A journalist who spent more than two days travelling via coach, train and bus from Split in Croatia to Norwich after his flight was cancelled due to a UK air traffic control failure said the experience was “really unsettling”. Jack Reeve, 25, was due to fly with easyJet back toContinue Reading
M ore than 100 schools, nurseries and colleges in England have been told by the Government to close classrooms and other buildings that contain an aerated concrete that is prone to collapse. A “minority” of the state facilities will need to “either fully or partially relocate” to alternative accommodation whileContinue Reading
A dedicated licensing scheme for drug checking at festivals should be established before the next summer festival season, including the power to grant licences to local authorities, the report on drugs published on Thursday said. Allowing festivalgoers to test drugs for unsafe substances without fear of legal ramifactions helps toContinue Reading
L abour has accused the Government of turning a blind eye to the problem of fly-tipping, claiming that only 8% of reported incidents lead to any form of punishment. In the fiscal year 2021/22, 1,091,019 cases of fly-tipping were reported in England, yet only 91,013 fixed penalty notices were issued,Continue Reading
V iolence at the Notting Hill Carnival shows the need for police and the courts to be given tougher powers to tackle so-called “zombie knives” and machetes, Rishi Sunak has said. Eight people were stabbed at the event in west London on Monday and Mr Sunak said it was a “goodContinue Reading
T he Government must not allow artificial intelligence (AI) developers the free use of copyrighted songs and books for training, MPs have urged. Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee told ministers to heed the “chorus of warnings from musicians, authors and artists” about the risks of failing to protect intellectualContinue Reading
T he Crown Prince of Kuwait had his visit to Number 10 partially disrupted by opponents of the ultra-low emission zone (Ulez), who staged a protest against the scheme outside Downing Street. The meeting between Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Saba and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak coincided with a loud demonstrationContinue Reading
N otting Hill Carnival should be moved and potentially held in a park, the Conservative Party’s London mayoral candidate has said, following a spate of stabbing incidents. Two men are in hospital, one in a critical condition, after attacks at the festival held in the streets of west London onContinue Reading
L abour peer Lord Alan Haworth has died aged 75, the party has confirmed. He was a secretary of the parliamentary Labour Party from 1992 to 2004, then became a member of the House of Lords. The party said he died on Monday morning on holiday in Iceland with wifeContinue Reading
T housands of patients across England have been injured by faulty medical equipment in A&E departments in the past five years, Labour has said. The party has promised to help tackle the problem by allowing the NHS to bulk buy the latest technology and cutting “unnecessary” red tape. It comesContinue Reading
