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Bank of England chief says Government could still meet inflation goal
T he Governor of the Bank of England said there is still a chance the UK Government will meet its pledge to halve inflation this year after a welcome drop below double-digits in April. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak previously promised to halve inflation by the end of this year, targetingContinue Reading
Suella Braverman won’t face investigation over speeding row, says No10
T he Home Secretary will not face an investigation over the row about whether she attempted to avoid a speeding fine, Downing Street confirmed on Wednesday. In a letter to Suella Braverman, Rishi Sunak said he had conferred with independent adviser on ministerial interest Sir Laurie Magnus and determined noContinue Reading
More than a third of parents ‘cut back on heating due to inflation pressures’
More than a third of parents said they had to cut back on, or have gone without, heating over the past six months due to pressures caused by inflation, a report has said. The research is based on a survey of a sample of 315 parents, as well as 30Continue Reading
Sunak: Uncontrolled migration leads to unmanageable pressure on housing, schools
P rime Minister Rishi Sunak said net migration must be controlled or it could lead to “unmanageable pressures on housing, schools and hospitals in many of our communities”. Writing in the Telegraph, Mr Sunak said: “We can’t have uncontrolled legal migration… when it is too high and too fast, itContinue Reading
Boris Johnson in row with Cabinet office after police referral
B oris Johnson is accusing the Cabinet Office of making “bizarre and unacceptable” claims about him after the department referred the former prime minster to police over further potential lockdown rule breaches. Mr Johnson said the Government was “entirely wrong” after it emerged he had been reported to two forcesContinue Reading
Five rare and unusual psychiatric syndromes – including one where people believe they are dead
Most people are familiar with psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but some conditions are so rare that many psychiatrists won’t come across a single case in their professional lives. Here I present five of the rarest – and strangest – syndromes known to psychiatry. 1. Fregoli syndromeContinue Reading
Satanism, ritual cults and Hollywood: debunking ‘satanic panic’ conspiracy theories
Satanic panic in the modern era: how conspiracy theories take hold in times of crisis. Canva Earlier this year the non-binary singer-songwriter, Sam Smith, performed their song Unholy, at the Grammys. Dressed in a red devil-horned top hat and latex costume, the performance drew upon popular occult and gothic aesthetics.Continue Reading
Boris Johnson reported to police over new ‘potential lockdown breaches’
B oris Johnson has been reported to the police by the Cabinet Office over fresh claims that he may have broken lockdown rules during the pandemic. Information has been passed to two forces over alleged visits from the former prime minister’s friends to Chequers as well as potential breaches withinContinue Reading
Phillip Schofield profile: TV royalty’s fall from grace
A series of controversies in recent months has led to popular presenter Phillip Schofield calling time on his daytime television post at “This Morning”. Schofield, who has had a career of over 40 years in the entertainment business, started as a tea boy and worked his way up to become aContinue Reading
Andy Warhol, Prince and a question of copyright
A US Supreme Court copyright ruling that Andy Warhol did not have the right to use a photo of Prince has sent shockwaves through the art world, and left legal experts scrambling to asses the implications for AI image generation. The case has its roots back in 1984, when VanityContinue Reading