In this issue

May 19, 2023

Council tenants facing 350% rise in energy bills

Residents in council homes and private fl ats with communal heating systems have seen a “nightmare” spike in bills , leaving them scrambling to fund increases of up to 350%.

3 mins

Fresh sanctions against Russia as PM seeks to rally support for Kyiv

UK unveils new Russia sanctions as PM urges India to back Ukraine

3 mins

Sunak says UK will lead 'safe and secure' AI introduction

The UK will lead on limiting the dangers of artificial intelligence , Rishi Sunak has said, after calls from some tech experts and business leaders for a moratorium.

2 mins

Film franchises make me nauseous, says Wenders

Wim Wenders, the revered German director who has two major premieres at Cannes this year, has spoken of his \"disappointment\" at the mainstream dominance of remakes and \"repetitive\" film franchises.

2 mins

Film review Defying age and logic with zip and fun

So the boulder of intellectual property and franchise brand identity rolls on... bringing us IJ5, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, the fifth film in which the legendary archaeologist and whip-cracking adventurer is back for another go-around.

2 mins

Water firms criticised for passing £10bn sewage bill to customers

The water industry's promise to triple investment in the sewage system in England to reduce pollution and quell public anger should not be taken on trust, campaigners have said.

2 mins

Servicewoman was 'forced to leave armed forces after being raped'

A junior servicewoman said she was a victim of rape and forced to leave the armed forces while her abuser was protected, according to whistleblower testimony published by a parliamentary committee yesterday.

1 min

Young Britons more likely than baby boomers to believe in hell, poll reveals

You may think the idea of hellfire belongs to an age when people's lives were shaped by the threat of eternal damnation.

2 mins

'A hard dividing line' Countries split on wisdom of humiliating Moscow

In the horrific shadow of a past nuclear holocaust, the leaders of the G7 group of wealthiest nations will meet in Hiroshima in Japan this weekend to discuss war: how to prosecute one in Ukraine and how to prevent one with China.

4 mins

Two teenagers jailed for life for stabbing boy, 15, to death in Huddersfield

A mother has called for an end to teenage knife violence as two boys who murdered her 15-year-old son as he walked home from school were given life sentences.

3 mins

A band who are finally at ease with themselves

There are two sides to Blur's sporadic reunions. There are the live shows Glastonbury in 2009, a trawl around the world's festivals in 2012, a global arena tour in 2015 - which are reliably rapturously received.

1 min

'Unapologetic and direct': Wet Leg hailed songwriters of the year at Ivor Novello awards

Wet Leg have been named songwriters of the year at 2023's Ivor Novello awards, which honour the best in British songwriting.

3 mins

Houses could be built with used nappies, say scientists

Used nappies should be used in housebuilding to save sand, scientists have said.

1 min

New York Times text featured in 'middle class, scary' Sats test

A primary school Sats paper that reduced some pupils to tears included texts adapted from a New York Times article on a giant bat colony, a camping trip featuring sheep rustlers, and aboy on a remote Scottish island who hears a wolf.

2 mins

Sussexes 'shaken up' after 'reckless' car chase, but witnesses query initial account of pursuit

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were left \"shaken up\" after being followed by paparazzi through New York City in a \"frightening\" and \"reckless\" pursuit, the security chief responsible for their transport has said.

2 mins

Family of missing teenager Elizabeth Chau say they have lost trust in the Met

The family of a missing teenager whom the convicted killer Levi Bellfield claims to have murdered say they have lost trust and confidence in the police after a tense meeting with detectives.

2 mins

Assad to take his seat at pan-Arab summit despite western warnings

Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, is set to attend his first Arab League summit in 13 years today as the west and Gulf states clash over his rehabilitation after more than a decade of war against his own people.

3 mins

Thirteen people dead in Italy's worst floods in a century

Older and disabled people were trapped in their homes as rescuers worked under pounding rain throughout the night to save people in the most catastrophic flooding to affect Italy in 100 years.

1 min

'The water was up to my neck': central Somalia devastated by heavy rainfall

Almost a quarter of a million people have been forced to leave their homes after heavy rainfall in Somalia and Ethiopia led to flash floods.

2 mins

French resistance fighter describes mass killing of Nazi prisoners in 1944

French and German authorities are preparing to dig in search of a mass grave in a forest in Corrèze, after a 98-year-old former French resistance fighter described the summary killings of German prisoners there in 1944.

2 mins

'Like being back in the USSR': Mariupol residents on life under occupation

The mood in Mariupol has \"changed dramatically\", according to residents who thought Russia would stay for ever but are now expecting a swift Ukrainian military offensive to recapture the city.

2 mins

Greek politicians court teenagers as young as 16 in tight election race

Greek politicians are courting an estimated 430,000 generation Z voters, some as young as 16, in the first round of a general election on Sunday, taking to TikTok and YouTube to woo what could be a key demographic in what is seen as an unpredictable poll.

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