min

'It sucks': Michael J Fox tells of struggles with Parkinson's

Michael J Fox described Parkinson's disease as a \"gift that keeps on taking\" in an interview on CBS Sunday Morning, in which he described his struggles with the illness.

1 min

Badenoch urged not to scrap bill targeting sexual harassment

Women's rights groups and trade unions have written to Kemi Badenoch to plead for her not to scrap the new worker protection bill, saying the laws are badly needed to tackle \"endemic\" sexual harassment in the workplace.

2 mins

National Trust criticised for plans to build Peak District's biggest car park

The National Trust has been criticised for its \"car-dependent business model\" after revealing plans to build the Peak District's biggest car park while pledging to be net carbon zero by 2030.

2 mins

Global sales of private jets expected to hit new high

Sales of private jets are likely to reach their highest-ever level this year, placing an increasing burden on the planet while many of the owners escape aviation taxes and there are few curbs on the greenhouse gases emitted, according to a report.

2 mins

Wrexham's owners say offer to Bale was serious

The Wrexham co-chairs, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, have insisted there is \"seriousness\" to their public offer for Gareth Bale to come out of retirement and play for their club, which has just been promoted back to the Football League.

2 mins

Ceremony Vestments will reflect weight of history

The king will be attired in historic vestments worn at past coronations during numerous costume changes at Westminster Abbey on Saturday, Buckingham Palace has said.

2 mins

Trevelyan: ancestor's Irish famine role may merit compensation

The former BBC journalist Laura Trevelyan has said her family would consider paying compensation to Ireland because of an ancestor's role in the Great Famine of the 19th century.

2 mins

Labour MPs talk to police force over Creasy harassment case

Labour MPs have spoken to Leicestershire police after Stella Creasy expressed concern about how the force was \"dealing with crimes against women\" in response to their handling of her harassment case.

2 mins

Trump accuser says she sued on advice of White House aide's husband

The advice columnist E Jean Carroll sued Donald Trump for rape after she was encouraged to take legal action by George Conway, the husband of a top aide to the then president.

1 min

Sudanese doctors warn health system close to collapse as bodies pile in roads

Sudanese medics have described seeing bodies piled in the streets of the capital, Khartoum, people drinking polluted water to stay alive, and doctors working under bombardment as the battle between the country's two warring generals continued despite a threadbare ceasefire.

3 mins

UK Additional evacuation flight leaves amid heavy fighting in Khartoum

An additional UK evacuation flight left Port Sudan yesterday evening as fighting continued to rage in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum.

2 mins

Food retailers face calls for profiteering investigation as prices soar

Britain's biggest supermarkets are facing calls for the UK's competition watchdog to investigate claims of profiteering amid the cost of living crisis, as industry figures show food price inflation soared to a record high in April.

1 min

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