In this issue

June 05, 2023

Left Britain 'Hugely For Covid, Say Unions Tory Austerity Unprepared'

TUC report seeks to put tragic’ impact of cuts on agenda as inquiry begins

4 mins

Thousands protest over rise of right in Poland

undreds of thousands on streets in protest against Poland's government

3 mins

Ringfence libraries to help social mobility, Blackman tells Tories

Libraries should be “ringfenced and protected” to ensure that all children have access to books, the author Malorie Blackman has said.

2 mins

'I feel so helpless' The desperate search for missing relatives

As the Coromandel Express train left Shalimar station at 3 .20pm on Friday, its carriages were packed to the rafters with migrant labourers, daily wage workers, students and commuters, many seeking opportunity hundreds of miles away in Chennai the train’s fi nal destination.

3 mins

Signal Fault Identified As Cause Of Train Crash In India, Says Minister

India’s railways minister has said the country’s deadliest train crash in more than two decades was caused by an error in electronic signals that sent a train on to the wrong tracks.

3 mins

Home Office faces legal claims over seizure of asylum seekers' phones

The Home Offi ce faces a wave of legal claims after the UK’s surveillance watchdog found that a blanket policy of seizing thousands of asylum seekers’ mobile phones caused “signifi cant harm”.

2 mins

Call for new laws on dangerous dogs as Met handles one a day

The Metropolitan police are dealing with at least one dangerous dog every day, fi gures show, as MPs call for ministers to introduce new laws to stop vicious dog attacks.

2 mins

Immigration Sunak and Jenrick launch offensive as crucial bill reaches Lords

Rishi Sunak will travel to Dover today in an attempt to regain the initiative on Tory migration pledges in the face of pressure from his own backbenches before the return of fl agship legislation to parliament.

2 mins

Starmer backs nuclear power and criticises Tory ‘shambles'

Keir Starmer has described nuclear power as a “critical part” of the UK’s energy mix and pledged to get stalled projects over the line, as Labour positions itself fi rmly behind the technology.

2 mins

Sturgeon Police Raid On Home Was 'Proportionate', Says Chief

Scotland’s chief constable, Sir Iain Livingstone , has said the decision to raid Nicola Sturgeon’s home in April and erect a tent across the entrance was “proportionate and necessary.”

1 min

Teacher starts bid for record stay on rocky Scottish islet

A Scottish teacher has begun a solo bid to beat the record for occupying Rockall in the north Atlantic, after his two companions left him behind after fi nishing their parts in the expedition.

2 mins

Women Face 'Increased Barriers' To Birth Control

Women in England fi nd it harder to access contraception than they did a decade ago, resulting in more unplanned pregnancies, the women’s health ambassador has warned.

2 mins

Tributes paid as victims of Bournemouth beach tragedy are identified

A 17-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl who died after getting into diffi culty in the water off Bournemouth beach last week have been named as Joe Abbess and Sunnah Khan .

2 mins

"They need to evolve' Curry houses feel the heat from modern rivals

Britain’s love aff air with curry goes back centuries, long before the boom in the late 1970s that led restaurants popping up everywhere. Well into the 90s and 2000s, going for a curry, mopped up with naan bread and washed down with a beer, was a Friday night staple.

3 mins

'We must never forget' Anniversary tributes to be held in Brazil and UK

Friends and admirers of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira are preparing to gather in towns and cities across Brazil, as well as in London, to remember the men and the causes they cherished.

2 mins

Holiday lets hitting supply of new homes in tourism hotspots

The supply of new homes in some tourist hotspots is being almost completely negated by the rise of second homes and holiday lets, analysis has revealed.

2 mins

Two-year-old killed as Ukraine marks war's toll on children

A two-year-old girl was found dead under the rubble of a house near the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro early yesterday morning as recriminations continued about the availability of air raid shelters in the capital.

2 mins

The president, his feuding allies and a nanny: Colombian politics hit by wiretapping scandal

Two of Gustavo Petro ’s closest political allies have resigned as the Colombian president’s offi ce was embroiled in a bizarre scandal involving a nanny, illegal wiretaps and a missing briefcase full of cash.

3 mins

Republicans Rev Up Bikers And Bbqs At Presidential Primary Rally, But No Trump

There were hay bales and Harley-Davidsons. There was sliced pork and campaign paraphernalia. There were earnest speeches about winning back the White House. But at the centre of it all was a Donald Trump-shaped hole.

3 mins

Spain Conservative 'safe pair of hands' feels pull of the far right

By 11pm last Sunday , it was clear that Spain’s opposition conservative People’s party (PP) had comprehensively routed the ruling Socialists in the regional and municipal elections that had followed two weeks of ugly and unedifying campaigning .

3 mins

Pro-democracy activists held on Tiananmen anniversary

Hong Kong police have detained more than a dozen people, including prominent pro-democracy fi gures, on the 34th anniversary of the bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown in China.

2 mins

Makinson shines but Magic Weekend future is in balance

Winger revives St Helens’ Super League hopes in what may be fi nal edition of format

4 mins

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