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Asylum seekers being told they will be able to return to Bibby Stockholm barge
A sylum seekers are being told about their return to the Bibby Stockholm barge after it was evacuated following the discovery of Legionella bacteria in the water supply. The Home Office said all necessary tests have been completed on the floating vessel, which has been out of use since August.Continue Reading
Starmer eyes decade in power to ‘get Britain building’
S ir Keir Starmer will say the tide is turning towards Labour as he sets his sights on at least two terms in power to rescue a country “ruined” by 13 years of Conservative rule. The Labour leader will promise a “decade of national renewal”, suggesting his party will beContinue Reading
Hiroshi Sugimoto: Time Machine at the Hayward Gallery: this supremely elegant show is serenity itself
Review at a glance W hen Hiroshi Sugimoto was finding his photographic voice in 1976, he had what he described as a “waking dream”: he envisaged images of a movie theatre with a pure white screen. He made it reality from the back of a New York cinema, setting theContinue Reading
The Government’s Rwanda asylum plan: a timeline
A s it examines the Government’s Rwanda deportation policy, the Supreme Court will hear from asylum seekers about the “trauma” and “torture” they have experienced. The Home Office is contesting a June Court of Appeal decision that the multimillion-pound agreement, which would see asylum seekers sent to the country inContinue Reading
Physician associates: a solution for healthcare staff shortages or a colonial throwback?
SeventyFour/Shutterstock Before the COVID pandemic, the global health workforce needed as many as 6.4 million more medical doctors, and the gap between demand for health workers and supply is growing. As you might expect, the shortage is most acutely felt in low- and middle-income countries. The latest World Health OrganizationContinue Reading
Centenarian blood tests give hints of the secrets to longevity
Dan Negureanu/Shutterstock Centenarians, once considered rare, have become commonplace. Indeed, they are the fastest-growing demographic group of the world’s population, with numbers roughly doubling every ten years since the 1970s. How long humans can live, and what determines a long and healthy life, have been of interest for as longContinue Reading
The Yorkshire Ripper: what did he do and when? A timeline
C ontent warning: this article contains details of graphic violence Over the course of five years in the 1970s, serial killer Peter Sutcliffe brutally murdered 13 women, injuring at least seven more, across the north of England. Now, the terrible story of what he did, and how he was finallyContinue Reading
UK working to help families of Britons as Israel conflict intensifies
F oreign Office officials are assessing the situation in Israel and Gaza as the death toll continues to rise, with fierce fighting ongoing in the wake of an attack by Hamas. Among the dead is 20-year-old Nathanel Young, a Briton serving in the Israeli Defence Services who died on theContinue Reading
UK working to help families of Britons caught in Israel conflict
T he Government is working to establish the status of UK citizens in Israel after a British man serving in the country’s army was killed during attacks by Hamas. Rishi Sunak condemned the incursion as an “appalling act of terror” as the death toll climbed to at least 700 onContinue Reading
Streeting says reforms to save NHS could take a decade
I t will take Labour two terms in office to turn around the “existential” challenges faced by the NHS and social care, shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said. He said the challenges facing the NHS in England were “enormous” and without significant reform “it isn’t sustainable for the long term”.Continue Reading