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Police hunting escaped terror suspect say ‘no confirmed sightings’ and army training may be helping him hide
P olice leading the hunt for a prisoner who escaped Wandsworth prison have said there have been no confirmed sightings of him more than 30 hours after he disappeared. Commander Dominic Murphy, head of the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command, said on Thursday afternoon officers more than 150 investigators andContinue Reading
Pay grievances put Border Force at ‘heightened’ risk of corruption – watchdog
D issatisfaction over pay and conditions has increased the risk of corruption in the Border Force, the Government’s watchdog has said. David Neal, the chief inspector of borders and immigration, said in a report on Thursday that the UK’s border security agency could face its own version of the scandalsContinue Reading
Rishi Sunak hails ‘right deal for country’ as UK rejoins EU’s Horizon science programme
T he UK is to return to the European Union’s £85 billion Horizon science research programme following months of negotiations. The Government said a “bespoke” new agreement has been signed off with the EU, with UK researchers able to apply for grants and take part in Horizon projects. Prime MinisterContinue Reading
College staff strikes to go ahead as union hits out at Scottish Government
C ollege strikes will go ahead after a union criticised a lack of intervention from the Scottish Government. Unison Scotland, which represents college support staff, wrote to Scottish higher and further education minister Graeme Dey to express disappointment at the lack of intervention in resolving the pay dispute. The letterContinue Reading
Gillian Keegan says £34m revamp of DfE headquarters had ‘nothing to do with me’
T he decision to spend £34 million to revamp the Department for Education’s headquarters had “nothing to do with me”, the Education Secretary has said. Gillian Keegan distanced herself from any involvement in the decision-making process surrounding the refurbishment project, insisting the decision had been made prior to her appointmentContinue Reading
Rugby World Cup: why hamstring injuries are so prevalent in the sport
With the men’s Rugby World Cup in France almost upon us, the risk of injury during the summer warm-up games has been a serious concern for coaches and players. While injuries are a feature of any contact sport, our new research shows that the imbalance in size between the quadricepsContinue Reading
Have we really found the first samples from beyond the Solar System? The evidence is not convincing
Frank Romeo/Shutterstock Avi Loeb, an astrophysicist at Harvard University in the US, has published a press release claiming that some of the 700 or so spherical metallic fragments (spherules) he recovered from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, just off the coast of Papua New Guinea, are from beyond theContinue Reading
Timothée Chalamet: the making of a global superstar
Actor Timothée Chalamet has become a bona fide global superstar, and his stock is set to rise higher over the coming months with the release of the highly anticipated “Wonka” movie in December, as well as the sequel to the sci-fi epic “Dune” in early 2024. Chalamet portrays a young versionContinue Reading
Venice Film Festival: A-listers hit the red carpet
The 80th Venice Film Festival is under way, celebrating films from around the world. The event has seemingly gone off without a hitch “despite complications arising from the ongoing SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes”, Backstage reported. Tony Leung became the “first Chinese actor to win the lifetime achievement award” at theContinue Reading
Rishi Sunak to face PMQs test over schools concrete crisis
R ishi Sunak will face Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister’s Questions for the first time in seven weeks as he comes under pressure to declare what he knew about the crumbling concrete crisis in schools. The Conservative Party leader has become embroiled in the row after one of hisContinue Reading