In this issue

June 13, 2022

Release full legal advice on Northern Ireland legislation, ministers urged

Opposition parties have demanded ministers release their full legal advice over a bill that seeks to unilaterally amend the Northern Ireland protocol, which arrives in the Commons today, saying refusing to do so risks a potential cover-up.

3 mins

'I Am, In Fact, A Person': Has Google Chatbot Become A Sentient Being?

The suspension of a Google engineer who claimed a computer chatbot he was working on had become sentient and was thinking and reasoning like a human being has put new scrutiny on artificial intelligence (AI).

3 mins

Former anti-corruption tsar urges new rules on lobbying and standards

Boris Johnson's former anti-corruption tsar, who resigned last week, has called for urgent reform of the standards rules around lobbying, as well as more scope for the independent adviser to hold the prime minister to account.

2 mins

Protests over Rwanda flight as unions say staff must not be forced to risk breaking law

Protests have taken place before a possible first flight removing asylum seekers to Rwanda, as unions warned that officials should not be asked to take part in a policy that might subsequently be declared illegal.

2 mins

Family give up hope of finding journalist and his guide alive

The wife and mother-in-law of the missing British journalist Dom Phillips have said their hopes of finding him alive have gone, in a heartfelt and heart-breaking message that pays tribute to him and his travelling companion, Bruno Pereira.

2 mins

Mega TikTok Craze Is Gift From God, Says Grateful Owner Of Besieged Chippy

It has been two weeks since his Coventry chip shop became a TikTok sensation, drawing in crowds from around the country, and 70-year-old Kamal Gandhi is exhausted.

2 mins

Collapse Of Missguided Leaves Workers In Pakistan 'Starving'

Hundreds of garment workers in Pakistan who make clothing for the collapsed fast fashion brand Missguided say they have been left destitute and starving after not having received salaries for more than four months.

3 mins

Dragons' Den entrepreneur Hilary Devey dies at 65

The former Dragons' Den panellist and freight entrepreneur, Hilary Devey, has died aged 65.

1 min

Prejudice against northern English accents 'is still rife'

Do you say bath as "barth"? Would you put a "plahster" on a cut? Does it matter if you don't? Yes, it sadly does, say academics, who argue that "accentism" is alive and well in England in 2022.

2 mins

Landowners test legal right to wild camp on Dartmoor

Dartmoor national park officials have vowed to defend wild camping on the moor, following a case brought by wealthy landowners.

3 mins

"Tasty and that's it' Moscow's old McDonald's reopen under new brand

Former McDonald's restaurants in Moscow have reopened under a new name, Vkusno & tochka ("Tasty and that's it"), in a rebranding intended to comfort Russians that they can continue to live western lifestyles - even if Big Macs are gone from the menu.

1 min

'He is not alone' Ukrainian friends call for release of Moroccan fighter

Although Russia claims that Brahim Saadoun was a foreign fighter in Ukraine, the Moroccan sentenced to death alongside two Britons last week had spent years making the country his home.

2 mins

Music review Unbridled joy is theme of Harry's house party

'Glasgow, make some noise!" Harry Styles exclaims midway through his second song. Amid the nigh-on ultrasonic wail of 50,000-odd ecstatic young fans singing along with his every word, he really needn't have asked.

2 mins

Sarah Palin hits comeback trail with lead in Alaska primary

Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and Republican ex-vice presidential candidate, was leading in early results from a primary election yesterday for the state's only US House seat in what could be a remarkable political comeback.

1 min

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