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Sir Elton John ‘very concerned’ over Braverman’s comments about LGBT refugees
S ir Elton John has criticised Home Secretary Suella Braverman over her suggestion that it is unsustainable for the UK to offer asylum to gay people who face discrimination in their home countries. The singer said the Home Secretary risked “further legitimising hate and violence” against LGBT+ people after sheContinue Reading
Bjork, Wet Leg and Raye among winners at Association of Independent Music Awards
I celandic musician Bjork, British indie rock outfit Wet Leg and English singer-songwriter Raye are among the music artists to have won at the Association of Independent Music (AIM) Awards 2023. Bjork, 57, who performed at Coachella Festival in California this year in a set that included hundreds of drones,Continue Reading
Davey makes pledge on legal rights for cancer patients in keynote speech
S ir Ed Davey has called for a new legal right for cancer patients to start treatment within two months of an urgent referral, using a keynote speech to underline the Liberal Democrats’ focus on health. The party has said enshrining the commitment in law would make ministers more accountableContinue Reading
Water companies to pay out £114m for missing performance targets
W ater companies will pay out £114 million to bill-payers after failing to meet key targets on reducing pollution, leakage and supply interruptions while customer satisfaction continues to fall, Ofwat has said. Not one company achieved the regulator’s top category of “leading” while Dwr Cymru, Southern, Thames, Anglian, Bristol, SouthContinue Reading
Glue ear: there’s a better alternative to grommet surgery
Mama Belle and the kids/Shutterstock Glitches in our evolutionary development mean that 80% of four-year-olds get glue ear, a temporary loss of hearing. Many have costly and unnecessary surgery despite there being excellent non-surgical alternatives. Glue ear or secretory otitis media, to give it its medical name, is caused byContinue Reading
The UK just passed an online safety law that could make people less safe
Tero Vesalainen / Shutterstock The UK’s long-debated online safety bill (OSB) has been approved by the House of Lords, clearing the way for it to become law. But it has pitted the government, which proposed the bill, against tech companies that provide secure messaging services. Critics say it will allowContinue Reading
Bruce Willis’s wife says it is ‘hard to know’ if he is aware of his condition
E mma Heming Willis, wife of Bruce Willis, has said that it is “hard to know” if the actor is fully aware of his condition – frontotemporal dementia (FTD). His daughter Rumer Willis announced in a post to Instagram earlier in the year that the 68-year-old actor, known for hisContinue Reading
Rishi Sunak ‘alarmed’ by spiralling cost of HS2 as he faces Cabinet split
R ishi Sunak is reportedly alarmed by the runaway cost of HS2 as he faces a Cabinet split over the potential axing of the rail project’s northern leg. A growing number of senior Tories have warned the Prime Minister against the cancellation of HS2’s Birmingham to Manchester route. Mr Sunak,Continue Reading
What do I need to know about how strikes are affecting schools in Scotland?
E ssential school staff in Scotland who are members of Unison are expected to walk out on September 26, 27 and 28 in a pay dispute with local government body the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (Cosla). Janitors, cleaners and support workers are among those set to take part inContinue Reading
Andy Burnham says scaling back HS2 is ‘decision of epic proportions’
A ndy Burnham has hit out at reports that Rishi Sunak is on the verge of scrapping the HS2 leg from Birmingham to Manchester. The mayor of Greater Manchester said scrapping parts of the project is a “decision of epic proportions for our part of the world” and would undermineContinue Reading