In this issue

May 03, 2023

Hopes for progress in doctors' pay dispute

Hopes are rising of a breakthrough in the junior doctors' dispute after their leaders held several hours of talks yesterday with the health secretary, Steve Barclay.

3 mins

New anti-protest powers rushed into law in time for coronation

Exclusive 'Intimidatory' Home Office letters sent to anti-monarchists

3 mins

Gray won't cooperate as inquiry report held

Sue Gray was last night refusing to cooperate with the government inquiry into her departure from Whitehall amid concerns the investigation was politically motivated and not based on any official process.

3 mins

Police order indecent exposure review after Couzens scandal

Police are to formally review whether they should take indecent exposure more seriously amid emerging evidence that people who commit such crimes can escalate their offending, the Guardian has learned.

3 mins

Lights, camera, industrial action: Hollywood studios lost for words as writers go on strike

Hollywood productions have ground to a halt after thousands of film and television writers went on strike following a breakdown in last-minute talks with the big studios over wages.

3 mins

Comer up for best actress Tony for Prima Facie role on Broadway

Jodie Comer has been nominated for a Tony award for her debut performance on Broadway in Prima Facie.

1 min

'Godfather of AI' leaves Google to speak freely about misinformation

The man often touted as the godfather of AI has quit Google, citing concerns over the flood of misinformation, the possibility for AI to upend the jobs market, and the \"existential risk\" posed by the creation of a true digital intelligence.

2 mins

Wrexham AFC enjoy Hollywood glitz as owners look to a sequel

Ryan Reynolds, Rob McElhenney and Wrexham AFC's staff and players celebrated the team's promotion with an open-top bus parade yesterday.

1 min

Universities Starmer drops pledge to scrap tuition fees

Keir Starmer has said Labour is set to ditch its longstanding commitment to abolish university tuition fees in England, arguing it was necessary to \"move on\" from the idea because of the economic situation.

2 mins

Cold calls and mass texting targeted in fraud clampdown

Ministers have announced a clampdown on the use of cold calls to sell financial products - and on technology which allows mass texting of numerous phones - as part of a strategy to combat fraud, now the UK's most common crime.

2 mins

Women's World Cup at risk of TV blackout in Europe, Fifa boss warns

Fifa's president, Gianni Infantino, has warned that a TV blackout of this summer's Women's World Cup is on the cards in Europe unless broadcasters improve on their \"unacceptable\" offers for the rights.

1 min

Everton FC were funded by Usmanov while oligarch had UK ban

Everton Football Club were funded by the oligarch Alisher Usmanov while he was barred from entering the UK, the Guardian can reveal.

3 mins

"The bedrock of my life': Palin death of wife, Helen announces

Sir Michael Palin has announced the death of his wife of 57 years, Helen.

1 min

Monarchy Anne not keen on trimming royal family

Princess Anne, the 16th in line to the throne, has said she does not think a slimmed-down monarchy is a \"good idea\".

1 min

Boy found dead 'was beaten by mother and her fiance'

A nine-year-old boy died after being \"repeatedly assaulted and beaten\" by his mother and her fiance, who held him down in cold baths as a punishment, a court has heard.

2 mins

Outcry after playground destroyed to make way for flood defence project

The developers Balfour Beatty and Denbighshire council have been accused of ignoring the needs of children by ripping out a playground in the deprived Welsh town of Rhyl to make way for a £92m flood defence project.

2 mins

Sections of Roman wall in City of London are given protected status

Three sections of a huge but little-known Roman wall discovered under the City of London have been given protected status as scheduled national monuments.

1 min

All eyes on the cat walk as Met Gala celebrates Lagerfeld

A 6ft cat and the actor Bill Nighy, making a surprise appearance in his signature dark suit, outshone a legion of supermodels in haute couture to be the belles of the ball at the Met Gala celebrating the late Karl Lagerfeld.

1 min

World more dangerous for journalists amid AI and autocrats' attacks

Media freedom is in dire health in a record number of countries, according to the latest annual snapshot, which warns that disinformation, propaganda and artificial intelligence pose mounting threats to journalism.

3 mins

Sudan ceasefire stalls as airstrikes hit hospitals and violence endures

Fierce street fighting, including the use of heavy weaponry and artillery fire, has consumed central Khartoum as worsening violence tests a deteriorating ceasefire.

2 mins

French minister's steamy novel provokes anger and turns up heat on Macron

An explicit sex scene in a newly published novel by a French minister has left the government facing fresh accusations it is not listening to the concerns of the country, just as it tries to contain anger over the unpopular rise in the pension age.

1 min

Ukraine forms 'storm' brigades as it plans counter-offensive

Eight new Ukrainian brigades have been formed to take part in a future counter-offensive amid growing speculation about its timing and whether it can inflict a serious defeat on the Russian invaders.

1 min

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