In this issue

October 01, 2021

Shaming of the Met: killer officer given full life term

Police force admits to missed opportunities to halt Couzens before he attacked Sarah Everard

4 mins

Sharp Decline In Mental Health Of Young People Detailed In NHS Report

Children and young people are experiencing an epidemic of sleeping problems amid a sharp decline in their mental health triggered by the pandemic , stark new NHS figures show.

3 mins

Spears ‘On Cloud Nine' After Father Suspended From Conservatorship

Britney Spears has said she is “on cloud nine right now” after a judge in LA suspended her estranged father from the conservatorship that has controlled her life for 13 years.

1 min

Basically, that's long: linguists lament slanglish ban for pupils

A London secondary school is trying to stop its pupils from using the word “basically” at the beginning of sentences and deploying phrases such as “oh my days”, in a crackdown on fillers and slang in the classroom.

3 mins

Pressure grows for Patel to give asylum seekers the right to work

Priti Patel’s department is resisting growing demands to allow asylum seekers to work after a public intervention from her cabinet colleague Dominic Raab to say that he would be “open-minded’ about the proposal.

2 mins

‘Malevolence' Drakeford attacks UK government

The Welsh first minister has launched a strong attack on the UK government, claiming that a combination of ideology, incompetence and malevolence has resulted in the fuel crisis and is leaving the most vulnerable facing one of the most difficult winters for many years.

1 min

Petrol Crisis Army ‘Will Be Called In By The Weekend'

Nearly half of independently owned petrol stations were still dry or out of one type of fuel yesterday as motorists continued to panic buy and soldiers stood ready to drive tankers and help with the refuelling effort.

1 min

PM's ‘Whack-A-Mole' Attitude To Government At Fault For Fuel Shortages, Says Starmer

Keir Starmer has blamed the fuel crisis on Boris Johnson’s “whack-a-mole” approach to running the country, urging him to plan ahead or risk staff shortages in a string of other industries in the coming months.

3 mins

Wayne Couzens to die in jail for kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard

Wayne Couzens has been ordered to spend the rest of his life in jail after a judge said his crimes were as serious as a terrorist atrocity because he abused his powers as a police officer to kidnap, rape and murder Sarah Everard.

3 mins

‘Trust officers' warrant cards' Police advice unchanged in spite of killer's ruse

Police have told women to ask an officer for his warrant card if they are worried about his identity, despite the fact that Sarah Everard’s killer used his official ID to ensnare her.

2 mins

Tackling Violence Against Women Must Be Police Priority, Says Baird

Police forces should be compelled to deal with violence against women and girls with the same level of resources, expertise and urgency as terrorism or organised crime, the victims commissioner for England and Wales, Vera Baird, has said.

3 mins

‘We Live In Constant Fear' Murder Is Rare. Domestic Violence Against Women Is Not

This week, as the grim details about what happened to Sarah Everard in her final hours were revealed at the Old Bailey, there has been a sense of despair among women, and the campaigners pushing to make society safer for them.

3 mins

Spycop victim Police hide behind the narrative of ‘rogue officer'

It is 10 years since I first sat down with a group of eight women to discuss bringing an assault case against the Metropolitan police.

2 mins

Britons value autumn's leaf display more than the festival countdown, study finds

The nights are drawing in and there is a chill in the air, but research commissioned by the National Trust suggests British people are increasingly finding solace – at what can be a tricky time of year – in the joy of autumn colour.

1 min

Beano origin story reveals how Dennis got his stripes

Cruella de Vil was recently given a new back story by Disney; the Wicked Witch of the West’s past was reimagined by Gregory Maguire in Wicked . Now the Beano is to reveal an origin story of its own: that of Dennis the Menace’s red and black stripy jumper.

1 min

Covid And Flu Jabs Safe At Same Appointment, First Trial Confirms

Flu jabs are safe to give at the same time as the Pfizer or AstraZeneca Covid vaccines, according to the first clinical trial to investigate coadministering the shots in a single appointment.

2 mins

Fashion Chloé Shows It Cares With Handmade Eco Clothes

Gabriela Hearst , the creative director of Chlo é, is bringing the climate emergency to fashion week’s top table: the Chloé woman, once all carefree insouciance, now cares very much.

2 mins

Instagram put growth ahead of children, senator tells executive

Antigone Davis, Facebook’s global head of safety, faced a grilling before the US Congress yesterday in a hearing examining the impacts of the company’s products on children.

2 mins

Footballer Urges Reporting Of Racial Abuse As Man Is Sentenced

A professional footballer has urged his fellow players to report to police the abuse hurled at them as one of his own club’s supporters was jailed for eight weeks for racially abusing him.

2 mins

Britons' resistance to racism is focus of Black History Month

Black History Month launches today with a new campaign encouraging people of all ages to share on social media what they are “proud to be” .

2 mins

Tory donor made life peer and appointed as government minister

A financier who has donated almost £150,000 to the Conservatives has been made a life peer and given a ministerial job, Downing Street has announced.

1 min

Jessye Norman's brother sues over procedure he claims left her paralysed

She had a voice described as a “grand mansion of sound” , won four Grammy awards and thrilled audiences in opera houses across the world – but suddenly stopped performing in 2015.

3 mins

Bond at midnight: better late than never, say fans

For a film spanning 163 minutes – the longest James Bond movie ever made – it takes serious dedication to watch it at a midweek midnight showing.

2 mins

US Democrats scramble to pass president's $1tn infrastructure package

The fate of Joe Biden’s domestic policy agenda hung in the balance last night as Democrats searched furiously for a way to pass infrastructure legislation that risked falling victim to an impasse between moderates and progressives over a multitrillion-dollar bill covering social services and climate change.

3 mins

116 Inmates Dead After Drug Cartel Wars Flare In Ecuador Jail

A bitter struggle between rival Mexican cartels to control cocaine trafficking routes in Ecuador has erupted in a day of bloodshed inside a high-security prison that left 116 inmates dead. Many of the victims were butchered with chainsaws or beheaded with machetes.

2 mins

Rohingya leader killed in Bangladesh refugee camp

A prominent Rohingya leader widely praised for his devotion to serving his community has been shot dead at close range at a refugee camp in Bangladesh, prompting calls for an urgent investigation.

1 min

Nazi camp secretary, 96, caught after fleeing Holocaust trial

A 96-year-old woman who worked as a secretary for a Nazi concentration camp commandant has been caught several hours after she absconded from her care home and missed the start of her trial in northern Germany.

2 mins

Sarkozy handed jail sentence for illegal campaign financing

The former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to a second jail term after being found guilty of illegal campaign financing for the vast, showman-style political rallies of his failed 2012 re-election campaign.

1 min

Auditor for EU funded trips and bought vineyard with expenses fraud

An auditor of EU finances accused of fraudulently claiming €570,000 (£490,000) in expenses for hunting trips, holidays in Cuba and Switzerland, fuel for his son’s car and the purchase of a vineyard in Burgundy, will lose two-thirds of his pension after a court ruling .

1 min

‘I Am Still Willing To Work' - Women Teach For Free In Face Of Mixed Messages From Taliban

The walls of the Malalay school, in the centre of Lashkar Gah, Helmand , are pockmarked with bullets from the last weeks of fighting between the Taliban and government forces, the glass windows shattered by a blast.

5 mins

‘Someone lied': French anger over subs deal resurfaces

France has accused Australia of lying shortly before Canberra cancelled a large submarine contract, as tensions between the two countries simmer on.

1 min

Spain - Two wild boars ambush Shakira in Barcelona

Shakira has said two wild boars attacked her in a Barcelona park and destroyed her bag.

1 min

Demand for private jets soars as rules on travel ease

Private jet providers are experiencing “unprecedented demand” from wealthy customers seeking to avoid the “mosh pit” of commercial airline terminals on autumn getaways as coronavirus travel restrictions ease.

2 mins

Stellar stock market debut for Covid biotech firm

Oxford Nanopore , whose DNA sequencing technology has been essential in tracking Covid-19 variants globally, has made a stellar stock market debut in London, with its shares soaring as much as 47% and valuing the firm at almost £5bn.

1 min

Perils of pressing - Klopp and Guardiola will try to beat one another at their own high-intensity game

There is a very easy way to make good players look like world-beaters: give them time and space. Liverpool and Manchester City are piled high with quality that can rip apart any opposition if allowed to play on their own terms, so it will be important for both sides to execute a perfect pressing game when they meet at Anfield on Sunday .

4 mins

Catalans into first Grand Final after Chan seals dominant victory

Rugby League Betfred Super League play-off semi-final

2 mins

Lam not bothered by Bears' slow start

Bristol’s director of rugby adamant brighter times are on the way as they prepare to host Bath, also winless

3 mins

Lancashire fear record defeat after Norwell takes out danger men

Dominant Warwickshire need only four more wickets to secure Bob Willis Trophy

3 mins

'A culture of fear': key points from the McLaren report

Boxing

3 mins

Kamara booed relentlessly then sent off as Rangers suffer

Sparta Prague 1 Hancko 29 Rangers 0

3 mins

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