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UK economy shrinks unexpectedly in blow to Rachel Reeves
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/14/uk-economy-shrinks-blow-to-rachel-reeves
Published: March 14, 2025 07:01
ONS data showing 0.1% fall in GDP in January comes less than two weeks before chancellor’s spring statementBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK economy contracted by 0.1% in January, dealing a blow to Rachel Reeves before the spring statement later this…
Homes for sale in England’s urban villages – in pictures
Published: March 14, 2025 07:00
From modern timber-clad house to grand Victorian villa, properties to appeal to your inner villager Continue reading...
Richest farmers in England may lose sustainability funding in Defra review
Published: March 14, 2025 07:00
Exclusive: Officials explore restricting incentive to allocate greater funds to farms with less money and more natureThe richest farmers will not be able to apply for post-Brexit nature funding under plans for England being considered the Department for…
Jonathan Powell: the veteran negotiator being lauded over US-Ukraine detente
Published: March 14, 2025 06:00
Insiders say UK national security adviser avoids limelight, but it found the ‘calm operator’ this weekIn the topsy-turvy world in which Keir Starmer and his aides operate, the US putting the onus on Russia to agree to a truce with Ukraine marked a…
Ed Davey calls on Keir Starmer to back Canada against Trump attacks
Published: March 14, 2025 06:00
Lib Dem leader says PM should make public show of support for ally against ‘shocking attacks’ on its sovereigntyThe leader of the UK’s Liberal Democrats has called on the prime minister to publicly support Canada and oppose the “shocking attacks” on…
National Trust creates living gene bank of endangered native black poplar
Published: March 14, 2025 05:00
Cuttings of tree captured by John Constable being planted on restored Devon floodplainCaptured by John Constable in one of his most celebrated paintings, the black poplar tree was once as common as oak and beech in Britain.Now the rarest and most…
Social media platforms must be ‘brought to heel’, says UK schools leader
Published: March 14, 2025 05:00
Headteachers’ conference to be told that rise in bullying, abuse and malicious use of deepfakes is being reportedSocial media operators must be “brought to heel” for the misery and disruption they are causing to the lives of students, teachers and parents,…
Labour’s cautionary tale: how hereditary peers clung on for 26 years
Published: March 14, 2025 05:00
Delay in removing hereditaries from Lords illustrates how hard it will be to push through more significant changesThe only solid measure that Keir Starmer’s government has introduced to change the House of Lords is on its way to becoming law, but not…
A spy ring – and a love triangle – podcast
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2025/mar/14/a-spy-ring-and-a-love-triangle-podcast
Published: March 14, 2025 03:00
Dan Sabbagh reports on three Bulgarian nationals found guilty of spying for Russia in a string of plots around EuropeOn Friday, three UK-based Bulgarian nationals accused of spying for Russia were found guilty of espionage charges at the Old Bailey in…
Mothers demand justice as London case over Brazil dam collapse concludes
Published: March 13, 2025 20:16
Nineteen people died in Mariana environmental disaster, prompting up to £36bn claim against mining firm BHPWith tears in their eyes, mothers of children who died in Brazil’s worst environmental disaster – the 2015 Mariana dam collapse – demanded justice…
Police start manslaughter inquiry into senior individuals at Letby hospital
Published: March 13, 2025 20:05
Officers say they have widened investigations despite questions over nurse’s convictions for killing babiesPolice investigating the hospital where nurse Lucy Letby worked have widened their inquiries to include gross negligence manslaughter by senior…
Streeting’s ‘shock’ at scale of NHS struggles inspires big political gamble
Published: March 13, 2025 19:44
Health secretary consistently rejected notion of axing NHS England on the basis of legal challenge he must now tackleSince Labour won power last July, Keir Starmer has repeatedly affirmed his deep affection for the NHS, close family ties to it, intention…
Release of technology secretary’s use of ChatGPT will have Whitehall sweating
Published: March 13, 2025 19:39
Use of Freedom of Information Act to reveal Peter Kyle’s ChatGPT queries has shocked experts and left journalists wondering what to request nextTechnology secretary Peter Kyle asks ChatGPT for science and media adviceWhen Tony Blair looked back on his time…
Noel Clarke’s wife tells court his accusers are liars who fabricated claims
Published: March 13, 2025 19:02
Giving evidence in her husband’s libel case against the Guardian, Iris Clarke says he always tried to help peopleNoel Clarke’s wife has said his accusers are liars who have deliberately fabricated sexual misconduct claims about him.Giving evidence in the…
Wes Streeting’s ‘high-stakes’ abolition of NHS England will cut 10,000 jobs
Published: March 13, 2025 19:01
Changes proposed by health secretary predicted to save as much as £500m but could be distraction for ministersWes Streeting has ordered a “high-stakes” reorganisation of the NHS that will scrap 10,000 jobs in an attempt to free up cash for frontline…
Former shadow chancellor Ed Balls says plans to cut disability benefits ‘won’t work’
Published: March 13, 2025 18:41
Influential Labour figure says cuts ‘not a Labour thing to do’, while George Osborne says when chancellor he resisted move as ‘step too far’The former shadow chancellor Ed Balls has criticised plans for cuts to disability benefits, saying on his podcast…
Pay deal ends strikes on Britain’s biggest intercity rail line
Published: March 13, 2025 18:24
RMT union wins 87% backing from members for improved package for train managers at Avanti West CoastTrain managers on Britain’s biggest intercity service, Avanti West Coast, have settled a dispute over rest-day working, ending a series of weekend…
UN judge ‘exploited and abused’ woman she forced into slavery, court rules
Published: March 13, 2025 18:13
Lydia Mugambe, 49, was found guilty of forcing someone to work and conspiring to breach UK immigration lawA UN judge has been convicted of forcing a young woman to work as a slave who she “exploited and abused”.Lydia Mugambe, 49, took “advantage of her…
Scotland’s first minister holds ‘warm’ meeting with Eric Trump in Edinburgh
Published: March 13, 2025 18:08
John Swinney says business meeting focused on Trump family’s golfing interests, days after Turnberry course was targeted by protestersScotland’s first minister hosted a “warm” meeting with Donald Trump’s son Eric in Edinburgh on Thursday, days after the US…
‘I had no voice’: black mental health patients on surviving a care system they say is racialised
Published: March 13, 2025 18:00
As a report into mental health care in England finds a sharp increase in people sent for urgent care, two people tell their traumatic stories of being hospitalisedAdult mental health crisis referrals in England double in a yearIt has been more than four…
Adult mental health crisis referrals in England double in a year
Published: March 13, 2025 17:57
Care Quality Commission report finds people becoming more unwell during long waits for help‘I had no voice’: black mental health patients on a ‘racialised’ system Urgent adult referrals to mental health crisis teams in England more than doubled between…
UK food and drink exports to the EU down 34% since Brexit
Published: March 13, 2025 17:27
Food and Drink Federation say businesses are struggling to deal with added ‘complexity and bureaucracy’British food and drink exports to the EU have tumbled by more than a third since Brexit, according to new trade body figures highlighting how…
Whole-life order for Sara Sharif’s father rejected by court of appeal
Published: March 13, 2025 16:34
Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr also rejects bid from Urfan Sharif, his wife and brother to challenge their sentencesThe father of Sara Sharif will not serve a whole-life order for the murder of the 10-year-old after the court of appeal rejected a bid to…
Teenager sentenced to life for south London murder of Elianne Andam
Published: March 13, 2025 16:15
Hassan Sentamu jailed for at least 23 years for fatal stabbing of Elianne, 15, in Croydon after row over teddy bearA teenager has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering a 15-year-old girl after a row over a teddy bear in south London.Hassan Sentamu…
Technology secretary Peter Kyle asks ChatGPT for science and media advice
Published: March 13, 2025 16:11
Strong advocate of AI use in government asks chat tool which podcasts to appear on and to define ‘quantum’Peter Kyle, the science and technology secretary, has asked ChatGPT for advice on a range of work-related issues, including why British businesses are…
Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight to produce Oasis reunion tour film
Published: March 13, 2025 15:08
Film will be directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace, the pair behind NYC music doc Meet Me in the Bathroom and LCD Soundsystem concert filmSteven Knight, creator of Peaky Blinders, will oversee a film documenting Oasis’s 2025 reunion tour.Knight is…
'We are abolishing biggest quango in the world': Wes Streeting welcomes end of NHS England – video
Published: March 13, 2025 14:50
Health secretary tells MPs that abolishing NHS England will save hundreds of millions of pounds a year. He says work has already started on ending duplication between NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care, and that countless…
Why has NHS England been abolished and what does it mean for patients?
Published: March 13, 2025 14:11
We look at what the organisation does, after Keir Starmer’s attack on ‘two layers of bureaucracy’UK politics live – latest updatesNHS England will be abolished to “cut bureaucracy” and to bring management of the health service “back into democratic…
Starmer announces plans to scrap NHS England and boost AI in civil service – video
Published: March 13, 2025 12:48
In a speech on changes to the civil service, Keir Starmer announced NHS England will be abolished to 'cut bureaucracy' and bring management of the health service 'back into democratic control'. The prime minister said decisions about billions of pounds of…
An elephant buffet, a Lowry and Kenya’s melting glacier: photos of the day – Thursday
Published: March 13, 2025 12:38
The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...
Artists have the power to stand up for truth, says Edinburgh festival director
Published: March 13, 2025 12:00
Performers can fight cynicism in age of Trump, says Nicola Benedetti as she announces 2025 programmeMusicians and artists should challenge disinformation and cynicism in global politics by standing up for fundamental truths, the violinist Nicola Benedetti…
Retired sergeant fails to sue Met over senior officer calling him ‘numpty’
Published: March 13, 2025 11:31
Sonny Kalar made series of claims including race and disability discrimination – all were dismissedA long-serving Metropolitan police sergeant has failed in his attempt to sue the force for discrimination because a more senior officer called him a…
Keir Starmer abolishes health service’s executive body NHS England
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/13/keir-starmer-abolishes-nhs-england-executive-body
Published: March 13, 2025 11:19
Prime minister brings health service back under ‘democratic control’ of ministersUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has brought the health service back under the control of ministers by abolishing NHS England.The prime minister said the NHS…
UK farmers’ incomes stagnant since the 1970s, report finds
Published: March 13, 2025 11:00
Exclusive: Research shows drop in produce prices as households consume more imported and ultra-processed foodFarmers’ incomes have remained stagnant since the 1970s despite improvements in productivity and a fall in the workforce, research has found.This…
Parents should stop children gaming on Roblox if they are worried, says CEO
Published: March 13, 2025 10:05
David Baszucki says company is vigilant about protecting users amid reports of bullying and grooming on platformParents who are worried about their children gaming on Roblox should not let them use it, the platform’s chief executive has said.There have…
Deliveroo makes annual profit for first time
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/13/deliveroo-makes-annual-profit-for-first-time
Published: March 13, 2025 09:42
The £3m 2024 figure compares with £32m loss in 2023 and comes despite ‘uncertain consumer environment’Business live – latest updatesDeliveroo has made an annual profit for the first time, after a bumpy few years since a disastrous stock market listing that…
Keir Starmer to outline reforms of ‘overcautious, flabby state’ in civil service speech – UK politics live
Published: March 13, 2025 09:39
PM will give a speech shortly, followed by a Q&A with the mediaGood morning. All prime ministers, sooner or later, get frustrated when they realise that the central government machine isn’t as effective as they would like. They arrive thinking that if they…
Why is Keir Starmer’s government seeking to cut the benefits bill?
Published: March 13, 2025 07:41
Labour targeting sickness and disability benefits that have ballooned amid increasingly ageing and unwell populationKeir Starmer’s government is aiming to cut billions of pounds from welfare spending before the spring statement.The prime minister has…
John Lewis profits triple to £126m but hopes for staff bonus dashed again
Published: March 13, 2025 07:10
Cash reward at staff-owned group ruled out for third year in a row, while sales rise 3%The owner of John Lewis and Waitrose has tripled profits to £126m but workers at the staff-owned retail group have missed out on a bonus for a third year in a row.The…
Teacher vacancy rates at record high in England, report finds
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/mar/13/teacher-vacancy-rates-record-high-england-report
Published: March 13, 2025 06:00
NFER says pupil behaviour, stagnant pay and inflexible working practices contributing to exodus from workforceTeachers in England are abandoning the classroom over worsening pupil behaviour, stagnant pay and inflexible working practices, leaving vacancies…
Taxi firms crowdfund legal battle with Uber over VAT on fares in UK
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/13/taxi-firms-crowdfund-legal-battle-uber-vat-fares-uk
Published: March 13, 2025 06:00
Minicab drivers say Uber’s bid to apply tax to all rides would put many out of business and leave people strandedTwo British taxi companies have launched a crowdfunding drive for the last leg of a lengthy legal battle with Uber that could result in higher…
MP calls for inquiry into labelling of black pupils as ‘educationally subnormal’
Published: March 13, 2025 05:00
Kim Johnson tells parliament lessons must be learnt from poor treatment of children at institutions in 1960s and 70sThe historic injustice of a scandal in which black children were incorrectly labelled “educationally subnormal” and sent to schools for…
‘People want change’: voter anger opens door for Reform in key Labour seats
Published: March 13, 2025 05:00
Projections suggest Merthyr Tydfil and Dudley could be won by Nigel Farage’s party – but how real is the threat?“Labour used to be the party of the working class. I haven’t got a clue what it is now,” was how Richard, a retired welder, described his…
Labour loses its way on benefits reform – Politics Weekly UK
Published: March 13, 2025 05:00
After months of speculation, the government will soon lay out plans to change the benefits system. Keir Starmer argues that the current system is ‘the worst of all worlds’. But with deep cuts to disability payments on the table, could the changes come at…
Nearly one in four Britons have witnessed shoplifting, study shows
Published: March 13, 2025 05:00
A similar number have also seen staff abused as shops say crime is spiralling out of control with 55,000 thefts a dayNearly a quarter of Britons have witnessed shoplifting in the past year and seen physical or verbal abuse of shop workers as criminals…
Is Nigel Farage losing his grip on Reform UK? – podcast
Published: March 13, 2025 03:00
The Reform MP Rupert Lowe has been suspended from the party. What’s behind his feud with its leader? Eleni Courea reportsOn Friday, the MP Rupert Lowe criticised Nigel Farage in an interview with the Daily Mail, saying Reform UK was a “protest party led by…
Campaign to bar under-14s from having smartphones signed by 100,000 parents
Published: March 13, 2025 00:05
Surrey was region of UK with most sign-ups for Smartphone Free Childhood’s parent pact, launched last yearAn online campaign committing parents to bar their children from owning a smartphone until they are at least 14 has garnered 100,000 signatures in the…
Decision not to classify Southport killer as a terrorist was right, says UK watchdog
Published: March 13, 2025 00:01
Review concluded extending definition to cover extreme violence by ‘loners’ such as Axel Rudakubana is unhelpfulThe decision not to classify Axel Rudakubana as a terrorist following the Southport murders was right because it would be unhelpful to stretch…
‘First-of-a-kind’ daily pill for endometriosis treatment approved for NHS in England
Published: March 13, 2025 00:00
Relugolix-estradiol-norethisterone can be taken at home, eliminating need for trips to clinics for injectionsA new daily pill that could transform the way endometriosis is treated has been approved for use on the NHS across England, the medicines watchdog…
Jonathan Reynolds ‘corrects record’ for referring to himself as ex-solicitor
Published: March 12, 2025 22:52
Business secretary said he made ‘inadvertent error’ by claiming he once worked in the legal profession during a 2014 Commons debateThe business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, has “formally corrected the record” in parliament for referring to himself as a…
Noel Clarke aims to create ‘moral equivalence’ between himself and accusers, court hears
Published: March 12, 2025 21:08
On third day of cross-examination, the actor claimed accusers voluntarily engaged in sexual conversationNoel Clarke is trying to create “moral equivalence” between his alleged sexual misconduct and the behaviour of his accusers, the high court has…
‘There is no moral case’: Labour divided over prospect of benefit cuts
Published: March 12, 2025 20:34
Some feel the party is moving away from the working class, but others argue ministers must show new Labour voters the system can workStarmer could face biggest rebellion over disability benefit freezeEver since ministers began to put the “moral case” for…
Keir Starmer could face biggest rebellion over disability benefit freeze
Published: March 12, 2025 20:32
Exclusive: Dozens of Labour MPs understood to have urged the government to think again‘There is no moral case’: Labour divided over prospect of benefit cutsKeir Starmer could face the biggest rebellion of his premiership with dozens of Labour MPs angry at…
‘Like a horror scene’: animal charity rescues 70 starving snakes from property near Durham
Published: March 12, 2025 20:06
The founder of an animal sanctuary, which is now caring for the royal pythons, has called for improved laws to protect reptiles reared as petsThe founder of an animal rescue charity who discovered 70 starving pythons and dozens of dead snakes on a couple’s…
UK drops down list of affluent nations after decade of stagnation, NIESR finds
Published: March 12, 2025 19:42
Districts in Birmingham now ranked below poorest areas of France, Slovenia and Malta as institute urges rethink on planned welfare cutsThe UK has tumbled down the league of affluent nations after almost a decade of welfare cuts and stagnant incomes,…
BBC ‘deeply sorry’ for not protecting female employees from email abuse by ex-presenter
Published: March 12, 2025 19:29
Former Radio Leeds host Alex Belfield was jailed in 2022 for stalking four people including Jeremy VineThe BBC has issued a “full and unreserved apology” to four female former employees after admitting it did not do enough to protect them from a local…
Apple to appeal against UK government data demand at secret high court hearing
Published: March 12, 2025 19:16
Guardian understands tech company’s appeal against Home Office request for encrypted data is to be heard by tribunal on FridayApple’s appeal against a UK government demand to access its customers’ highly encrypted data will be the subject of a secret high…
UK accuses Russia of driving its Moscow embassy towards closure
Published: March 12, 2025 18:49
Foreign Office issues strongly worded statement as it responds to expulsion of two diplomats with tit-for-tat moveRussia is attempting to push the UK embassy in Moscow towards closing and has no regard for the escalatory impact of such a move, the Foreign…
No cash Isa shake-up in spring statement, but Reeves still considering cuts
Published: March 12, 2025 18:28
Reduction in maximum amount from £20,000 to £4,000 understood to be longer-term aim for chancellorA mooted shake-up of cash Isas will not be announced in the spring statement this month, but the government is still considering the possibility of cutting…
Thermal camera captures collision between container ship and tanker in North Sea – video
Published: March 12, 2025 17:20
A thermal camera mounted on a tanker anchored near the Stena Immaculate captured the moment the Solong container ship ploughed into the vessel and the subsequent explosion.The camera also recorded dense fog that could have have prevented the crew of Solong…
Trinidad and Tobago calls new UK visa requirement ‘disproportionate move’
Published: March 12, 2025 17:14
Travellers from country now need visas with decision reportedly made in response to rising asylum claimsUK politics live – latest updatesTrinidad and Tobago has described Britain’s new visa requirement for tourists from the twin island state as a…
Man found guilty of murdering Amazon delivery driver in Leeds
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/12/man-found-guilty-murder-amazon-delivery-driver-leeds
Published: March 12, 2025 15:40
Mark Ross to be sentenced on Friday over killing of Claudiu-Carol Kondor during theft of vehicle in Armley areaA “career criminal” has been found guilty of murdering an Amazon delivery driver who was trying to stop his van from being stolen.Claudiu-Carol…
Prince Andrew was told Epstein saw Staley as close friend, court hears
Published: March 12, 2025 15:18
FCA presents email evidence it claims shows bank boss and child sex offender were like ‘family’Prince Andrew was among a number of high-profile contacts of Jeffrey Epstein who were told that the child sex offender considered the former Barclays boss Jes…
Moguls, Munch and a tiger evacuation: photos of the day – Wednesday
Published: March 12, 2025 14:55
The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...
Bank of England drops new diversity and inclusion rules for City firms
Published: March 12, 2025 13:29
In latest retreat amid US backlash, BoE says it wants to avoid more ‘regulatory burdens’ for financial companiesBusiness live – latest updatesThe City’s top two regulators have said they will not bring in new diversity and inclusion rules for financial…
Financial watchdog scraps plan to ‘name and shame’ UK firms under investigation
Published: March 12, 2025 12:58
FCA move follows longstanding pressure against new public interest test for announcing investigationsBusiness live – latest updatesBoE drops new diversity and inclusion rules for City firmsThe UK’s financial watchdog has bowed to longstanding pressure and…
North Sea collision: foul play, technical fault or human error?
Published: March 12, 2025 12:12
As investigators look into how two modern ships collided in seemingly calm weather, this is what we know so farThe collision between two large shipping vessels in the North Sea raises questions about how such an event could occur – and what its effect…
Nicola Sturgeon to stand down as MSP next year
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/mar/12/nicola-sturgeon-to-stand-down-as-msp-next-year
Published: March 12, 2025 11:43
Scotland’s former first minister, who led SNP from 2014 until 2023, says she will not seek re-election in 2026UK politics live – latest updatesScotland’s former first minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced she is standing down as an MSP.Sturgeon, who led…
Peers working for City firms dominate Lords panel scrutinising financial sector
Published: March 12, 2025 10:39
Committee has criticised regulator’s proposals to name and shame companies under investigationPeers working for big City firms including Santander, Secure Trust Bank and the London Stock Exchange are sitting on a new Lords committee scrutinising regulation…
Starmer under pressure over welfare cuts as TUC says targeting disability benefits ‘not the solution’ – UK politics live
Published: March 12, 2025 09:54
Union says proposed cuts will push people in to hardship and repeat the mistakes of Tory austerityGood morning. Much of Keir Starmer’s time at the moment is spent dealing with the latest outbursts from the White House. It is not easy, partly because the…
Captain arrested over UK ship collision is Russian, owner says
Published: March 12, 2025 09:39
Captain of Solong, which was in collision with tanker, was arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughterThe captain of the ship who was arrested after a collision with a tanker off the coast of England is a Russian national, the ship’s owner,…
Girl, 13, charged with murder and arson after body found in Northamptonshire
Published: March 12, 2025 07:47
Firefighters and police discovered body of a woman in her 40s in a house in Wellingborough on MondayA 13-year-old girl has been charged with murder and arson after the body of a woman was found in a house in Northamptonshire.Firefighters and police…
As Starmer prepares to cut the number of quangos, what are they and what do they do?
Published: March 12, 2025 07:00
The bodies, regularly created and axed by politicians, can help ministers demonstrate priorities and avoid blameKeir Starmer will this week set out plans to cut some quangos to reduce red tape and a bloated state, helping with economic growth. Politicians…
Changes to bathing water status test will deny rivers protection, say critics
Published: March 12, 2025 07:00
Campaigners say introduction of feasibility test in England and Wales over bathing status is ‘snub to communities’Rivers are unlikely to be granted the protections of bathing water status under the government’s changes to the system, campaigners have…
Overloaded website prevents UK statistics agency from releasing economic data after markets open
Published: March 12, 2025 07:00
The release of economic data was moved to 7am in 2020, and research has suggested that if the time was reverted, the ONS website could crashThe UK’s embattled statistics agency cannot reverse a pandemic-era decision to release official data on the state of…
NHS England first in Europe to roll out take-at-home pill for MS patients
Published: March 12, 2025 05:00
Cladribine tablet for those with active multiple sclerosis will reduce hospital visits and free up appointmentsThousands of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) in England are to become the first in Europe to benefit from a major roll out of an…
Mental health charities struggling to cope with GP-referral influx
Published: March 12, 2025 05:00
Exclusive: Under-qualified professionals being asked to treat patients in England as NHS leans on third sectorMental health charities in England are struggling to cope with the number of sick patients referred to them by GPs, with under-qualified…
Mental ill health is behind soaring disability benefits bill in England and Wales, report says
Published: March 12, 2025 02:45
Institute for Fiscal Studies says half of the rise in working-age people claiming the benefit last year is linked to mental healthMore than half of the increase in disability benefits is due to more mental health claims, according to research.Since the…
‘Patchy and behind deadline’: MPs attack UK rollout of EV charging points
Published: March 12, 2025 00:01
Committee warns of serious injustice to disabled motorists and those reliant on public chargersThe rollout of electric vehicle chargers across Britain is “patchy”, behind deadline and ignores the needs of disabled drivers, the parliamentary spending…
Ancestral remains should no longer be displayed in UK museums, say MPs
Published: March 12, 2025 00:01
Remains brought to Britain as part of colonialism, such as Egyptian mummies, should be repatriated, a report saysThe public display of human remains in the UK, including the ancient Egyptian mummies in the British Museum, is offensive and should be…
Toyota plans to build battery vehicles in UK and keep European plants
Published: March 11, 2025 23:01
Japanese company announces two new EVs and promises another three by 2026, as well as new Lexus modelsToyota has said it plans to build battery vehicles in the UK in the future as it seeks to keep all of its European plants open, although it will be…
ADHD prescriptions in England have risen by 18% each year since pandemic
Published: March 11, 2025 22:30
Research has found that the number of ADHD prescriptions in England increased from around 25 per 1,000 people in 2019/20 to 41.55 in 2023/24The number of prescriptions being issued in England for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication…
Crackdown on quangos part of radical government proposal to reform state
Published: March 11, 2025 22:30
Exclusive: Proposals also include cutting thousands of civil service jobs and restructuring NHS EnglandA radical blueprint for reforming the state is being drawn up by government officials, including a crackdown on quangos and thousands more civil service…
Farmers in England furious as Defra pauses post-Brexit payment scheme
Published: March 11, 2025 19:49
Applications to the sustainable farming initiative no longer accepted but no clarity on what will replace it and whenFarming and countryside groups in England are furious that the government has paused a key post-Brexit farming payments scheme with little…
Noel Clarke’s lawyers threatened accuser with prosecution, court told
Published: March 11, 2025 19:09
Clarke, who is suing the Guardian for libel, accused of trying to deter woman from giving evidenceNoel Clarke’s lawyers sent a letter to a woman accusing him of sexual misconduct, threatening her with prosecution in an attempt at “witness intimidation”,…
Ten died of cancer after NHS England blunder meant they were not invited for screening
Published: March 11, 2025 18:42
Further 10 diagnosed with disease after mistakes with GP registration processTen people have died from cancer and up to 10 more have been diagnosed with the disease after a blunder meant they were not invited to NHS screening programmes.Health officials…
Drone footage shows cargo ship and oil tanker after North Sea collision – video
Published: March 11, 2025 17:47
Drone footage shows the Solong and the Stena Immaculate floating in the North Sea after their collision. The Stena Immaculate was carrying 220,000 barrels of jet fuel for the US air force when it was struck while stationary by the German-owned Solong on…
Give back taxpayers’ cash for failed ‘fun factory’, Hastings MP tells Tory donor
Published: March 11, 2025 17:47
Lubov Chernukhin was given £150,000 in public funds to help open Owens entertainment centreThe Conservative donor Lubov Chernukhin is facing calls to hand back £150,000 of taxpayer cash given to her company to help fund a “fun factory” and amusement arcade…
Review clearing Manchester’s Royal Exchange of censorship criticised
Published: March 11, 2025 17:43
A modern retelling of A Midsummer Night’s Dream was pulled last September in a dispute over one of the play’s songsA review into the cancellation of a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream after a censorship row has been criticised by a major arts union…
Dundee University faces ‘hammer blow’ amid plans to cut 635 jobs
Published: March 11, 2025 16:37
Interim principal says drastic measures needed to tackle £35m shortfall in day-to-day spendingDundee University has announced plans to cut more than 600 jobs and reduce its teaching by a fifth to help cope with a £35m deficit in its accounts.The…
‘Urgent action’ needed to save Starmer’s 2030 energy bill cut, says industry body
Published: March 11, 2025 16:16
Higher costs from April on course to derail prime minister’s plan for £300 bill reduction, warns Energy UKBusiness live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has been warned that he will need to take “urgent action” to meet his goal of cutting energy bills by up to…
Bin strike begins in Birmingham as workers and council trade accusations
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/11/bin-strike-birmingham-rubbish-workers-council
Published: March 11, 2025 16:01
Rubbish piles up as all-out strike follows smaller actions since January over scrapping of some rolesRubbish is piling up on the streets of Birmingham as bin workers launched an all-out indefinite strike, with the council accusing the union of holding the…
North Sea collision: man arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter
Published: March 11, 2025 15:55
Humberside police open criminal investigation after tanker and cargo ship collide, with crew member still missingA 59-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter in connection with the shipping collision in the North…
Staley pushed JP Morgan to keep Epstein as client despite human trafficking concerns, court hears
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Published: March 11, 2025 15:36
Former Barclays boss told Jeffrey Epstein suspicious withdrawals from his account were being investigatedThe former bank boss Jes Staley pushed JP Morgan to keep Jeffrey Epstein as a client despite human trafficking concerns and told him suspicious…
Stop ‘outsourcing’ decisions to quangos, Starmer tells cabinet
Published: March 11, 2025 15:01
Prime minister’s comments come ahead of speech on state reform and expected Whitehall job cutsUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has told cabinet ministers they should stop “outsourcing” decisions to regulators and quangos and take more…
Silent minority: 15 peers claimed £585k while not speaking in a single Lords debate
Published: March 11, 2025 15:00
Analysis shows 10% of peers make half of all contributions to debates while others claim allowances but say nothingRevealed: House of Lords members have given £109m to political partiesFifteen members of the House of Lords did not say a word in the…
Starmer to avoid immediate counter-tariffs if Trump puts levies on UK steel
Published: March 11, 2025 14:46
British PM has discussed the issue with president, as US trade war with Canada escalatesBusiness live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has said he will not hit back with immediate counter-tariffs when Donald Trump imposes 25% levies on all steel and aluminium…
UK lenders face huge car loan payout bill as watchdog moves closer to compensation plan
Published: March 11, 2025 14:35
Potential FCA scheme could mean banks proactively inform borrowers if they were mis-sold car loansBusiness live – latest updatesBanks could be forced to proactively tell customers they have been mis-sold car finance, as the financial watchdog’s plans for a…
Fashion in Paris and Tokyo remembers: photos of the day – Tuesday
Published: March 11, 2025 14:30
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John Hunt pays tribute to daughter’s bravery as killer jailed for life for triple murders
Published: March 11, 2025 14:13
Kyle Clifford given whole life order for murders of Louise Hunt, her sister Hannah and their mother Carol in misogynistic attackKyle Clifford sentencing – live updatesA BBC presenter whose wife and two of their daughters were murdered by a misogynist with…
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