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Kuwait Crown Prince meets Sunak amid backdrop of anti-Ulez protests
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
Notting Hill Carnival should be moved, Tory London mayoral candidate says
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
How accurate is The Crown?
The upcoming final season of “The Crown” will cover Princess Diana’s death “delicately”, according to the show’s makers. Executive producer Suzanne Mackie said the team behind the Netflix series had “a very, very careful, long, long, long conversation” about the depiction of the 1997 car crash in Paris that claimed Diana’s life atContinue Reading
Labour peer Alan Haworth dies on Iceland holiday with wife
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
Labour would resolve dangers of ‘outdated’ NHS equipment – Wes Streeting
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
Lord Brailsford pledges ‘robust investigation’ into handling of Covid pandemic
T he chair of Scotland’s Covid-19 inquiry has promised a “robust investigation” into how Scottish ministers responded to the pandemic. During a preliminary hearing of the Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry, Lord Brailsford paid tribute to those who had lost loved ones or had been severely impacted by the events between JanuaryContinue Reading
COVID boosters to be sold on the high street – here’s what effect this may have on uptake
It's still not clear what effect these plans could have on the spread of COVID. Tong_stocker/ Shutterstock COVID boosters will be available to buy from high-street pharmacists and private healthcare providers across the UK in 2024. The news comes just weeks after the UK government announced that free boosters wouldContinue Reading
For minorities, biased AI algorithms can damage almost every part of life
shutterstock Bad data does not only produce bad outcomes. It can also help to suppress sections of society, for instance vulnerable women and minorities. This is the argument of my new book on the relationship between various forms of racism and sexism and artificial intelligence (AI). The problem is acute.Continue Reading
Labour would restore patient control over their healthcare, Wes Streeting says
A Labour government would “give patients back control over their own healthcare” and reverse the “managed decline” of the NHS, the shadow health secretary has said. Writing in The Daily Telegraph, Wes Streeting said the Government under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Steve Barclay is in “too weakContinue Reading
Home Office considers fitting migrants with electronic tags – report
T he Home Office is considering fitting asylum seekers arriving in the UK via unauthorised means with electronic tags, it has been reported. The Times said officials are mulling it as a way to prevent migrants who cannot be housed in limited detention sites from absconding. The Illegal Migration ActContinue Reading