In this issue

May 20, 2023

Patients paying £550 an hour for private GPs

Huge rise in visits to private GPs amid NHS delays

4 mins

Tesco chair to stand down after claims of inappropriate behaviour

John Allan is to stand down as chair of Tesco after allegations of inappropriate behaviour

3 mins

New York City is sinking under the weight of its skyscrapers

New York City is sinking, in part because of the extraordinary weight of its vertiginous buildings, worsening the flooding threat posed to the metropolis from the rising seas, new research has found

2 mins

'Glad the dice rolled this way': Rushdie makes first public appearance

Salman Rushdie has made his first public appearance since he was stabbed and lost sight in one eye after being attacked at a literary event, joking that it was “nice to be back – as opposed to not being back, which was also an option”

1 min

Fonda says film director asked to see her orgasms

Jane Fonda has said the late French director René Clément asked to sleep with her during the making of the 1964 thriller Joy House, saying he said he “needed to see what my orgasms were like” before a sex scene

1 min

Agency rebuffs the Sussexes' demand for ‘paparazzi chase' images

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have reportedly demanded a celebrity photo agency hand over images taken during what the royal couple said was a “near-catastrophic” chase with “a ring of highly aggressive paparazzi”

1 min

US to back joint effort by allies to train Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 fighters

The US has told its allies it will back a joint international effort to train Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 and other modern fighter jets, marking a significant boost to western support for Kyiv as it prepares a major counter offensive

3 mins

Trade Sunak urges joint action against 'economic coercion'

The UK and other G7 countries are planning collective action against Russia and China if they threaten trade boycotts for political reasons, with the announcement of a body to deal with “economic coercion”

2 mins

Shadow of nuclear war Flowers laid at memorial to victims of US atomic bomb

G7 leaders laid flowers at a memorial to the victims of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima yesterday in a sombre opening to a summit overshadowed by fears of a potential nuclear conflict in Ukraine

3 mins

'Completely insane' Tories rebel over Sunak's new immigration targets

Rishi Sunak’s change of government targets on immigration has prompted discontent among restless Tory backbenchers, with some seeking a meeting with the home secretary, Suella Braverman

2 mins

Death threats, Grenfell and terror attacks left me with PTSD, says London mayor

Sadiq Khan says he has been left with mental trauma due to a combination of the regular death threats he receives as London mayor, as well as dealing with the aftermath of disasters and terror attacks

2 mins

Chelsea flower show to feature refugees' crops and a Hindu gay wedding

Diversity at the Chelsea flower show is normally seen in the array of flowers and colours

2 mins

Time to part with Indiana Jones, says emotional Harrison Ford

A visibly upset Harrison Ford has spoken of the psychological pain that accompanies an acting career, after the Cannes film festival premiere of his latest – and probably final – outing as Indiana Jones. Many actors, he claimed, felt themselves to be misfits

3 mins

Depp return Cannes welcome shows French #MeToo split

When Johnny Depp appeared on the red carpet at Cannes this week it was clear that France was doing more than any other country to rehabilitate the actor after he was dropped by US film studios during two libel trials over alleged domestic abuse

3 mins

'A space to dream in' Glasshouse fee prompts resistance

Beneath the vaulting dome of the Kibble Palace, generations of Glaswegians have enjoyed the delights of this dazzling, iron framed glasshouse that dominates the city’s botanic gardens

2 mins

Primrose Hill to shut at night after row over disturbances

There will be no more conversing with the spiritual sun on Primrose Hill for William Blake fans, or anyone else, at weekends, after the Royal Parks announced overnight closure of the north London park

1 min

Al-powered propaganda could influence elections, say experts

Next year’s elections in Britain and the US could be marked by a wave of AI-powered disinformation, experts have warned, as generated images, text and deepfake videos go viral at the behest of swarms of AI-powered propaganda bots

2 mins

Carrie and Boris Johnson 'weeks away' from birth of third child

Carrie Johnson has announced that she and Boris Johnson are expecting their third child, with the due date weeks away

1 min

Afghan who worked for UK sleeping rough in London after he fled Kabul

Almost two years since he fled to the UK from Kabul after the Taliban tried to kill him, Mohammad Seddeqi, 32, a former World Bank and UK Department for International Development contract worker, was homeless and sleeping on the streets outside Victoria station in central London

3 mins

Architecture Biennale Venice puts exploitation in spotlight

A many-sided brick wall stands in the middle of Venice’s Arsenale, like a sharply creased origami screen, blocking the route of visitors to this year’s Architecture Biennale

2 mins

Assad tells Arab League he hopes his return marks new era of peace in Middle East

Twelve years after his country was thrown out of the Arab League due to his bloody suppression of pro-democracy protests, Syria’s leader, Bashar al-Assad, has told a summit of the bloc that he hopes his return marks a new phase of peace and prosperity in the region

3 mins

Disney plan for $1bn Florida expansion scrapped in row with DeSantis

Disney has scrapped plans to build a near $1bn (£ 800m) corporate campus for 2,000 employees in Florida, amid an increasingly bitter political and legal battle with the state’s governor, Ron DeSantis, over the future of the entertainment giant’s theme parks

2 mins

I'm the only candidate who can beat Biden, says DeSantis

The rightwing governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, reportedly told top donors only he, Donald Trump and Joe Biden are “credible” candidates for president in 2024 – and he is the only Republican who can beat the incumbent Democrat

1 min

Hundreds of people forced to flee Spanish villages at risk from wildfire

Hundreds of civilian and military firefighters are tackling a wildfire in south-west Spain that has burned across at least 7,500 hectares (18,500 acres) of land and forced the evacuation of more than 500 people since it began on Wednesday evening

1 min

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